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==2018 campaign for county judge==
==2018 campaign for county judge==
In the race for county judge, Rickhoff accuses Wolff of "leading a corrupt court with limitless contributions" from people who benefit from county contracts and greatly expanding debt with lavish spending on art projects. Rickhoff presented a flowchart outlining his claims. Wolff rebutted the charges as "typical [[Donald Trump|Trump]] lies. It's just one thing after another with him. He ought to be in the courthouse doing his job instead of taking taxpayer money and holding press conferences."<ref<Jasper Scherer, "Rickhoff lambastes county judge: Candidate will be facing Wolff in November", ''San Antonio Express News'', March 20, 2018, pp. A3, A8.</ref>
In the race for county judge, Rickhoff accuses Wolff of "leading a corrupt court with limitless contributions" from people who benefit from county contracts and greatly expanding debt with lavish spending on art projects. Rickhoff presented a flowchart outlining his claims. Wolff rebutted the charges as "typical [[Donald Trump|Trump]] lies. It's just one thing after another with him. He ought to be in the courthouse doing his job instead of taking taxpayer money and holding press conferences."<ref name=scherer>Jasper Scherer, "Rickhoff lambastes county judge: Candidate will be facing Wolff in November", ''San Antonio Express News'', March 20, 2018, pp. A3, A8.</ref>
On March 24, 2018, columnist Brian Chasnoff of ''The San Antonio Express-News'' interjected the name of [[U.S. Representative]] [[Louie Gohmert]] of Tyler, Texas into the Rickhoff-Wolff campaign. Chasnoff called Gohmert "infamous for kooky conspiracy theories, including his claim in 2010 that pregnant undocumented women were crossing the border to give birth to 'terror babies' with U.S. citizenship."<ref name=chasnoff>Brian Chasnoff, "Rickhoff channels Gohmert in county race", ''The San Antonio Express-News'', March 24, 2018, p. A2.</ref> The notes that Rickhoff, like Gohmert, often uses flow charts to bolster his arguments. Rickhoff, however, made clear that he is no admirer of the [[conservative]] Gohmert: "I don't ever want to hear his name."<ref name=chasnoff/>
Rickhoff called the system "pay to play" and cited the example of Richard Wells of the Dailey-Wells Company, which won a $106 million public-safety radio system contract with both the city and the county. Wells contributed $10,000 to Wolff's campaign in 2017. Wolff said that the choice of another vendor would have cost the county $12 million in additional costs.<ref name=scherer/>
On March 24, 2018, columnist Brian Chasnoff of ''The San Antonio Express-News'' interjected the name of Republican [[U.S. Representative]] [[Louie Gohmert]] of Tyler, Texas into the Rickhoff-Wolff campaign. Chasnoff called Gohmert "infamous for kooky conspiracy theories, including his claim in 2010 that pregnant undocumented women were crossing the border to give birth to 'terror babies' with U.S. citizenship."<ref name=chasnoff>Brian Chasnoff, "Rickhoff channels Gohmert in county race", ''The San Antonio Express-News'', March 24, 2018, p. A2.</ref> The notes that Rickhoff, like Gohmert, often uses flow charts to bolster his arguments. Rickhoff, however, made clear that he is no admirer of the [[conservative]] Gohmert: "I don't ever want to hear his name."<ref name=chasnoff/>
==Personal life==
==Personal life==