Tag Archives: Election 2003

Tort “reform” is still a scam

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

I know, I’m as shocked as you are. A national report released Wednesday says the 2003 Texas law that limited damage awards in malpractice suits has caused health care spending to rise and has not significantly increased the number of … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Election 2003, health insurance, Medicare, Rick Perry, Texas, Texas Alliance for Patient Access, Texas Department of Insurance, Texas Medical Association, tort reform | 3 Comments

The 70 Percent Solution

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Where have I heard this before? November’s election really is about 2013, said lawyer, lobbyist and blogger Robert Miller. He speculates that the mayor needs to win big against low-profile opponents in November to discourage stronger candidates from running against … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Annise Parker, Bill White, Bob Lanier, Election 2001, Election 2003, Election 2011, Houston, Lee Brown, Mayor | 2 Comments

More angst over May elections

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

The Star Telegram adds to the litany of woe surrounding the upcoming changes to the state’s elections calendar. Over three months, some voters would face a primary, followed by city and school elections, followed by primary runoffs, followed by city … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Austin, Election 2003, Fort Worth, Military and Overseas Voting Empowerment Act, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege | Comments Off

May elections

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

As we know, the Lege passed a bill that would have the effect of moving the date for primary runoffs into May. This is causing heartburn for cities like Austin that hold their municipal elections in May of even numbered … Continue reading →

Posted in The great state of Texas | Tagged Austin, Election 2001, Election 2003, Election 2005, Election 2007, Election 2009, Election 2012, Houston, runoff, Texas, The Lege, Travis County | 3 Comments

Apparently we do have an opponent for the Mayor

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Deputy Fire Chief Fernando Herrera, who had previously said he was 95% sure he wasn’t running for Mayor, has now decided that he will in fact run for Mayor. Houston Fire Department Deputy Chief Fernando Herrera plans to formally announce … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Annise Parker, Election 2003, Election 2011, Fernando Herrera, Houston, Mayor, Michael Berry | 5 Comments

Hey, big secret spender

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

I know you’re as shocked as I am to learn that there are unknown entities spending large quantities of money in this election. Campaign finance watchdogs say the tactic conceals important information about who is backing a political cause, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2010 | Tagged Adrian Garcia, Chad Dunn, Chamber of Commerce, Election 2003, Election 2010, Harris County, Karl Rove, lawsuit, Renew Houston, TDP, Texans for True Mobility | Comments Off

The tasks before the new Metro board

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

The new Metro board has its work cut out for it. Gilbert Garcia, the financial analyst nominated by Mayor Annise Parker Thursday as Metro’s new board chairman, said the controversies won’t prevent him and his colleagues from proceeding diligently with … Continue reading →

Posted in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles | Tagged Annise Parker, Bill King, Election 2003, Gilbert Garcia, Houston, light rail, Metro | 2 Comments

Parker expresses doubt about University and Uptown lines

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

This is not the sort of thing I want to see. Mayor Annise Parker cast doubt Wednesday on whether the Metropolitan Transit Authority has the money to pay for two planned light-rail lines that proponents say are critical to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles | Tagged Annise Parker, bond referendum, bonds, David Wolff, Election 2003, Houston, John Breeding, Metro, University line, Uptown line, Uptown Management District | 4 Comments

Runoff EV wrapup

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

The final tally is in, and after 13,534 in person votes were cast today, a total of 66,909 have been counted so far. This compares to 80,516 early votes for the November election. Except it doesn’t, since that total represents … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged early voting, Election 2001, Election 2003, Election 2005, Election 2007, Election 2009, Houston, Mayor, runoff, turnout | 1 Comment

More on the early voting turnout so far

Posted on December 5, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron writes about the early voting turnout so far. After four days, nearly 10,000 more Houstonians voted early than in the general election, a trend Harris County Clerk Beverly Kaufman said she predicted. “Voters just weren’t engaged back in … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged absentee ballots, early voting, Election 2003, Election 2009, Houston, Mayor, runoff, turnout | Comments Off

Runoff EV report, Day 3

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s the spreadsheet. Basically, three near-identical days for in person voting. At this rate, about 75,000 ballots will be cast before Election Day. I think it will be higher than that, but I don’t think by much. For comparison, here’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged early voting, Election 2003, Election 2009, Houston, Mayor, runoff, turnout | 1 Comment

