Tag Archives: Election 2019

Metro moving forward with its construction plans

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

As well they should. Carrin Patman greeted the supporter by grabbing both of his hands in a packed downtown Houston event space above a bustling sports bar. The buffet laid out for Metro’s 2019 election night watch party was thoroughly … Continue reading →

Posted in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles | Tagged bond referendum, BRT, buses, Carrin Patman, construction, coronavirus, Election 2019, Houston, light rail, Metro, sales taxes | Comments Off

District B runoff officially scheduled

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Hooray! At long last, voters in the north Houston neighborhoods that make up City Council’s District B will get to select a new representative in December. Visiting state District Judge Grant Dorfman on Monday ordered the long-delayed runoff to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019, Election 2020 | Tagged Cynthia Bailey, District B, Election 2019, Election 2020, Houston, Houston City Council, Jerry Davis, lawsuit, Renee Jefferson Smith, runoff, Tarsha Jackson | Comments Off

We are finally about to get that District B runoff scheduled

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

About damn time. A court hearing set for Oct. 19 finally could end the election dispute that has delayed a runoff in Houston city council’s District B for nearly a year. A state district judge is scheduled to hear an … Continue reading →

Appeals court upholds District B ruling

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

We will finally get a runoff election in District B. An appeals court ruled early Tuesday that Houston did not err when it declined to disqualify a District B city council candidate who had a felony conviction, clearing the way … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019, Election 2020 | Tagged Cynthia Bailey, District B, Election 2019, Election 2020, First Court of Appeals, Houston, Houston City Council, Jerry Davis, lawsuit, Renee Jefferson Smith, runoff, Tarsha Jackson | Comments Off

Hey, remember District B?

Posted on August 1, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

This makes me so mad. For the last couple months, Tarsha Jackson has organized north Houston neighborhoods around criminal justice reform, helping to release a “Justice Can’t Wait” policy platform she said the city could enact immediately. Cynthia Bailey has … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019, Legal matters | Tagged Cynthia Bailey, District B, Election 2019, Election 2020, First Court of Appeals, Houston, Houston City Council, Jerry Davis, lawsuit, Renee Jefferson Smith, runoff, Tarsha Jackson | 2 Comments

Budget amendments and a fight over police reform

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

That’s your City Council agenda for today. City council members have authored more than four dozen amendments to Mayor Sylvester Turner’s proposed budget to trim spending, create new sources of revenue and expand police accountability measures. Council members will take … Continue reading →

Posted in Local politics | Tagged Abbie Kamin, Amy Peck, budget, Carolyn Evans-Shabazz, Dave Martin, David Robinson, Edward Pollard, Election 2019, George Floyd, Houston, Houston City Council, HPD, HPOU, Jerry Davis, Karla Cisneros, Letitia Plummer, Martha Castex-Tatum, Mayor, Robert Gallegos, Sallie Alcorn, Sylvester Turner, Tiffany Thomas | 1 Comment

Metro slows its roll on system improvements

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Not a surprise. Houston-area transit officials will wait out a little more of the coronavirus crisis before soliciting bids on five of the first projects in their $7 billion construction bonanza for bus and rail upgrades. “Moving this by a … Continue reading →

Posted in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles | Tagged BRT, buses, Carrin Patman, construction, coronavirus, Election 2019, Harrisburg line, Houston, I-10, I-45, light rail, Metro, Southeast line, Uptown line | 2 Comments

District B lawsuit drags on

Posted on March 12, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Double ugh. It could be another four to five months before voters in Houston’s District B can select a new city council member, extending a delay that has held up a runoff there since December. The Houston-based First Court of … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019, Legal matters | Tagged Cynthia Bailey, District B, Election 2019, Election 2020, First Court of Appeals, Houston, Houston City Council, lawsuit, Renee Jefferson Smith, runoff, Tarsha Jackson | 1 Comment

Improved bus corridors are coming

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Sounds promising. Metropolitan Transit Authority is set to upgrade a pair of Houston bus routes, hoping that raising the quality of bus service will prove the key to increasing transit use. The 54 Scott and the 56 Montrose/Airline routes will … Continue reading →

Posted in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles | Tagged buses, Election 2019, Houston, Metro, Tom Lambert, traffic lights | Comments Off

