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Naturally, when it comes to voting, we in Texas are accustomed to discerning that fine hair's-breadth worth of difference that makes one hopeless dipstick slightly less awful than the other. But it does raise the question: Why bother?

I'm from Texas, and Texas has a reputation that far precedes actual Texas, and it is irritating sometimes.

I serve and answer to the Texans I represent - not the Hollywood elite.

Real Texans believe in looking out for each other. We believe in honoring our mothers and fathers and keeping our smallest residents - our children - healthy.

I'm have one of the most, if not the most, moderate voting records in Congress in the Florida delegation.

And the people I have been accountable to every single day in the Senate are the 27 million Texans who I represent and I made a promise to them that I make to you today, which is, if I am elected, every single day I will do two things: tell the truth, and do what I said I would do.

Saying you're from Texas makes you kind of proud.

Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention.

I'm a results-oriented person and my Senate record shows that.

It is fundamentally important in our system of government that every American be given the opportunity to vote, regardless of who they are, where they live, and what their race or national origin may be.