Runoff EV report, Day Two

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

The early vote spreadsheet has now been updated to include Day Two. Short story, about the same number of in person votes, fewer mail ballots returned, two day total of 17,480. Again, not too shabby considering the crappy weather. Maybe … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged early voting, Election 2003, Election 2009, Houston, Mayor, runoff, turnout | Comments Off

Early voting starts today

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Today marks the start of early voting for all of the runoff elections, which include Houston, Bellaire, and HISD. Early voting schedule and locations can be found here; remember that EV locations outside of Houston city limits are mostly closed, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged early voting, Election 2003, Election 2005, Election 2007, Election 2009, Houston, Houston City Council, Mayor, runoff | 2 Comments

Council turnover

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

One underappreciated aspect of this year’s election is that we may wind up with more than two new At Large City Council members. We started with two open seats, and with incumbents Sue Lovell and Jolanda Jones in runoffs, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged Andrew Burks, Clarence Bradford, Election 1997, Election 1999, Election 2001, Election 2003, Election 2005, Election 2007, Election 2009, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jolanda Jones, Karen Derr, runoff, Stephen Costello, Sue Lovell | 3 Comments

Recount in HCC 3

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

No surprise at all. Mary Ann Perez appeared to pull off a tight victory in the Houston Community College’s District III trustee race Tuesday night. But her opponent was in no mood for a concession. “I’m requesting a recount,” said … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged Ciro Rodriguez, Diane Olmos Guzman, Election 2003, Election 2004, Election 2009, HCC, Henry Cuellar, Houston, Jeff Daily, Mary Ann Perez, Pam Holm, recount, runoff | 1 Comment

More thoughts about yesterday’s results

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

– I didn’t note it last night, but all 11 Constitutional amendments passed. No surprise there, they almost always do. – Looking back at my turnout projections, the right number to go with was the 30% scenario. As it happens, … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged Bellaire, constitutional amendments, Election 2003, Election 2004, Election 2008, Election 2009, Harris County, Houston, Mayor, runoff, turnout, voter registration | 2 Comments

Election results thread

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

It’s gonna be a long night…Here are the early vote results from Harris County. Candidate Votes Pct ========================= Locke 17,183 28.76 Parker 17,169 28.74 Brown 15,387 25.75 Morales 9,451 15.82 Green 19,389 39.97 Holm 16,939 32.26 Khan 15,631 29.77 That’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged Election 2003, Election 2009, Election Day, Houston, Houston City Controller, Houston City Council, Mayor, turnout | 2 Comments

Comparing Controller’s races

Posted on November 1, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

In 2009, we have a Controller’s race that features an At Large Council member, a Council member from a high-turnout, mostly white district, and Council member from a low-turnout, mostly non-white district. In 2003, we had a Controller’s race that … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged Annise Parker, Bruce Tatro, Election 1997, Election 1999, Election 2001, Election 2003, Election 2005, Election 2007, Election 2009, Gabriel Vasquez, Houston, Houston City Controller, Houston City Council, MJ Khan, Pam Holm, Ronald Green | Comments Off

The official turnout projection, sort of

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s the Chron story on the end of early voting. [E]lection officials and political observers said Friday they expect fewer than one in four registered voters will cast ballots in Tuesday’s elections for Houston mayor, City Council, controller and other … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged early voting, Election 2003, Election 2009, turnout | 3 Comments

Early voting: Out with a bang

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Today was by far the heaviest day of Early Voting, with 17,072 ballots cast, which is nearly as much as Wednesday and Thursday combined, and also nearly as much as the final day of 2003. In the end, 71,368 in-person … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged absentee ballots, early voting, Election 2003, Election 2009, Election Day, turnout | 3 Comments

Early voting: One more day

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Tomorrow is the last day of early voting. If you haven’t voted by 7 PM on Friday, you’ll need to show up at your precinct polling location on Tuesday to have a say in this election. Here’s a press release … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged absentee ballots, Beverly Kaufman, early voting, Election 2003, Election 2009, Election Day, Harris County, Harris County Clerk, Houston, turnout | Comments Off

Early voting: Two big days to go

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Yesterday and today were the two busiest days for early voting so far, with 7193 and 8684 voters showing up on each day. Both were better than the corresponding days in 2003, though thanks to the rain-induced slowdown on Monday, … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged early voting, Election 2003, Election 2009, Houston, turnout | Comments Off

