Tag Archives: Election 2006

What about Neal?

Posted on September 29, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Ross Ramsey reminds us there is a third person in the Texas Senate race. Libertarians and other third-party candidates have never won state elections in Texas and rarely make a meaningful difference in election results, with one big exception: As … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Election 2002, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2018, Neil Dikeman, polls, Senate, Ted Cruz, Texas | Comments Off

Harris County 2018 voter registration numbers

Posted on September 9, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

From the inbox: Thank you Harris County Voter Registration Division and Harris County Volunteer Deputy Voter Registrars for your passion, dedication, and commitment in registering eligible voters! Current number registered: 2,291,037 Voters registered in 2017: 67,753 Voters registered in 2018: … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Ann Harris Bennett, Election 2002, Election 2004, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Harris County, Harris County Tax Assessor, Mike Sullivan, turnout, voter registration | 1 Comment

The 2006 question

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

It always comes back to turnout. It was the worst day of the worst month of the worst season in years for Republicans hoping to mitigate political damage in this fall’s midterm elections. And Texas political operatives were left stunned … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Congress, Donald Trump, Election 2006, Election 2014, Election 2018, Paul Manafort, Texas, turnout | 6 Comments

The range of Republican anxiety

Posted on August 10, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Some folks are a little scared about all this “blue wave” talk and poll numbers and what have you. As Ted Cruz took questions at a Republican women’s event [in Smithville] Saturday evening, Bastrop retiree Ronnie Ann Burt wanted to … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Election 2006, Election 2014, Election 2018, Governor, Greg Abbott, Lupe Valdez, polls, Senate, Ted Cruz, Texas, turnout | 3 Comments

Stalking Sessions

Posted on August 4, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

It sure would be sweet to beat Pete. The man who engineered the 2010 Republican takeover of the House is racing to save himself in his own election this year — and he admits, in so many words, that President … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged CD32, Colin Allred, Congress, Election 2004, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2018, fundraising, Grier Raggio, Martin Frost, Pete Sessions, redistricting, Texas | Comments Off

We may have reached peak independent candidate

Posted on June 17, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Meet Jonathan Jenkins, who would apparently like to be on your ballot for the Senate this fall. It’s got a high-tech evangelist for a founder, $6 million in private equity investments, even its own crypto-currency. No, it’s not a driverless … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Carole Keeton Strayhorn, Election 2006, Election 2018, FEC, Governor, Harris County, Indie Party, Jonathan Jenkins, Kinky Friedman, petitions, Republican Party, Senate, Ted Cruz, Texas | 5 Comments

Looking back at 2010 and 2014

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

I’ve talked a lot about polls in the past week, so I thought I’d take a minute and look back at the polling data that we had as of this time in the 2010 and 2014 elections, to see if … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Bill White, Election 2006, Election 2010, Election 2014, Election 2018, Governor, Greg Abbott, polls, Rick Perry, Senate, Ted Cruz, Texas, turnout, Wendy Davis | 2 Comments

No Greens

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Can’t honestly say I’m sorry. When Texans head to the ballot box this November, they’ll be able to vote for Republicans, Democrats or Libertarians. If they want to choose a candidate affiliated with another political group, they might have to … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged ballot access, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Governor, Green Party, Jan Richards, Libertarian Party, Mark Miller, petitions, Railroad Commission, Texas | 3 Comments

Lupe and Beto

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Beto O’Rourke has a year-old, well-funded campaign for US Senate. Lupe Valdez doesn’t have anything like those advantages in her campaign for Governor. Will her lower profile effort have a negative effect on his higher profile one? The race for … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Barbara Radnofsky, Beto O'Rourke, Chris Bell, David Alameel, Election 2002, Election 2006, Election 2014, Election 2018, Governor, Greg Abbott, Lupe Valdez, Michael Sorrell, Ron Kirk, Senate, Texas, Tony Sanchez, Wendy Davis | 11 Comments

Post-runoff thoughts

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

I suppose one’s view on Democratic primary runoff turnout is a matter of perspective. I wrote that it was way more than the turnout of any primary going back to 2006 – indeed, more than double the turnout of any … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Ann Richards, Democratic primary, Election 1990, Election 2002, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Governor, Jim Mattox, Lupe Valdez, President, Railroad Commission, runoff, Senate, Texas, turnout | 3 Comments

2018 Runoff EV report: Primary runoff turnout totals don’t much matter

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Hey, have you been wondering how early voting has gone in the primary runoffs so far? Well, wonder no more, for here is the daily report through Wednesday. You have today and tomorrow to vote early, and then you’ll need … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Democratic primary, early voting, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Harris County, primaries, runoff, turnout | 1 Comment

The crossover question

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

From G. Elliott Morris, reviewing the recent AZ-08 special Congressional election: The second thing to learn from AZ-08 helps explain the first: if Democrats aren’t winning because of differential turnout (or, not solely because of differential turnout), why are they? … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Arizona, Congress, Donald Trump, Election 2006, Election 2010, Election 2014, Election 2018, polls, special election, Texas, turnout | Comments Off

Are Texas Republicans really worried about Trump for November?

