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Runoff early voting report, Day One

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

The Day One primary runoff early voting report was sent out late last night by the County Clerk’s office. You can see the totals for each location here. Basically, Democrats had 731 in person voters and 3785 mail ballots returned, … Continue reading →

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Runoff endorsement watch: Reiteration

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron makes their recommendations for the primary runoffs: Democratic runoff District judge, 234th Judicial District: Tanner Garth District judge, 270th Judicial District: Lee Arellano Family district judge, 308th Judicial District: Bruce Kessler Family district judge, 311th Judicial District: Brad … Continue reading →

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Early voting for runoffs begins Monday

Posted on April 4, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

From the Inbox: Houston, TX, – Early voting by personal appearance for the April 13, 2010 Democratic and Republican Primary Runoff Elections begins Monday, April 5th. The Primary Runoff Elections will decide 15 contests in which a candidate did not … Continue reading →

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Cathie Adams is a big ol’ liar

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

I don’t know why anyone would ever believe anything that the former head of the Texas Eagle Forum and current Chair of the Republican Party of Texas says. But in the event that you needed a reason to doubt her … Continue reading →

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The Commissioners

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s a look at how the candidates in the three Commissioner races did across Texas. – In the Democratic primary for Land Commissioner, Bill Burton won a majority in an astonishing 193 counties; of those, he scored better than 70% … Continue reading →

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Ballot position and the Republican races

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Inspired by a comment JJMB left on the previous post about the effect of ballot position on the judicial races, I went and looked at the Republican results to see what I could see. Here’s what I found. – Though … Continue reading →

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Vasquez and Carrillo

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Newly-unelected Tax Assessor Leo Vasquez makes the same complaint about why he is headed for the unemployment line as Victor Carrillo did. Carrillo started the ethnic angst with an e-mail to supporters indicating racial bias had cost him re-election. That … Continue reading →

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More on the SBOE

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

The Texas Freedom Network does a victory dance over the defeat of wingnut SBOE member Don McLeroy, noting that overall the forces of good did much better than the far right did. “Don McLeroy was right when he said this … Continue reading →

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Carrillo’s message to supporters

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Ousted Railroad Commission Chair Victor Carrillo sent a sharply-worded email to his supporters about how he lost his race on Tuesday. Early polling showed that the typical GOP primary voter has very little info about the position of Railroad Commissioner, … Continue reading →

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What others are saying about the primaries

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Just a few links to other commentary about yesterday’s elections: Marc Campos Big Jolly Dog Canyon Bob Moser BOR Stace Medellin PDiddie In the Pink South Texas Chisme Martha TFN EoW The Texas Blue Nancy Sims Juanita Jean And finally, … Continue reading →

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Runoff roundup

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s a look at some of the runoff elections that will be on the ballot next month. On the Democratic side…boy, there’s not much. No statewide runoffs, as Linda Chavez-Thompson got a majority in her three-candidate race for Lite Guv. … Continue reading →

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Election results: The Lege

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

There are way too many races to recap here, and since the Trib has done such a thorough job of it, I’ll leave the heavy lifting to them. A few highlights: – Steve Ogden easily won re-nomination in SD5, and … Continue reading →

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Election results: Harris County

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

It was a bad day to be the establishment candidate for Harris County Clerk, let me tell you. Ann Harris Bennett crushed Sue Schechter for the Democratic nomination, winning with 63% of the vote. On the Republican side, wingnut Stan … Continue reading →

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Election results: McLeroy loses!

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

The second-best news of the evening is that wackjob SBOE member Don McLeroy lost to Thomas Ratliff, thus making the state’s worst elected body at least somewhat less dysfunctional. The board’s balance of power is delicate. Though it’s had ten … Continue reading →

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Election results: Perry avoids a runoff

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

So it’s official, the so-called “Battle of the Titans” was a titanic dud, with Rick Perry scraping past the 50% mark to win the GOP nomination for Governor again. Kay Bailey Hutchison, whose campaign will someday be used in political … Continue reading →

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Following the election results

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

I’ll be at my precinct convention tonight, and after that I’ll be off to at least one results-watching event. I hope to post some results this evening, and whatever I don’t get to I’ll post in the morning. Obviously, there’s … Continue reading →

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Endorsement watch: That’s a wrap

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s the Sunday Chron: Over the past few weeks, the Chronicle has made dozens of recommendations in selected contested races in the Democratic and Republican primaries. We reprint those endorsements here, roughly in the order they’ll appear on Tuesday’s ballot. … Continue reading →

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Election Day voting locations

