Tag Archives: Duncan Klussmann

The HVAC and lighting effect

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

One of the main promises of the now-failed HISD bond referendum was funding to fix many issues with HVAC and lighting and other physical plant matters. In the aftermath of the bond’s failure, the Chron takes a look at the … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Board of Managers, bond referendum, bonds, Duncan Klussmann, Election 2024, HISD, Houston, Mike Miles, schools | 4 Comments

Trial begins in Spring Branch ISD single member district lawsuit

Posted on September 11, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

Another big case in court this week. A lawsuit against Spring Branch ISD got its day in court Monday, after three years floating in the legal ether waiting for rulings from similar cases to play out. The suit, filed by … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Duncan Klussmann, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, lawsuit, SCOTUS, single member districts, Spring Branch, Texas, Virginia Elizondo, Voting Rights Act | 1 Comment

More on HISD’s enrollment decline

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

Still worrisome. HISD reported an enrollment of about 183,900 in late October, a drop of more than 6,000 students since the 2022-23 school year and more than 30,000 students since the 2016-17 school year, when the district hit a 10-year … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged charter schools, demography, Duncan Klussmann, HISD, Houston, Mike Miles, schools, Texas Education Agency | Comments Off

The state’s requirements for HISD

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

It’s their job to make it happen. After forging ahead with a takeover of the Houston Independent School District, state leaders have outlined three conditions that must be met before transferring power back to the elected school board, a process that will likely … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Board of Managers, Duncan Klussmann, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Mike Morath, Texas, Texas Education Agency | 1 Comment

SCOTx to rule on the HISD takeover lawsuit

Posted on October 8, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

This feels like something from another era. The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday heard arguments on a yearslong case over whether the Texas Education Agency has the authority to remove all of the Houston school district’s board members and temporarily … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Board of Managers, Doris Delaney, Duncan Klussmann, Election 2019, Election 2021, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, lawsuit, Mike Morath, Supreme Court, Texas, Texas Education Agency, The Lege | Comments Off

Endorsement watch: You have to want it first

Posted on October 6, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron endorses Duncan Klussman in CD38, partly by default. When we gave Wesley Hunt our endorsement in the Republican primary, he made it clear he’d rather go without it. Now, in the general election, we are more than happy to oblige him. Democratic challenger Duncan … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Alma Allen, Ann Johnson, CD07, CD38, Congress, Duncan Klussmann, Election 2022, endorsements, HD131, HD134, Lizzie FLetcher, Texas, The Lege, Wesley Hunt | Comments Off

All interviews and judicial Q&As with nominees so far

Posted on September 5, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Back in February, right before the primary, I posted a list of all of the candidate interviews and judicial Q&As I had done. A couple more Q&A responses came in after that, and I did some further interviews for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged 14th Court of Appeals, Andrea Beall, Andrew Wright, Angela Lancelin, Beverly Armstrong, Carla Wyatt, CD38, Cheri Thomas, Chris Morton, Commissioners Court, Comptroller, Congress, Damiane Curvey Banieh, Dedra Davis, District Clerk, Dolores Lozano, Duncan Klussmann, Election 2022, Erika Ramirez, Gemayel Haynes, Harris County, Harris County Treasurer, HD147, Hilary Unger, interviews, Janet Dudding, Jay Kleberg, John Whitmire, Jolanda Jones, Justice of the Peace, Katherine Thomas, Kelley Andrews, Land Commissioner, Leah Shapiro, Lesley Briones, Lucia Bates, Manpreet Singh, Marilyn Burgess, Natalia Oakes, Porscha Brown, Q&A, SBOE, SD15, Senate, Staci Childs, Steve Duble, Teresa Waldrop, Texas, The Lege, Veronica Nelson | 3 Comments

July 2022 campaign finance reports: Congress

Posted on July 19, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

The runoffs are now over, and we’re fully into the fall election season. As before, I’ve consolidated this list down to the elections of interest, which means I’ve dropped CD30 as it was a primary-only affair. I’m also dropping CD10 … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Beth van Duyne, campaign finance reports, Cassandra Garcia, CD02, CD03, CD10, CD15, CD21, CD22, CD23, CD24, CD28, CD30, CD34, CD38, Chip Roy, Congress, Dan Crenshaw, Duncan Klussmann, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, fundraising, Henry Cuellar, Jamie Jordan, Jan McDowell, Jessica Cisneros, John Lira, Keith Self, Linda Nuno, Mayra Flores, Michelle Vallejo, redistricting, Robin Fulford, Sandeep Srivastava, Texas, Tony Gonzales, Van Taylor, Vicente Gonzalez, Wesley Hunt | 3 Comments

