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On his website, the [[conservative]] Stovall calls himself a "small-r republican ... who refuses to remain silent while tyranny grows and liberty is destroyed."<ref name=dbstovall/>

On his website, the [[conservative]] Stovall calls himself a "small-r republican ... who refuses to remain silent while tyranny grows and liberty is destroyed."<ref name=dbstovall/>

   

   

==Background==

==Background==

Stovall was born in Baytown, near [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], where his father worked in the oil fields. He spent the first decade of his life in a neighborhood built by the Humble Oil Company. The small residences in the subdivision were humorously called "Humble camps". He lived in [[Alaska]] for several years in the 1970s, when his father worked on the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. In 1984, Stovall graduated from West Rusk High School in New London in Rusk County in East Texas. He attended Kilgore Junior College in Kilgore and Texas State University in San Marcos, then the institution was known as '''Southwest Texas State University''',<ref name=dbstovall>{{cite web|url=http://www.texansforstovall.com/about.php|title=Proud to Be Texan|publisher=texansforstovall.com|accessdate=February 16, 2014}}</ref> also the alma mater of the late [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], who from 1949 to 1961 held the Senate seat that Stovall is seeking. Stovall did not obtain a degree from TSU.

Stovall was born in Baytown, near [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], where his father worked in the oil fields. He spent the first decade of his life in a neighborhood built by the Humble Oil Company. The small residences in the subdivision were humorously called "Humble camps". He lived in [[Alaska]] for several years in the 1970s, when his father worked on the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. In 1984, Stovall graduated from West Rusk High School in New London in Rusk County in East Texas. He attended Kilgore Junior College in Kilgore and Texas State University in San Marcos, then the institution was known as '''Southwest Texas State University''',<ref name=dbstovall>{{cite web|url=http://www.texansforstovall.com/about.php|title=Proud to Be Texan|publisher=texansforstovall.com|accessdate=February 16, 2014}}</ref> also the alma mater of the late [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], who from 1949 to 1961 held the Senate seat that Stovall is seeking. Stovall did not obtain a degree from TSU.

   

   

==Senate campaign==

==Senate campaign==

Stovall has repeatedly won straw polls at meetings across Texas of the [[Tea Party movement]]. He carries the backing of various conservative political groups but no prominent politicians in his state. Stovall is supported by the Tea Party group, "Grassroots America - We the People" and "Houston Young Republicans". Another group, "Southern Conservative" switched its support from Steve Stockman to Stovall.<ref name=gilmermirror>{{cite web|url=http://www.gilmermirror.com/view/full_story/24528967/article-Dwayne-Stovall-Earns-Endorsement|title=Dwayne Stovall Earns Endorsement, February 6, 2014|publisher=''Gilmer, Texas, Mirror''|accessdate=February 16, 2014}}</ref> On December 3, 2013, Stovall won a straw poll in Nacogdoches County in East Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thevindicator.com/news/article_7134bffe-62db-11e3-b165-001a4bcf887a.html|title=Dwayne Stovall Defeats John Cornyn in Nacogdoches County Republican Party Straw Poll, December 4, 2013|publisher=''Liberty County Vindicator''|accessdate=February 16, 2014}}</ref>  

Stovall has repeatedly won straw polls at meetings across Texas of the [[Tea Party movement]]. He carries the backing of various conservative political groups but no prominent politicians in his state. Stovall is supported by the Tea Party group, "Grassroots America - We the People" and "Houston Young Republicans". Another group, "Southern Conservative" switched its support from Steve Stockman to Stovall.<ref name=gilmermirror>{{cite web|url=http://www.gilmermirror.com/view/full_story/24528967/article-Dwayne-Stovall-Earns-Endorsement|title=Dwayne Stovall Earns Endorsement, February 6, 2014|publisher=''Gilmer, Texas, Mirror''|accessdate=February 16, 2014}}</ref> On December 3, 2013, Stovall won a straw poll in Nacogdoches County in East Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thevindicator.com/news/article_7134bffe-62db-11e3-b165-001a4bcf887a.html|title=Dwayne Stovall Defeats John Cornyn in Nacogdoches County Republican Party Straw Poll, December 4, 2013|publisher=''Liberty County Vindicator''|accessdate=February 16, 2014}}</ref>  

   

   

==References==

==References==

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