Brown leads in KHOU poll

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Another good poll result for Peter Brown. According to [an 11 News / KUHF Houston Public Radio] poll, 24 percent of likely voters in the Houston mayoral race plan to vote for Brown. This is up sharply from the five … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged Annise Parker, early voting, Election 2003, Election 2009, Gene Locke, Houston, Mayor, Peter Brown, polls, Roy Morales, turnout | 3 Comments

Early voting: Rainy days and Mondays

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Today was the first day of the last week of early voting. On this day in 2003, with EV hours of only 8 AM to 4:30 PM, there were over 5500 in person votes cast. Today, in twelve hours of … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged early voting, Election 2003, Election 2009, Houston, turnout | 1 Comment

Weekend early voting update

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

We head into the last week of Early Voting with a total of 30,463 ballots being cast so far; of those, 26,662 were done in person. That compares to 27,590 in person from 2003, and 31,440 total counting mail ballots. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged early voting, Election 2003, Election 2009, Houston, turnout | 1 Comment

Early voting, five days in

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

We’ve completed the first business week of early voting, and the spreadsheet has been updated to show the totals so far. Thursday was the slowest day so far, with 2889 in-person ballots, which I attribute to the torrential rain in … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged Beverly Kaufman, early voting, Election 2003, Election 2009, Harris County, Houston, Mayor, turnout | Comments Off

Locke v. Brown

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

So here’s the new Gene Locke ad: Everybody noticed the pause, right? Hey, if the electorate isn’t paying close attention to the details, you may as well make the most of it where you can. And here’s the Chron story … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged attack ads, Bill White, Election 2003, Election 2009, Gene Locke, Houston, Mayor, Orlando Sanchez, Peter Brown, polls, radio, Sylvester Turner, videos | 3 Comments

Another way to look at early voting so far

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

As we know, Early Voting this year is running well ahead of recent years. In the first two days, 8295 in person ballots have been cast, compared to 6685 over the first two days in 2003. I’ve suggested that this … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged early voting, Election 2003, Election 2005, Election 2007, Election 2008, Election 2009, Houston, turnout | 2 Comments

Early voting, Day One

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

As I seem to have a love of spreadsheets, here’s a Google spreadsheet that will keep track of the daily Early Voting returns by location. Counting mail ballots and absentee in-person voting, 6162 people voted yesterday. For comparison purposes, here’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged early voting, Election 2003, Election 2005, Election 2007, Election 2009, Harris County, Houston, Mayor | 1 Comment

So what do you think will happen?

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Dr. Murray offers some thoughts on turnout in the November election. Public interest may finally be picking up a bit, but I still think turnout will lag well behind 2003, when 304,907 ballots were cast in the city. Two reasons … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged early voting, Election 2003, Election 2009, Houston, Houston City Controller, Mayor, turnout | 3 Comments

And the rest

Posted on October 3, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron devotes a fairly long article to the three candidates for Mayor you’ve probably never heard of. It’s fine to give a chance for everyone to be heard, but with the election a month out and the sum total … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged Bill White, Election 2003, Election 2009, Houston, Mayor, Orlando Sanchez, Sylvester Turner | 3 Comments

Chron overview of the Controller’s race

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Must be getting close to Early Voting, as the Chron has started writing about elections other than the Mayor’s race. Here’s their overview of the Controller’s race. The city controller position traditionally has been a big draw in municipal races. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged Election 2003, Election 2009, Houston, Houston City Controller, MJ Khan, Pam Holm, Ronald Green | 2 Comments

Katz announces for Lite Guv

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Well, at least we have a candidate. Marc Katz can’t help it. He’s gotta tell you. He’s planning to run for lieutenant governor. Katz, 62, Austin’s self-proclaimed deli king, said he plans to file paperwork to enter the race as … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2010 | Tagged Austin, David Dewhurst, Election 2003, Election 2010, Farouk Shami, Hank Gilbert, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Kinky Friedman, Lite Gov, Marc Katz, Mayor, Texas | Comments Off

KHOU polls the Mayor’s race

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

We have a data point going into the Labor Day weekend. “The vast majority of voters are still undecided about who to vote for,” said 11 News political expert Bob Stein. “They’re simply unfamiliar with the candidates.” In the poll, … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged Annise Parker, Bill White, Election 2003, Election 2009, Gene Locke, Houston, margin of error, Mayor, Peter Brown, polls, Roy Morales | 3 Comments

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