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

For those of you who prefer old-school Election Day voting, here are your precinct locations for Tuesday: Democratic Primary Republican primary Note that some precincts only have one party or the other at them. Primaries are run by the respective … Continue reading →

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District Clerk primary overview

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

There’s one race on the ballot that features an incumbent countywide Democrat in a non-judicial office, and that’s Harris County District Clerk, where Loren Jackson is running for a four-year term after being elected to complete Charles Bacarisse’ unexpired term. … Continue reading →

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Early voting final report

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Early voting was up considerably from the 2006 primaries. According to figures released Friday by Harris County Clerk Beverly Kaufman, 84,018 total early votes were cast in person for the Harris County primaries — compared with 33,362 in 2006. A … Continue reading →

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Last minute poll numbers

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Public Policy Polling takes a last look at the gubernatorial primaries. Debra Medina is fading in the Texas Republican race for Governor, and it continues to look like the contest is headed for a runoff where Rick Perry will be … Continue reading →

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Early voting humpday

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Today was Day Six of early voting for the primaries, so we are now more than halfway through. Here’s a look at how it’s gone so far. For Democrats: In person early votes so far – 11,533 In person early … Continue reading →

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Endorsement watch: Family district courts

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Another batch of Chron judicial endorsements. Here are their recommendations for the Family District Courts in the Democratic primary: 245th District Court: Janiece Horn 247th District Court: Clinton “Chip” Wells 308th District Court: Bruce Kessler 310th District Court: Judy Dougherty … Continue reading →

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Primary early voting, Day One

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

I’m not going to create a daily spreadsheet of the early voting totals by location this election, as life is just too short. I do have a spreadsheet showing the 2006 dailies by location, thanks to Hector DeLeon in the … Continue reading →

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Endorsement watch: Statesman on the SBOE

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

The Statesman makes some recommendations in SBOE primaries in hopes of getting a better, or at least a slightly less dysfunctional, Board for the coming year. In the District 5 Republican primary, Tim Tuggey, 54, gets our endorsement. Tuggey, running … Continue reading →

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Early voting starts tomorrow

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

The following is from the County Clerk‘s office: IN-PERSON EARLY VOTING BEGINS FOR MARCH 2 PRIMARY ELECTIONS: STRONG TURNOUT WILL NOT SURPRISE Houston, TX, – Early voting by personal appearance for the upcoming Democratic and Republican Primary Elections in Harris … Continue reading →

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White holds big lead in Dem primary poll

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

The headline and content of this Trib story is about another strong showing by GOP gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina in a poll, this one by Public Policy Polling, but that’s not what interests me. I’ll get to that in a … Continue reading →

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No RNC convention here

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Thank God for small favors. Washington-based Hotline reported Wednesday that the Republican National Committee, holding its winter meeting in Honolulu last week, had narrowed its search for a 2012 convention site to four cities — Houston, Tampa, Fla., Phoenix and … Continue reading →

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Endorsement watch: Where’s the Chron?

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

We’re ten days out from the start of Early Voting for the primaries, and I can’t say I’m surprised that the Chron hasn’t gotten around to making any recommendations yet. Despite managing to do the 2009 races in a timely … Continue reading →

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Rasmussen’s latest on the GOP primary

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

I have three things to say about this Rasmussen poll of the GOP Governor’s primary, which shows Rick Perry with 44%, KBH with 29%, and Debra Medina with 16%. 1. People are starting to talk seriously about the possibility of … Continue reading →

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Endorsement watch: ParentPAC for Tim Tuggey

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

The Texas ParentPAC has gotten itself involved in another Republican SBOE primary, this time on behalf of San Antonio’s Tim Tuggey, who is challenging incumbent Ken Mercer in District 5. Here’s their release: The bipartisan Texas Parent PAC today announced … Continue reading →

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The GOP gubernatorial debate, simplified

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

About what one would expect, I daresay. The Republican candidates for governor clashed in what is likely their final debate Friday, attacking one another’s records but offering little vision as to what they would do as governor over the next … Continue reading →

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A look at legislative primaries

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

The Trib has a nice roundup of legislative primaries of interest. I know it’s partly because of the Governor’s race, with contested primaries in both parties, but the State House side of things feels awfully sedate compared to previous years. … Continue reading →

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Endorsement watch: AWA and AFL-CIO

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

More endorsements of the mostly-judicial variety for you to ponder, from the Association of Women Attorneys and the Harris County AFL-CIO. The 2010 Elections page has been updated to reflect these recommendations. Note that there were a few dual endorsements … Continue reading →

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