District B ruling appealed

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Ugh. The date of Houston’s stalled city council District B runoff is again in question after the third-place finisher in the race moved forward with an appeal of a court order earlier this month that the runoff go on without … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019, Election 2020 | Tagged Cynthia Bailey, District B, Election 2019, Election 2020, Houston, Houston City Council, lawsuit, Renee Jefferson Smith, runoff, Tarsha Jackson | 1 Comment

January 2020 campaign finance reports: City of Houston

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

We’re done with the 2019 Houston election cycle, but there are still things we can learn from the January 2020 campaign finance reports that city of Houston candidates and officeholders have to file. Other finance report posts: My two-part look … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Abbie Kamin, Amanda Edwards, Amy Peck, Annise Parker, Bill King, Bill White, campaign finance reports, Carolyn Evans-Shabazz, Chris Brown, Citizens to Keep Houston Strong, Cynthia Bailey, Dave Martin, David Robinson, Edward Pollard, Election 2019, Election 2020, Election 2021, Election 2022, Election 2023, Election 2024, Greg Travis, Houston, Houston City Council, Jerry Davis, Karla Cisneros, Letitia Plummer, Martha Castex-Tatum, Mayor, Michael Kubosh, Mike Knox, Mike Laster, Orlando Sanchez, Raj Salhotra, Robert Gallegos, Sallie Alcorn, Sylvester Turner, Tarsha Jackson, Tiffany Thomas, Tony Buzbee | 1 Comment

The Jerry Davis situation

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Someday, this is going to be taught in political science classes. And possibly law schools. The ongoing election dispute in District B has put Jerry Davis in a peculiar position, seemingly caught between two provisions of the Texas Constitution as … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019, Election 2020 | Tagged Constitution, Cynthia Bailey, Democratic primary, District B, Election 2019, Election 2020, Harold Dutton, HD142, Houston, Houston City Council, Jerry Davis, lawsuit, Renee Jefferson Smith, runoff, Supreme Court, Tarsha Jackson, term limits, Texas, The Lege | Comments Off

Bailey stays on District B runoff ballot

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Hopefully, this is the end of the line. In a long-awaited decision, a visiting judge ruled Tuesday that a Houston city council candidate who has a felony conviction should remain on the ballot for the District B runoff, declining a … Continue reading →

Runoff results: Eastman wins, Markowitz loses

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

I’m posting this before all the votes are in, but the results are not in doubt. Anna Eastman was leading Luis La Rotta by a 67-33 margin in HD148 after 26 of 37 vote centers were in. See here for … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Anna Eastman, Election 2019, Election 2020, Elizabeth Markowitz, Gary Gates, HD100, HD148, HD28, James Armstrong, Lorraine Birabil, Lui LaRotta, runoff, special election, Texas, The Lege | 1 Comment

What to expect in HD28?

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Time to play the expectations game. It is hard not to argue Democrats have gone all in on the special election runoff for House District 28. Ahead of the Tuesday election, at least three presidential candidates have come to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Election 2019, Election 2020, Elizabeth Markowitz, Gary Gates, HD28, runoff, special election, Texas, The Lege | 2 Comments

District B lawsuit has its hearing

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Feels like we’ve been waiting forever for this. Lawyers for the third-place finisher in Houston city council District B’s election told a judge Friday that the city erred in failing to declare an opponent ineligible because of her felony conviction … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Cynthia Bailey, District B, Election 2019, Houston, Houston City Council, lawsuit, Renee Jefferson Smith, runoff, Tarsha Jackson | 1 Comment

Meanwhile, the HISD Board of Trustees is still a thing

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Meet the new Board, not the same as the old Board. Hours after Houston ISD’s four recently elected trustees took office, enshrining the district’s first all-female school board, the new-look governing team on Thursday made its first big decision. Trustees … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Board of Managers, bond referendum, bonds, Dani Hernandez, Election 2012, Election 2019, Election 2020, Elizabeth Santos, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Judith Cruz, Kathy Blueford Daniels, Patricia Allen, schools, Sue Deigaard, Texas Education Agency | Comments Off

Early voting for the legislative special election runoffs starts Tuesday

Posted on January 19, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

From the inbox: Early Voting for the January 28, 2020 Special Runoff Election for State Representative District 148 begins Tuesday, January 21 and ends Friday, January 24. During the four-day Early Voting period, five locations will be available to more … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Anna Eastman, early voting, Election 2019, Election 2020, Elizabeth Markowitz, Fort Bend County, Harris County, HD148, HD28, runoff, special election, Texas, The Lege | Comments Off

Who might run for Mayor in 2023?

