Tag Archives: Brad Jordan

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 →

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8 Day runoff 2019 campaign finance reports

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

We start with a Chron story. Mayor Sylvester Turner raked in more than $1.7 million from late October through early December and spent roughly the same amount, leaving him with almost $600,000 for the final days of the runoff, according … Continue reading →

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Runoff endorsement watch: Revisiting races

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Most of the candidates that the Chron endorsed for November either won their races or made it to the runoff. A few fell short, which leaves a bit of unfinished business for them. They have since addressed that, in the … Continue reading →

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Chron overview of the District D runoff

Posted on November 27, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

The story headline about it as a “friendly runoff” between two very different candidates is a good summary. Standing beneath a papier-mâché toucan earlier this month, Carolyn Evans-Shabazz told a handful of potential voters about her aspirations to be a … Continue reading →

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Interview with Brad Jordan

Posted on November 26, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Lots of people who run for Houston City Council are first-time candidates. Along with the State House, it’s a great entry point to elected office. And lots of first time candidates have profiles and backgrounds that are outside the traditional … Continue reading →

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About those Council runoffs

Posted on November 10, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

All of a sudden there’s many fewer candidates to keep track of. Some candidates said they were happy simply to have made it to a runoff. Several races had more than a dozen people vying for the top two vote … Continue reading →

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Final results are in

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Here they are. Refer to my previous post for the initial recap, I’m going to be very minimalist. Let’s do this PowerPoint-style, it’s already been a long day: Mayor – Turner fell short of 50%, landing up a bit below … Continue reading →

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2019 election results: Houston and Metro

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Unfortunately, we have to start with this: Results of Tuesday’s election could take until 2 a.m. Wednesday after the Texas Secretary of State issued a new regulation that upended plans by the Harris County Clerk’s Office to speed vote counting. … Continue reading →

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Chron profile of Brad “Scarface” Jordan

Posted on October 27, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Though he prefers now to just be Brad Jordan, original member of the Geto Boys, current candidate for Houston City Council, District D. Brad Jordan looks through the windshield of his white Mercedes and sees something he doesn’t like. He … Continue reading →

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30 day campaign finance reports: Open City Council seats, part 1

Posted on October 20, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

As before, my look at the July 2019 finance reports for these candidates is here, and all of the finance reports that I have downloaded and reviewed are in this Google folder. Except for the reports that were filed non-electronically, … Continue reading →

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Endorsement watch: Let’s get this thing started

Posted on October 5, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Endorsement Season has begun at the Chronicle, and while the number of elections to cover isn’t really higher than usual, the sheer number of candidates to bring in for interviews is massive and had to have been a logistical nightmare. … Continue reading →

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July 2019 campaign finance reports: Open City Council seats, part 2

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

We come down to the last three open Council seats to examine, all the result of term-limited incumbents. The first post, with Districts A, B, and C, is here, and the rest of the non-Mayoral races is here. As before, … Continue reading →

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Two Geto Boys are better than one

Posted on July 6, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Again I say, sure, why not. William James Dennis, a rapper who goes by the stage name Willie D, has filed a campaign treasurer’s report to run for city council, becoming the second member of the Houston-based hip-hop group Geto … Continue reading →

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Scarface

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

If CM Dwight Boykins is running for Mayor, then someone has to run for District D. Your mind isn’t playing tricks. A former member of the pioneering hip-hop group Geto Boys could wind up representing a large part of the … Continue reading →

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