about kendall

The Texas story is made up of all of us. In Pod Bless Texas, Texas Democratic Party Chairman Kendall Scudder sits down with Texans from all walks of life to share stories and hear their takes on issues affecting Texans.

Kendall grew up watching his parents serve others every damn day. His moms were a mental health professional and a paramedic, and his dad was a corrections officer. They didn't just talk about making things better; they rolled up their sleeves and did the work. That's where Kendall learned that if you're not fighting for something bigger than yourself, you're probably fighting for the wrong thing.

That's the lens he brings to every episode. Pod Bless Texas isn't about Austin insiders or cable-news shouting matches. It's about the teacher in the Valley, the organizer in Houston, the rancher in the Panhandle, and the working family trying to keep a roof over their heads. Kendall's been there. He slung Blizzards at Dairy Queen as a teenager to help keep his family afloat, worked in affordable housing after college, and ran his own land acquisitions firm. He's seen how the system works and, more importantly, how it fails working families.

He doesn't just complain about problems; he fixes them. From returning money to taxpayers as an elected Director of the Dallas Central Appraisal District, to filing a criminal complaint against Ken Paxton when he tried to make it harder for Dallas County folks to vote during a pandemic, Kendall shows up. At 35, he's one of the youngest people leading a major political party in America.

His mission with Pod Bless Texas is the same as his mission everywhere else: make Texas work for the people who actually do the work.

Pull up a chair. There's room for all of us here.