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

I mean, I guess they are. They’ve seen what has happened around the country, in other elections and other red places. I don’t know how worried they are, or how worried they should be. This is a Red State where … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Barack Obama, Congress, Donald Trump, Election 2002, Election 2006, Election 2014, Election 2018, Greg Abbott, Texas, turnout | 3 Comments

The history of CD07

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Good read, though not really anything we didn’t already know. West University could have been the set for “Leave it to Beaver” when Serpell Edwards and his wife Betsy bought their home there 45 years ago. The neighbors were mostly … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged CD07, Congress, demography, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2016, Election 2018, Harris County, John Culberson, Laura Moser, Lizzie FLetcher, redistricting, Texas | 4 Comments

Does primary turnout in a district predict the November result?

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Karl Rove would like you to think so. At the House level, Democrats hope to win three districts won by Hillary Clinton and now held by Republican incumbents, as well as some of the six seats opened up by GOP … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Congress, Dan Patrick, Democratic primary, Election 2004, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, primaries, Republican Party, Senate, Texas, The Lege, turnout | 4 Comments

2018 primary early voting, Day 7: Projecting final turnout

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

KUHF starts with the speculation. Harris County Democrats are voting in record numbers ahead of next week’s primary. Total returns for the first six days of early voting put Democrats nearly even with Republicans. As of Sunday night, Democrats’ combined … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged absentee ballots, Democratic primary, early voting, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Harris County, primaries, Republican Party, turnout | Comments Off

2018 primary early voting, Day 6: The fifteenth county

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Sunday is the shortest and least busy day of early voting, and it is the transition to Week 2, when all the days are 12 hours long and numbers start to go way up. Here’s what this Sunday looked like. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged absentee ballots, Brazoria County, Democratic primary, early voting, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Harris County, primaries, turnout | Comments Off

A look at CD16 and CD03

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

As one might expect, the primary race for Beto O’Rourke’s soon-to-be-former Congressional seat is compettiive and < and getting a little salty. [Now-former El Paso COunty Judge Veronica] Escobar is running, in part, on her experience as a former leader … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Adam Bell, Beto O'Rourke, CD03, CD16, CD17, Chet Edwards, Congress, Democratic primary, Dori Fenenbock, Election 2006, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Lorie Burch, Medrick Yhap, Norma Chavez, primaries, Sam Johnson, Texas, Veronica Escobar | 2 Comments

The life and times of Kinky Friedman

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

I have feelings about this. With Friedman, it’s showtime most of the time. On this occasion, he’s in town with Mary Lou Sullivan, his biographer, who attempted to condense his strange life into 300 pages. Hers was an unenviable task. … Continue reading →

Posted in Show Business for Ugly People | Tagged Ag Commissioner, Election 2006, Election 2014, Governor, Kinky Friedman, Texas | Comments Off

A look at past primaries

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

I think we can all agree that the 2018 Democratic primary season is already unlike anything we’ve seen in recent memory. And since I like putting expressions like that into numbers, I thought I’d try to do it here. First, … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Congress, Democratic primary, Election 1994, Election 1998, Election 2002, Election 2006, Election 2010, Election 2014, Election 2018, Governor, Senate, Texas, The Lege, turnout | Comments Off

Republicans really are worried about 2018

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

Some of them, anyway. In a private memo to Abbott’s aides, senior political adviser Dave Carney cautions that despite the fact that Texas is solid red in recent statewide voting patterns, suburban voters could pose significant problems for Republicans in … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Donald Trump, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2018, Texas, turnout | 2 Comments

Framing the 2018 question

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

This Chron story asks the question “what might it take for a Democrat to win statewide in Texas in 2018, then never actually engages it. At the five-top table in the corner at Russell’s Bakery, a northwest Austin restaurant and … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Battleground Texas, Dan Patrick, Donald Trump, Election 2006, Election 2010, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Governor, Greg Abbott, Harris County, Our Revolution, Pantsuit Nation, Texas, turnout, voter registration | 1 Comment

Congressional candidates everywhere

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

Texas Democrats are as optimistic as they’ve ever been about candidate recruitment. “I’ve been recruiting candidates in Texas for years, and I’ve never seen an environment quite like this,” said Cliff Walker, candidate recruitment director for the state Democratic Party. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged CD25, Chetan Panda, Congress, Democratic primary, Donald Trump, Election 2006, Election 2012, Election 2016, Election 2018, Julie Oliver, Kathi Thomas, Roger Williams, Texas, turnout | Comments Off

We have a candidate for Treasurer

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

The Democratic slate for countywide offices in 2018 is now filled out as Dylan Osborne has announced his candidacy for Harris County Treasurer. Osborne has been a City Council staffer and currently works in the Planning & Development Department for … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Chris Daniel, Democratic primary, Diane Trautman, District Clerk, Dylan Osborne, Ed Emmett, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2018, Harris County, Harris County Clerk, Harris County Judge, Harris County Treasurer, HCDE, Josh Wallenstein, Lina Hidalgo, Marilyn Burgess, Orlando Sanchez, Stan Stanart, Vince Ryan | 1 Comment

