Category Archives: Election 2006

Since my examination of the Richmond Rail effect generated a lot of good feedback, I’m going to start my tour of the Harris County precinct data with a look at CD07 and the race between John Culberson and Jim Henley. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Wall Street Journal has an article on the CD23 runoff that’s worth a read. It’s for subscribers only, but Phillip has a copy. One bit of interest: [I]ndependent handicappers say Mr. Bonilla has the edge. “[Ciro] Rodriguez isn’t known … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Meanwhile, as you wait for me to give you more data about Harris County in 2006, here’s a couple of things to read about how things went elsewhere: Via Vince comes this Statesman article about the closer-than-most-people-expected race in HD52 … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve been slowly making my way through the Harris County precinct data, with a goal of analyzing all of the interesting races that took place here this year. I’ve got a couple of reports prepped and ready to go, but … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The runoff date for CD23 and HD29 will be December 12. Two weeks after voters sent U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla and former Congressman Ciro Rodriguez into a runoff, it finally got put on the calendar. Voters go to the polls … Continue reading → Continue reading →

BOR has updates on the state of the special elections in CD23 and HD29. First, for CD23: The DCCC is on the ground in TX-23. They have made amazing progress in getting Democrat Ciro Rodriguez to actually abide by their … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Rep. Pena reprints a article about voting problems in Hidalgo County, which have generated bipartisan complaints. Hidalgo County Republican Party Chairman Hollis Rutledge has contacted Texas Secretary of State Roger Williams personally over the general election vote totals fiasco in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Well, I thought that the explanation given for the Williamson County vote count discrepancies was a little lacking. Turns out I’m not alone in that. Amid questions about the counting of early votes in the Williamson County elections, Elections Administrator … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Last month, I asked the question whether or not John Culberson’s vehement anti-Richmond rail stance would help him in the precincts that immediately surround the affected stretch of Richmond Ave. The question came up again in the cover story that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As you know, the Houston GLBT community, in particular the Houston GLBT Political Caucus, strongly supported Ellen Cohen in her race against Martha Wong in HD134. They did a ton of blockwalking in four key precincts in Montrose – precincts … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The cumulative and canvass reports are now available on the Harris County Clerk website, meaning I can finally get started on some precinct analysis. I’ve got numerous tasks in the queue as you know, but for now, here’s an observation … Continue reading → Continue reading →

You may recall the strange discrepancies in the vote totals from Williamson County as reported by the Secretary of State and the Williamson County Clerk. Via Eye on Williamson, we now have an explanation for what happened. After finalizing all … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Stace has a preview of the precinct data from HD127, where Diane Trautman gained over ten points on the base Democratic vote from 2004. The full numbers are still not available online, and my expectation is that they won’t be … Continue reading → Continue reading →

CD23 won’t be the only electoral action in Texas next month. The death of Republican State Rep. Glenda Dawson has left a vacancy in HD29 that needs to be filled. According to the Bay City Tribune, candidate jockeying has already … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Barbara Radnofsky is putting together a fundraiser in Houston on Monday, November 20, to help Ciro Rodriguez in the runoff election for CD23. PDiddie has the details. Other folks such as David Van Os and John Courage are also pitching … Continue reading → Continue reading →

“What I Did On My Christmas Vacation”, by Congressperson Shelley Sekula Gibbs. “I’m working hard to accomplish the things I’m working for,” she said yesterday. “For tax cuts. For immigration reform. To make sure we have a good solution for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I confess, I’ve been enjoying a few moments of schadenfreude over the recent electoral results. Not very grownup of me, I know, but let’s just say there was a little pent-up emotion that needed someplace to go. And what’s the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

One often hears that newspaper endorsements are not worth much in elections these days. But how much is “not much”? I think we can at least get a data point from this year’s campaign. There’s a clear bifurcation in the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I realize that there are still votes being counted and whatnot, but I find this to be strange. Compare the Secretary of State numbers for Williamson County to the Williamson County Clerk numbers. There’s about a 6000 vote difference in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I just want to add my voice to the chorus here. I actually think all of the statewide candidates, who ran their races in the face of incredible adversity and indifference, deserve thanks, though I’d thank some of them more … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I think the only complaint I have about this Chron story that postmortems the decline and fall of Tom DeLay is that it didn’t quote anyone who is truly enjoying it. I mean, c’mon, if there was ever a time … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Ryan Goodland gives a behind the scenes look at how the Houston GLBT Political Caucus (HGLBTPC) mobilized voters in Montrose to help propel Ellen Cohen to her victory over Martha Wong this week. I can’t wait to see the precinct … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There is a second runoff for a Congressional seat, over in Louisiana where their open-primary-in-November style requires a majority and often means overtime for a race or two. This one is of special note because it involves the notorious Rep. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Hard to believe, but there’s still an election of consequence for 2006 going on in Texas (*). I’m speaking of the runoff in CD23, where Rep. Henry Bonilla failed to crack 50% of the vote against a big slate of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Via PDiddie, who feels a little more cheerful after reading it, comes this story of how 2008 may finally be the breakthrough comeback year for Harris County Democrats. Harris County Democratic and Republican officials have looked at Tuesday’s local election … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This piece about Nick Lampson’s efforts to get on the Appropriations Committee also talks about his political future, based on this year’s vote. Lampson earned 52 percent of the vote in complete but unofficial returns in the 22nd Congressional District, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m looking out my office window and I could swear I don’t see any flying pigs, but they must be out there somewhere if Rick Perry is talking about bipartisanship with a straight face. Bridge-building and bipartisanship were GOP Gov. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The first thing to understand about Juan Garcia’s win in HD32 (once you’re done doing the Happy Dance) is that Tom Craddick has lost a lot of support since he became House Speaker in 2002. In addition to the seven … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I wanted to put this bit in its own post, because I’m going to visit this theme with a number of candidates over the next few weeks. At the end of that Caller story, we see this: While the late … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It’s official, Juan Garcia is Texas’ newest State Representative. When complete, unofficial returns in the District 32 state representative race were released late Wednesday, Garcia received 17,611 of the votes, or 48 percent, to Republican incumbent Gene Seaman’s 16,847, or … Continue reading → Continue reading →

From the Juan Garcia campaign: (Corpus Christi) – State Representative candidate Juan Garcia’s campaign for the Texas House will be holding a press conference at their campaign headquarters today announcing their victory in the hotly-contested District 32 race. 4:30 PM … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Despite rumors to the contrary, Shelley Sekula Gibbs will indeed go off to Washington to spend Christmas break as a Congresswoman thanks to her special election victory. “I made a commitment to the voters of District 22,” she said at … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I had the pleasure of attending a Greater Houston Partnership lunch today at which a panel (which featured Ted Delisi, Paul Burka, Sonny Messiah-Jiles, and Mustafa Tameez) discussed last night’s election results. I’ll have something to day about this later, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Wow. Let me just say Wow to begin with. Not a single Democratic seat was lost in the State House. Four Republican seats were picked up, with a fifth still possible. Say Hello to State Reps Valinda Bolton, Paula Hightowner … Continue reading → Continue reading →