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'''Frank F. Pomeroy''' (born 1966)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Frank-Pomeroy/|title=Frank Pomeroy|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=May 6, 2020}}</ref> is the pastor of Sutherland Springs Baptist Church, a small [[Southern Baptist]] congregation in Sutherland Springs in northern Wilson County, south of [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Frank-Pomeroy/|title=Frank Pomeroy|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=May 5, 2020}}</ref>

'''Frank F. Pomeroy''' (born 1966)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Frank-Pomeroy/|title=Frank Pomeroy|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=May 6, 2020}}</ref> is the pastor of Sutherland Springs Baptist Church, a small [[Southern Baptist]] congregation in Sutherland Springs in northern Wilson County, south of [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]].

 

==Background==

==Background==

==Candidacy for state Senate==

==Candidacy for state Senate==

In 2019, Reverend  Pomeroy announced his candidacy for the District 21 seat in the Texas State Senate, which encompasses all of Atascosa, Bee, Caldwell, Dimmit, Duval, Jim Hogg, Karnes, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Wilson, Zapata, and Zavala counties and a portion of Bexar, Guadalupe, Travis, and Hays counties. As the [[Republican Party|Republican]] nominee, Pomeroy he faces in the general election on November 3, 2020, the incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Judith Passas Zaffirini (born 1946) of [[Laredo]], who has held the seat after defeating state Representative [[Billy Hall (Texas politician)|William N. "Billy" Hall, Jr.]], in the 1986 Democratic [[primary]] for the state Senate. Zaffirini since has rarely faced a competitive opponent in her presumably safe-Democratic district .

In 2019, Reverend  Pomeroy announced his candidacy for the District 21 seat in the Texas State Senate, which encompasses all of Atascosa, Bee, Caldwell, Dimmit, Duval, Jim Hogg, Karnes, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Wilson, Zapata, and Zavala counties and a portion of Bexar, Guadalupe, Travis, and Hays counties. As the [[Republican Party|Republican]] nominee, Pomeroy faced in the [[general election]] on November 3, 2020, the incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Judith Passas Zaffirini (born 1946) of [[Laredo]], who has held the seat after defeating state Representative [[Billy Hall (Texas politician)|William N. "Billy" Hall, Jr.]], in the 1986 Democratic [[primary]] for the state Senate. Zaffirini since has rarely faced a competitive opponent in her safe-Democratic district .

Regarding his Senate campaign, Pomeroy said:

Regarding his Senate campaign, Pomeroy said:

I feel as though, win, lose, or draw, at least I can say I did my part to the best of my ability to bring civility, godliness, and hopefully intelligent discourse to the political arena, … If I can bring civility and godliness and help stymie the downward spiral of the great state of Texas, that's what I am choosing to try to do," Pomeroy said at his announcement. "I feel as though morality and integrity [are] disappearing rapidly and I feel as though as the direction goes, if Texas falls, the country falls ...<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/longtime-sutherland-springs-pastor-set-to-run-for-senate-seat-as-republican?fbclid=IwAR1MeM_Nf6eiNd_nL9rh6tD9CyzsOc_wFXTnLtE9TA6vhhsLd_rzh00s8KE|title=Longtime Sutherland Springs Pastor set to run for Senate seat as Republican|author=Gerald Tracy|publisher=News4SA|date=August 25, 2019|accessdate=May 5, 2020}}</ref></blockquote>

I feel as though, win, lose, or draw, at least I can say I did my part to the best of my ability to bring civility, godliness, and hopefully intelligent discourse to the political arena, … If I can bring civility and godliness and help stymie the downward spiral of the great state of Texas, that's what I am choosing to try to do," Pomeroy said at his announcement. "I feel as though morality and integrity [are] disappearing rapidly and I feel as though as the direction goes, if Texas falls, the country falls ...<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/longtime-sutherland-springs-pastor-set-to-run-for-senate-seat-as-republican?fbclid=IwAR1MeM_Nf6eiNd_nL9rh6tD9CyzsOc_wFXTnLtE9TA6vhhsLd_rzh00s8KE|title=Longtime Sutherland Springs Pastor set to run for Senate seat as Republican|author=Gerald Tracy|publisher=News4SA|date=August 25, 2019|accessdate=May 5, 2020}}</ref></blockquote>

Pomeroy said that he will keep the church as his foremost priority regardless

Pomeroy said that he will keep the church as his foremost priority regardless of the outcome of his campaign. He lost the race to Zaffirini, who mobilized her Hispanic voter base, 166,919 (60 percent) to 110,825 (40 percent).  

of the outcome of his campaign.

==References==

==References==