Next up in At Large #5 is a familiar face, that of Jack Christie, who is on his third run for this office. Christie came very close to winning in 2009, ultimately falling by 1500 votes in the runoff. He is a chiropractor who has served on the Spring Branch ISD Board of Trustees and on the State Board of Education. Here’s our conversation:
You can find a list of all interviews for this cycle, plus other related information, on my 2011 Elections page.
I couldn’t find an official total with a brief search, but your 2009 post-election analysis says Christie got to within something like 670 votes not 1500.
I don’t recall offhand how I arrived at that number. I used the City Secretary’s Election Results page to get the 1500 figure:
http://www.houstontx.gov/citysec/elections/121209.pdf
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unless more jack christie supporters show back up at the run off polls,it will certainly be another two years of chron.com stories of “jo”.
respectfully submitted joshua ben bullard