Runoff results: Harris County

Posted on May 25, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

As with the statewide roundup, here are the results from Harris County. As of 10 PM, 99 of 260 voting centers had reported, so while these results aren’t final, it seems likely to me that not much will change. Congressional … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Alexandra Mealer, Andrea Beall, Ben Chou, Beverly Armstrong, CD38, Chip Wells, Commissioners Court, Congress, Coretta Mallet-Fontenot, Danielle Bess, Diana Alexander, Duncan Klussmann, Election 2022, Harris County, HD133, HD147, Jack Morman, Jason Luong, Jolanda Jones, judicial races, Justice of the Peace, Kim McTorry, Lesley Briones, Mano DeAyala, Manpreet Singh, primaries, SBOE, Shelley Barineau, Sonia Lopez, Staci Childs, Steve Duble, Teresa Waldrop, Texas, The Lege, Treasea Trevino, Vidal Martinez | Comments Off

Endorsement watch: Still in reruns

Posted on May 13, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron re-endorses Duncan Klussman in the CD38 runoff. Last fall, Texas Republicans drew a new congressional district in western Harris County. This red-red-red seat was designed to specifically advantage Wesley Hunt, an Iraq war veteran who came within four … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged CD38, Congress, Coretta Mallet-Fontenot, Democratic primary, Diana Alexander, Duncan Klussmann, Election 2022, endorsements, runoff, SBOE, Staci Childs, Texas | Comments Off

April 2022 campaign finance reports: Congress

Posted on May 3, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

The primaries are over, and while we do still have some runoffs plus now a weird special election in CD34, we do have a smaller set of races and candidates to review. Given how many I had to cram into … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Beth van Duyne, campaign finance reports, Cassandra Garcia, CD02, CD03, CD10, CD15, CD21, CD22, CD23, CD24, CD28, CD30, CD34, CD38, Chip Roy, Congress, Dan Crenshaw, Derrik Gay, Diana Alexander, Duncan Klussmann, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, fundraising, Henry Cuellar, Jamie Jordan, Jan McDowell, Jane Hamilton, Jasmine Crockett, Jessica Cisneros, John Lira, Keith Self, Linda Nuno, Mayra Flores, Michelle Vallejo, redistricting, Robin Fulford, Ruben Ramirez, Sandeep Srivastava, Texas, Tony Gonzales, Troy Nehls, Van Taylor, Vicente Gonzalez, Wesley Hunt | Comments Off

Where are the endorsements?

Posted on April 26, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

As you know, early voting has begun for the May 7 election, which includes two Constitutional amendments and the special election for HCC District 2. As of last night when I drafted this, I see no endorsements in any of … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Attorney General, Chip Wells, Commissioners Court, Comptroller, Congress, constitutional amendments, Coretta Mallet-Fontenot, Danielle Bess, Democratic primary, Duncan Klussmann, Election 2022, endorsements, Harris County, HCC, HD147, Janet Dudding, Jason Luong, Jay Kleberg, Joe Jaworski, judicial races, Justice of the Peace, Kim McTorry, Land Commissioner, Lesley Briones, Lite Gov, Manpreet Singh, Mike Collier, Q&A, runoff, SBOE, Sonia Lopez, special election, Staci Childs, Steve Duble, Teresa Waldrop, Texas, The Lege, Treasea Trevino | 5 Comments

