Nasir Malik
My next two interviews, the last two that I have completed for this cycle, were not ones that I had originally planned on doing but were inspired in part by the Chronicle endorsements of the candidates involved. Because of my interest in interviewing candidates, I generally try to stay neutral so that everyone is able to trust me. There are obviously exceptions, and one of them is in races where there’s a candidate who’s making a clear effort and one who’s done nothing other than pay the filing fee. Both of these races and these candidates match that profile, and so today I’m talking to Nasir Malik, who is taking on Paul Bettencourt in SD07. Malik is an immigrant, a businessman in the residential construction industry, a volunteer in Klein and Humble ISD Mentoring programs, and unlike the incumbent someone who will work to make his district and the state a better place. This race is a longshot by any definition but we’re never going to make progress if we don’t have good people willing to run in them, and the least I can do is highlight those folks for you. So here’s my interview with Nasir Malik:
PREVIOUSLY:
Karthik Soora, SD15
Michelle Bonton, SD15
Molly Cook, SD15
Rep. Jarvis Johnson, SD15
Todd Litton, SD15
Beto Cardenas, SD15
Annette Ramirez, Tax Assessor
Danielle Bess, Tax Assessor
Jerry Davis, Tax Assessor
Desiree Broadnax, Tax Assessor
Claude Cummings, Tax Assessor
Amanda Edwards, CD18
Pervez Agwan, CD07
Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, CD07
Christian Menefee, Harris County Attorney
Umeka Lewis, Harris County Attorney
Kim Ogg, Harris County District Attorney
Sean Teare, Harris County District Attorney
Danny Norris, HD142
Lauren Ashley Simmons, HD146
Ashton Woods, HD146
Melissa McDonough, CD38
Gion Thomas, CD38
Mo Jenkins, HD139
Charlene Ward Johnson, HD139
Rosalind Caesar, HD139
This is it, the final week before Early Voting. You can keep track of all my interviews and judicial Q&As on the ever indispensable Erik Manning spreadsheet.
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