Ankrum Celebrates Earth Day By Putting Hybrid Car In Service As Campaign Vehicle

[Press Release from Ted Ankrum, Candidate for U.S. Congress, TX-CD-10]

Ted Ankrum, the Democratic Party nominee for US Congressional District 10, has just celebrated Earth Day on April 22 by placing a Honda Civic Hybrid in service as his campaign vehicle.

It was a typical campaign day in this district, which stretches some 200 miles from the Houston suburbs to the far Western suburbs of Austin.  Ted started by driving from his home in Cypress in Harris County to a charity pancake breakfast at the First Baptist Church in Pflugerville, from there a meeting with campaign volunteers in North Austin, and from there a drive to Brookshire in Waller County for a fund-raiser.

It was a 460 mile loop, with city and suburban traffic, and a lot of 70 mph highway travel.  He averaged 44 mpg for the day.

The Honda Civic Hybrid has just been selected as the “World Green Car of the Year” by automotive journalists at the New York Auto Show.  Despite being a Honda, the Hybrid Civic has 75% American parts and labor content.  Ted says: “If you think $3.00 a gallon is just the first hill on the way to a mountain of even higher prices, we are all going to be conserving.  We’ll do that conserving by either driving less, or driving cars that use less fuel.  I’ve made my choice.”