Rockwall鈥檚 Ralph Hall is, at 91, the oldest member ever of the U.S. House. He faces the toughest challenge of his 34-year congressional career Tuesday against former U.S. Attorney John Ratcliffe. Hall says he鈥檚 running on his record of experience and success.
"If they want to run against my birth certificate, I don鈥檛 have any defense to that because it says '9-0' on it. And if they run against me they鈥檇 come to see I鈥檓 passing more legislation than I鈥檝e passed in the last five years because I have better opportunities to," Hall says. "I鈥檓 on the committees that have access to success there. I鈥檓 pretty consistent. I vote not to increase taxes. I took a vow on that when I took it and I鈥檝e kept that vow."
Ratcliffe says Hall is a symbol of what鈥檚 wrong in Washington.
"It鈥檚 certainly his prerogative to run, but from my perspective I鈥檓 running because he鈥檚 not being an effective leader for the people of this district," Ratcliffe says.
"I think that he falls into a class of politicians that have gone to Washington and stayed too long and made a lot of promises that they haven鈥檛 kept. For the last five years I鈥檝e seen the GOP leadership get outworked, outsmarted, outmaneuvered and beaten by Obama and the Democrats and I鈥檓 just tired of it."
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