Annunziato, Polinard, Hardt, Caballero, Clinton, and Huckabee

Tom Annunziato, an optometrist running for state representative, quoted by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: "I'm looking at this as a career change. You try sitting in a dark room for 30 years saying, 'Which is better — one, or two?' You'd get tired of it, too."

Jerry Polinard of the University of Texas-Pan American, quoted on the South Texas political climate in Newsweek: "We're the bluest part of a Red State. When we talk about building a fence down here, we talk about building one on the north to keep the Republicans out."

David Hardt of Dallas, president of the Young Democrats of America, member of the Democratic National Committee, and a superdelegate, in the Houston Chronicle: "When we're in the middle of a down time, and everybody thinks the party is dead in a state or in the nation, and we have no electeds, someone's got to keep that party together. It's usually people like us. So we have earned our right to sit at the table."

Theresa Caballero, a candidate for district attorney in El Paso County, comparing her experience in the private sector with that of her opponent, a government employee, quoted in The Newspaper Tree: "I eat what I kill."

Former president Bill Clinton, stumping for Hillary Clinton in Beaumont, quoted by the Associated Press: "If she wins in Texas and Ohio, I think she'll be the nominee. If you don't deliver for her, I don't think she can be."

GOP candidate Mike Huckabee, quoted in The Dallas Morning News after someone suggested he's staying in the race because he enjoys flying around the country: "What an idiot. I'm living the life of Yasser Arafat. I sleep in a different place every night."