One side benefit of the continued Republican repeal follies

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

It depresses the base. Texas-based Republican political consultant Brendan Steinhauser’s early read of the fallout was that the party has reasons to be worried about next year’s midterm elections. “I think that you will see that if this fails, Republicans … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Congress, Donald Trump, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2018, Texas, The Lege, turnout | Comments Off

One more thing about vouchers

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

I’m going to enjoy this just a little bit more. The Texas House of Representatives all but killed Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s prized school choice bill Thursday, dealing the powerful Republican a major loss as he struggles to push his … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget ballyhoo, That's our Lege | Tagged Abel Herrero, budget, Dan Patrick, Election 2006, James Leininger, Kent Grusendorf, schools, Senate, Texans for Education Opportunity, Texas, Texas Parent PAC, Tom Craddick, vouchers | 6 Comments

O’Rourke sure sounds like a candidate for Senate

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

Sure feels like it’s a matter of when and not if Rep. Beto O’Rourke announces his candidacy for US Senate. U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-El Paso, is sailing toward a 2018 Senate campaign — an uphill battle that would pit … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Barbara Radnofsky, Beto O'Rourke, Democratic primary, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2012, Election 2018, fundraising, Joaquin Castro, Paul Sadler, Rick Noriega, Senate, Ted Cruz, Texas | 1 Comment

O’Rourke and Dowd say they want to challenge Cruz in 2018

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

Rep. Beto O’Rourke upgraded his chances of running for the Senate in 2018 to “very likely”. U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke said Thursday he is all but certain to make a run for U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s seat in 2018. “I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Carole Keeton Strayhorn, Donald Trump, Election 2006, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, fundraising, Gary Johnson, Hillary Clinton, Kinky Friedman, Matthew Dowd, petitions, Senate, Ted Cruz, Texas | 4 Comments

A theory about third parties

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Charles Kuffner

Before I get to that theory, have you ever wondered about the people who vote straight ticket Libertarian or Green in Harris County? I got to wondering about them, because that’s the sort of thing that I think about at … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2016 | Tagged Court of Criminal Appeals, Dori Garza, Election 2000, Election 2002, Election 2004, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Eva Guzman, Gary Johnson, Grady Yarbrough, Harris County, Mark Miller, President, Railroad Commission, straight ticket voting, Supreme Court, Texas, Wayne Christian | 11 Comments

Beto O’Rourke talking about the Senate

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Charles Kuffner

Another Democratic Congressman is thinking about trying for an upgrade. U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, an El Paso Democrat, told The Texas Tribune he is considering running for the U.S. Senate. “I am,” the sophomore congressman said when Tribune CEO Evan … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Donald Trump, Election 2006, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Joaquin Castro, John Cornyn, Mike McCaul, President, primaries, Senate, Ted Cruz, Texas, turnout | Comments Off

Endorsement watch: A Libertarian moment

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron thinks outside the box in endorsing for the Railroad Commission. Our editorial board interviews scores of candidates for political office every election year, but seldom do we find ourselves wholeheartedly endorsing a nominee from the Libertarian Party. Then … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2016 | Tagged Election 2000, Election 2002, Election 2004, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, endorsements, Grady Yarbrough, Mark Miller, Martina Salinas, President, Railroad Commission, Texas, Wayne Christian | 7 Comments

HD146 nomination process is today

Posted on August 6, 2016 by Charles Kuffner

You know the drill. Twenty-seven southwest Houston precinct chairs are set to tap a replacement for Democratic state Rep. Borris Miles on Saturday, the third time in less than two months many of them have convened to fill a hole … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2016 | Tagged Borris Miles, CD22, Congress, Election 2006, Election 2016, Erica Lee, HCDP, HD146, Larry Blackmon, Shawn Thierry, Texas, The Lege, Tom DeLay, Valencia Williams | 1 Comment

When are we going to get a general election poll of Texas?

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Charles Kuffner

As goes Utah… According to a new Deseret News/KSL poll, if Donald Trump becomes the GOP nominee, the voters of Utah would opt for a Democratic candidate for the first time in over 50 years. Poll respondents said they would … Continue reading →

Posted in The making of the President | Tagged Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2012, Election 2016, Hillary Clinton, Julian Castro, polls, President, Texas, turnout, Utah | 5 Comments

Once again with CD29

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Charles Kuffner

It’s all about the turnout. On a Gulfgate-area side street lined with union halls, Hillary Clinton’s Houston field office and U.S. Rep. Gene Green’s congressional re-election outfit sit mere doors apart, a coincidental marker of the anticipated link between their … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2016 | Tagged Adrian Garcia, CD29, Congress, Democratic primary, Election 2002, Election 2004, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Gene Green, Harris County, turnout | 3 Comments

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