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

So Election 2019 is (modulo District B) safely in the books, and Sylvester Turner is in office for his second and final term. In years past at this time I’d be taking a look ahead at the next city election … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2023 | Tagged Abbie Kamin, Amanda Edwards, Carol Alvarado, Chris Brown, District C, Election 2015, Election 2019, Election 2020, Election 2023, Houston, Houston City Controller, Jim Murphy, Mayor, Orlando Sanchez, Sarah Davis, Senate, Sylvester Turner, The Lege | 14 Comments

Oh God, I have to mention Tony Buzbee again

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

There goes one New Year’s resolution. There is a plate of crawfish on the table in front of Tony Buzbee, who has substituted his jeans-and-jacket campaign garb for a baby blue sweatshirt and Texas A&M baseball cap. The setting: Crawfish … Continue reading →

Posted in Elsewhere in Houston, Food, glorious food, General snarkiness | Tagged blogging, Election 2019, Houston, Mayor, Tony Buzbee | Comments Off

Mayor Turner’s second term begins

Posted on January 4, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

He’s on the clock now. Freshly sworn in Thursday morning, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner promised to make significant strides in street repairs and flood control while boosting services for the city’s homeless in his second term. He also called on … Continue reading →

Posted in Local politics | Tagged Annise Parker, Election 2019, Houston, Houston City Council, Lee Brown, Mayor, Sylvester Turner | 12 Comments

Precinct analysis: 2019 HD148 special election

Posted on December 29, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

I started this post while doing other precinct analysis stuff. Didn’t finish it with the others, but now that the legislative special election runoffs are next up on the calendar, I thought I’d finish it off. First, here’s how the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Anna Eastman, Bill King, Dwight Boykins, Election 2019, Harris County, HD148, Houston, Lui LaRotta, Mayor, precinct analysis, special election, Sue Lovell, Sylvester Turner, Texas, The Lege, Tony Buzbee, turnout | Comments Off

HD28 poll: Markowitz 42, Gates 42

Posted on December 26, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

From the inbox: With the crowded field now narrowed to two, a new internal poll shows Dr. Eliz Markowitz (D) in a dead heat — 42 to 42 —with her Republican challenger, perennial candidate Gary Gates, in the race to … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged early voting, Election 2019, Election 2020, Elizabeth Markowitz, Gary Gates, HD148, HD28, polls, runoff, special election, Texas, The Lege | 1 Comment

Morath’s big talk

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

But can he back it up? In his first public comments about plans to strip power from Houston ISD’s elected trustees, Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath said Tuesday that the district’s leaders have engaged in “chronic neglect” of children in … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Board of Managers, budget, Election 2019, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Mike Morath, pre-kindergarten, recapture, school finance, schools, Texas, Texas Education Agency | Comments Off

District B runoff lawsuit hearing set

Posted on December 22, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Let’s hope for a quick verdict. The stalled runoff in Houston city council District B likely will have to wait until May, if not longer, leaving north Houston neighborhoods without a new representative for months after the council convenes in … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Cynthia Bailey, District B, District H, Election 2019, Houston, Houston City Council, Isabel Longoria, Karla Cisneros, lawsuit, Renee Jefferson Smith, runoff, Tarsha Jackson | Comments Off

The female face of City Council

Posted on December 18, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Houston City Council is majority female for the first time in over a decade. Starting next year, a record nine women will serve on Houston City Council amid a shift toward a younger and more progressive council for Mayor Sylvester … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Addie Wiseman, Election 2005, Election 2019, Gracie Saenz, Houston, Houston City Council, Isabel Longoria, Karla Cisneros, Orlando Sanchez, redistricting, Robert Gallegos, runoff, Shelley Sekula Gibbs, single member districts | 42 Comments

