, ▁not with standing ▁Texas ' s ▁strong ▁right ▁to ▁work ▁laws . ▁ ▁Fried man ▁ ▁K ink y ▁Fried man , ▁an ▁independent ▁candidate , ▁gained ▁a ▁good ▁amount ▁of ▁popular ▁support ▁among ▁Texas ▁vot ers . ▁He ▁claimed ▁that ▁country - music ▁lo vers , ▁college ▁students , ▁animal ▁lo vers , ▁ran ch ers , ▁and ▁anyone ▁who ▁didn ' t ▁vote ▁in ▁the ▁last ▁election ▁were ▁among ▁his ▁supp or ters . ▁ ▁Fried man ▁briefly ▁enjoyed ▁a ▁high ▁standing ▁in ▁the ▁pol ls , ▁and ▁sur pass ed ▁Dem ocrat ▁Chris ▁Bell ▁by ▁Independ ence ▁Day . ▁As ▁E lection ▁Day ▁drew ▁near , ▁his ▁campaign ▁f izz led ▁out ▁as ▁much ▁of ▁his ▁wide ▁support ▁was ▁among ▁young ▁vot ers . ▁He ▁finished ▁fourth ▁in ▁the ▁election ▁with ▁under ▁ 1 3 % ▁of ▁the ▁vote . ▁ ▁His ▁website ▁claimed ▁that ▁" he ▁doesn ' t ▁put ▁much ▁stock ▁in ▁uns cient ific ▁political ▁pol ls ▁among ▁" likely " ▁vot ers , ▁saying , ▁" It ' s ▁K ink y ▁Fried man ▁versus ▁a path y ". ▁Fried man ▁stated ▁during ▁the ▁campaign ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁going ▁after ▁the ▁ 7 1 % ▁who ▁didn ' t ▁make ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁pol ls ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁ ▁Bell ▁Chris ▁Bell , ▁a ▁former ▁Congress man ▁from ▁Houston , ▁file d ▁an ▁eth ics ▁compla int ▁against ▁former ▁House ▁Major ity ▁Le ader ▁Tom ▁De L ay ▁as ▁a ▁l