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1. 1. Veterans for National Security Foundation (VNSF)

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   Published on: 5/8/2006   Last Visited: 8/20/2006

   Taylor defeated attorney Tucker Anderson, a former aide to U.S. Rep.
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   Some party leaders say losing candidate Tucker Anderson's swift endorsement of Taylor last month accelerated what they thought would be a more difficult task after Taylor's 54 percent victory March 7.
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   "Tucker made the right choice (to endorse immediately), and Taylor has been very magnanimous in accepting that," DeCluitt said.
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   During their race, Taylor and Anderson traded accusations of lying, mudslinging and questionable ties to Waco's congressional district in the campaign.
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   Taylor's ads insisted Anderson "should be ashamed" of his campaign tactics, while one Anderson mailer infuriated Taylor by comparing his style of answering questions to former Democratic presidential candidate and Vietnam veteran John Kerry.
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   Anderson followed through the day after the primary, while Taylor has called him a "great man."
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   But Edwards said the hostilities on display in the primary gave voters a bad first impression that voters will remember, especially in the southern region of the district loyal to Anderson, like Brazos County.
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   The 33-year-old businessman defeated former Capitol Hill aide Tucker Anderson after a long and costly race that required $475,000 of his own money, netted the governor's last-minute endorsement and won the backing of key party leaders.
   
   Anderson had a slight lead at the end of last Tuesday's early voting, but Taylor quickly turned the tide when the rest of the returns came in, winning with 54 percent.
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   Taylor used a huge fundraising edge over Anderson of more than $700,000 to fuel his campaign.
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   Anderson made residency a critical issue of his campaign, repeatedly hammering Taylor as a political transplant.
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   Anderson's almost immediate decision to endorse Taylor after the primary might seem sure evidence of that.
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   "But give it a week, or two, or a month, after this type of election and Republicans remember that they're Republicans and the folks who have supported Tucker Anderson or Van Taylor know either of those guys is a 100 percent better alternative than Rep.
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   Taylor has heftier campaign coffers than his opponent in the March 7 Republican primary: Calvert attorney Tucker Anderson, a former aide for U.S. Rep.
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   Former congressional aide Tucker Anderson, 34, says Central Texas instead needs someone with experience in Congress to improve immigration policies. Saying he spent four years in the rooms where Republican lawmakers are trying to reshape the country's immigration policies under U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Dallas, Anderson said he is the candidate who can make a quicker impact.
   
   Combine an issue that fires up the Republican Party base and the candidates' personal experience, and some local political leaders say immigration could be a top issue in the March 7 congressional primary between Taylor and Anderson.
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   Anderson and Taylor have been addressing the issue since the start of their campaign last year.
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   "Conservatives must be willing to stand on principle and refuse to budge on calls for amnesty for illegal immigrants," Anderson said in a release.

2. 2. Van Taylor leading Republican counterparts in congressional race

   www.wacotrib.com/news/content/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 10/16/2005   Last Visited: 10/16/2005

   Former congressional aide Tucker Anderson also raised about $100,000, and Purple Heart veteran Bentley Nettles said last week that he had some success with fundraising. Nettles' report was not filed electronically by Saturday afternoon and did he not return two phone messages.
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   Anderson, a former legislative director for U.S. Rep.

3. 3. Plainview Daily Herald

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   Published on: 10/25/2005   Last Visited: 10/25/2005

   So far, there are at least two other GOP contenders: Tucker Anderson, a Calvert attorney and former aide for U.S. Rep.