Next up for Mayor Turner

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

A preview of his second term agenda. Mayor Sylvester Turner said he would seek to enact “transformational” changes in his second term, previewing an agenda that will require city leaders to confront politically difficult issues and vastly expand the use … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019, Local politics | Tagged Election 2019, flooding, gay rights, George P. Bush, Greg Abbott, HFD, Houston, Hurricane Harvey, Land Commissioner, Mayor, revenue cap, Sylvester Turner, transgender rights | 6 Comments

District H status

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

The closest election we had on Saturday remains unsettled. Just a dozen votes separate Houston City Council District H contenders Karla Cisneros and Isabel Longoria, and it may come down to an undetermined number of provisional, overseas and military ballots … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged absentee ballots, District H, Election 2019, Harris County Clerk, Houston, Houston City Council, Isabel Longoria, Karla Cisneros, provisional ballots, recount, runoff | 1 Comment

Council results

Posted on December 15, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

With one race still up in the air as I draft this: With early voting tallies and most of Saturday’s Election Day results posted, Houston’s three incumbent at-large council members facing runoffs had won, while District H incumbent Karla Cisneros … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Abbie Kamin, Amy Peck, Anthony Dolcefino, At Large #1, At Large #2, At Large #3, At Large #4, At Large #5, Brad Jordan, Carolyn Evans-Shabazz, David Robinson, District A, District B, District C, District D, District F, District H, District J, Edward Pollard, Election 2019, Eric Dick, Harris County, Houston, Houston City Council, Janaeya Carmouche, Letitia Plummer, Michael Kubosh, Mike Knox, Raj Salhotra, recount, runoff, Sallie Alcorn, Shelley Kennedy, Tiffany Thomas, Willie Davis | 4 Comments

HISD and HCC results

Posted on December 15, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

From the HISD runoffs: Early election results showed Houston ISD school board candidates Kathy Blueford-Daniels and Patricia Allen with comfortable leads in their runoff races Saturday, as they aim to fill the final two seats on the district’s closely watched … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Carolyn Evans-Shabazz, Cynthia Gary, Dani Hernandez, Dave Wilson, Election 2019, Fort Bend County, HCC, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, John Curtis Gibbs, Judith Cruz, Kathy Blueford Daniels, Kathy Lynch Gunter, Matt Barnes, Monica Flores Richart, Neeta Sane, Patricia Allen, Rhonda Skillern-Jones, runoff, Texas Education Agency | 2 Comments

Runoff Day is today

Posted on December 14, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Hang in there, it’s almost over. A nearly year-long mayoral election that culminated in a subdued runoff between Tony Buzbee and incumbent Sylvester Turner comes to an end Saturday when voters decide who wins control over City Hall for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged early voting, Election 2019, Harris County, Houston, Houston City Council, Mayor, runoff, Sylvester Turner, Tony Buzbee, voting centers | 13 Comments

We continue to wait on the District B runoff

Posted on December 13, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Ugh. Any hope for a speedy resolution to a lawsuit that is holding up the runoff for Houston’s District B city council seat evaporated Wednesday when the presiding judge for the Houston region said she would not assign a special … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Cynthia Bailey, District B, Election 2019, Houston, lawsuit, Renee Jefferson Smith, runoff, Supreme Court, Tarsha Jackson | 1 Comment

KHOU/HPM runoff poll: Turner 56, Buzbee 34

Posted on December 12, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Feels about right. Mayor Sylvester Turner leads Tony Buzbee among likely voters in the December 14 runoff election for Mayor by 56 percent to 34 percent, with 6 percent of voters undecided. Another 5 percent of respondents refused to reveal … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Bill King, Election 2019, Houston, Mayor, polls, runoff, Sylvester Turner, Tony Buzbee | 6 Comments

Chron overview of the HISD runoffs

Posted on December 12, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

We had overviews of all the Council runoffs, but there are other races to consider. Voters in parts of Houston ISD return to the polls next Saturday to complete an overhaul of the district’s much-maligned school board, which will have … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Alma Allen, Board of Managers, Election 2019, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, John Curtis Gibbs, Kathy Blueford Daniels, Matt Barnes, Patricia Allen, runoff, Texas Education Agency | Comments Off

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