To say the least, there was a lot of uncertainty at the beginning of the year when I was planning out my interview schedule for the primary election. There were no maps for the State House, State Senate, and Congress. We didn’t know if the primary would take place in April, May, June, or later, and we didn’t know if some offices might have their primaries on a different date than some other offices. Even for the offices not affected by redistricting, we couldn’t say for certain what the lineups were going to be because of a secondary filing period yet to come. As you might imagine, this made planning a challenge.
But I couldn’t wait for the courts to settle things. There were already too many races and too many candidates to let the calendar start slipping away. So I started with races where there were no disputes about boundaries, and went from there. Along the way, I covered a lot of ground, and since some of these interviews were published more than three months ago, I thought I’d list them all here in a convenient form as a reminder. As I said yesterday, there will be more to come, some likely from the TDP convention and others later on as we gear up for November. In the meantime, here’s a list of all the interviews I’ve already done, organized by level of government:
Harris County races
Sheriff: Adrian Garcia – Interview
District Attorney: Zack Fertitta – Interview
District Attorney: Pat Lykos – Interview
District Attorney: Mike Anderson – Interview
HCDE Trustee, Position 3 At Large: Diane Trautman – Interview
HCDE Trustee, Position 3 At Large: David Rosen – Interview
HCDE Trustee, Precinct 1, Position 6: Erica Lee – Interview
HCDE Trustee, Precinct 1, Position 6: Reagan Flowers – Interview
County Commissioner, Precinct 4: Sean Hammerle – Interview
Constable, Precinct 1: Cindy Vara-Leija – Interview
Constable, Precinct 1: Quincy Whitaker – Interview
Constable, Precinct 1: Alan Rosen – Interview
Constable, Precinct 1: Grady Castleberry – Interview
State races
SBOE 6: Patty Quintana-Nilsson – Interview
SBOE 6: Traci Jensen – Interview
SBOE 6: David Scott – Interview
HD131: Rep. Alma Allen – Interview
HD131: Wanda Adams – Interview
HD137: Jamaal Smith – Interview
HD137: Joe Madden – Interview
HD137: Gene Wu – Interview
HD137: Sarah Winkler – Interview
HD144: Kevin Risner – Interview
HD144: Ornaldo Ybarra – Interview
HD144: Mary Ann Perez – Interview
HD146: Rep. Borris Miles – Interview
HD147: Rep. Garnet Coleman – Interview
Federal offices
US Senate: Paul Sadler – Interview
US Senate: Sean Hubbard – Interview
CD07: Phillip Andrews – Interview
CD07: James Cargas – Interview
CD07: Lissa Squiers – Interview
CD14: Nick Lampson – Interview
CD16: Rep. Silvestre Reyes – Interview
CD20: Joaquin Castro – Interview
CD23: Pete Gallego – Interview
CD23: Ciro Rodriguez – Interview
CD27: Ronnie McDonald – Interview
CD33: Marc Veasey – Interview
CD33: Domingo Garcia – Interview
CD34: Ramiro Garza – Interview
CD34: Anthony Troiani – Interview
CD35: Sylvia Romo – Interview
Whew. It’s been a busy few months, and I don’t see a whole lot of letup between now and November. I’ll be back with more after a brief respite.