Rep. Borris Miles
Last Saturday, State Rep. Borris Miles secured the Democratic nomination to replace Senator Rodney Ellis for Senate District 13. As a result, Rep. Miles will have to vacate his seat in House District 146. Precinct chairs will convene again to select a replacement nominee for House District 146.
The replacement process will take place at the House District 146 Executive Committee Meeting on Saturday, August 6, 2016 at 10 AM. The event is open to the public, however only precinct chairs that reside in the district are allowed to nominate.
House District 146 Executive Committee Meeting
Sunnyside Multi-Service Center (map)
August 6, 2016
10:00 AM-12 PM
9314 Cullen Blvd
Houston, TX 77051Nominations will be accepted from and voted on by the precinct chairs in attendance at the August 6th meeting. The replacement candidate does not have to register or announce a candidacy; there is no legal filing process. However, any individuals interested in the vacancy are encouraged to contact the Harris County Democratic Party Headquarters to complete an Unofficial Declaration of Interest Form.
This form helps HCDP keep track of all interested candidates and brings some organization to the process. Candidates listed below have either given written notice or expressed interest in the HD 146 seat. There may be other individuals interested in running. Here are the potential candidates:
1. Erica Lee Carter
2. Larry Blackmon
3. Valencia L. Williams
4. Rashad L. Cave
5. Shawn Thierry
6. James Donatto
I should be able to make it to this. Here’s what I can tell you about the candidates:
– Erica Lee Carter is the HCDE Trustee in Precinct 1, elected in 2012. Here’s the interview I did with her for that primary. If she wins the nomination and is subsequently elected in November, the HCDE Board would select a new member to fill her seat until her term would be up at the end of 2018. And yes, if you didn’t know, Carter is the daughter of US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.
– Larry Blackmon has been a candidate for City Council a few times, most recently in 2015 for At Large #4. I have not done any interviews with him, but there are a couple of links to Q&As he did elsewhere on my Election 2015 page.
– Valencia L. Williams – I got nothing.
– Rashad Cave – Per his bio, Cave is a “Motivational Speaker, businessman, entrepreneur, and father”.
– Shawn Thierry was the runnerup for the 507th Family District Court; her Q&A for that is here. She was supported by the Mostyns during her run for the 507th; we’ll see if that translates to this election.
– James Donatto II is as noted before a board member of the Greater Houston Black Chamber, and his father is a committee chair on the Houston Southeast Management District.
There are not a lot of precinct chairs in HD146 – I believe the number I heard at the SD13 event was 27 – so to say the least this will be a tight process. If you have anything to add about any of these candidates, please leave a comment.
Lord, these people are all awful.
From public sources, including LinkedIn, Valencia L. Williams apparently votes from a Braes Forest Rd. address in Fondren Southwest, is founder of Halloe and Associates, a nonprofit with a broad mission, and president and founder of Amerighan Oil, Gas, Textiles, Real Estate, and Produce, headquartered in Accra, Ghana. Her LinkedIn profile displays a photo of her with Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee..
Correct if I’m wrong but isn’t Erica Lee Carter the daughter of sheila jackson lee?
If so, one would would hope for better ideas.
But then again Jackson Lee didn’t support Paid Parental Leave for city employees and used it as a political spring board to congress.
mark it down , write it down = shawn thierry will get the nomination.