A roundup of runoffs

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

I was going to just do a basic recap of all the primary races that will require runoffs, and then this happened, and I had to do some redesign. U.S. Rep. Van Taylor, R-Plano, has decided to end his reelection … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged absentee ballots, Alexandra Guio, Alexandra Mealer, Andrea Beall, Angel Vega, Attorney General, Ben Chou, Beverly Armstrong, Bexar County, Cassandra Hernandez, CD01, CD03, CD15, CD21, CD24, CD28, CD30, CD38, Chip Wells, Christian Hayes, Claudia Zapata, Commissioners Court, Comptroller, Congress, Coretta Mallet-Fontenot, Daniel Caldwell, Danielle Bess, David Patronella, Dawn Buckingham, Democratic primary, Derrik Gay, Diana Alexander, Duncan Klussmann, Election 2022, George P. Bush, Greg Glass, Harris County, HD100, HD114, HD147, HD22, HD37, HD70, HD76, Henry Cisneros, Henry Cuellar, James Whitfield, Jan McDowell, Jane Hamilton, Janet Dudding, Jasmine Crockett, Jason Luong, Jay Kleberg, JJ Jefferson, Joe Jaworski, John Bryant, John Rigney, Jolanda Jones, Joseph Trahan, judicial races, Justice of the Peace, Keith Self, Ken Paxton, Kim McTorry, Land Commissioner, Laura Marquez, Lawrence Allen, Lee Merritt, Lesley Briones, Lite Gov, Lorenzo Sanchez, Luis Sifuentes, Luis Villarreal, Manpreet Singh, Melissa Ortega, Michelle Beckley, Michelle Vallejo, Mihaela Plesa, Mike Collier, Morgan LaMantia, Pat Hardy, Pete Garcia, Pete Sessions, primaries, provisional ballots, Railroad Commission, recount, Ricardo Villarreal, Rochelle Garza, Ruben Cortez, Ruben Ramirez, runoff, Sandra Crenshaw, Sandragrace Martinez, Sara Stapleton-Barrera, Sarah Stogner, SBOE, SD27, Senate, Sonia Lopez, Staci Childs, Starr County, Steve Duble, Suleman Lalani, Teresa Waldrop, Texas, The Lege, Tim Westley, Treasea Trevino, Van Taylor, Vanesia Johnson, Venton Jones, Victor Dunn, Victor Morales, Victor Perez, Vidal Martinez, voter suppression, Wayne Christian, Webb County, Zapata County | 12 Comments

2022 primary results: Legislative races

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

You might start with the Daily Kos rundown of races of interest, which includes all of the Congressional races worth watching. One of those got an early resolution, as former Austin City Council member Greg Casar declared victory before 9 … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Alma Allen, Art Fierro, Bert Keller, Candis Houston, CD02, CD03, CD08, CD15, CD21, CD23, CD28, CD30, CD34, CD35, CD37, CD38, Christian Hayes, Claudia Ordaz-Perez, Claudia Zapata, Congress, Dan Crenshaw, Daniel Lee, Danielle Bess, Democratic primary, Derrik Gay, Diana Alexander, Duncan Klussmann, Election 2022, Erin Gamez, Greg Casar, Greg Travis, Harold Dutton, HD100, HD114, HD124, HD125, HD131, HD133, HD142, HD147, HD22, HD26, HD37, HD38, HD50, HD51, HD70, HD75, HD76, HD79, HD92, Henry Cuellar, James Talarico, Jan McDowell, Jasmine Crockett, Jessica Cisneros, John Lira, John Whitmire, Jolanda Jones, Joseph Trahan, Josey Garcia, Lawrence Allen, Lloyd Doggett, Luis Villarreal, Lulu Flores, Mary Gonzalez, Mayra Flores, Miguel Gonzalez, Molly Cook, Monica de la Cruz-Hernandez, Morgan LaMantia, Morgan Luttrell, primaries, Ray Lopez, Reagan Flowers, Ruben Cortez, Ruben Ramirez, runoff, Salman Bhojani, Sandeep Srivastava, Sandra Crenshaw, Sara Stapleton-Barrera, SD15, SD17, SD27, Senate, Suleman Lalani, Texas, The Lege, Titus Benton, Van Taylor, Vanesia Johnson, Venton Jones, Vicente Gonzalez, Wesley Hunt | Comments Off

Final roundup of interviews and judicial Q&As

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Here they all are. As noted, I may return to some races for the runoff. For now, this is what we have. As a reminder, much more information about Democratic primary candidates, including links to the interviews and judicial Q&As, … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged 14th Court of Appeals, Abigail Anastasio, Alycia Harvey, Amy Martin, Andrea Beall, Andrew Wright, Angela Lancelin, Ann Williams, Ashleigh Roberson, Aurelia Wagner, Barbara Stalder, Ben Chou, Blair McClure, Candis Houston, Carla Wyatt, CD38, Chase West, Cheri Thomas, Chip Wells, Chris Morton, Chris Watson, Chuck Silverman, Clarence Miller, Commissioners Court, Congress, Damiane Curvey Banieh, Danielle Bess, David Patronella, David Singer, Democratic primary, Desiree Broadnax, Diana Alexander, District Clerk, Dolores Lozano, Duncan Klussmann, Dylan Osborne, Election 2022, Erika Ramirez, Gina Calanni, Glenda Duru, Greg Glass, Harris County, Harris County Treasurer, HD132, HD142, HD147, Herbert Sanchez, Hilary Unger, Ieshia Champs, interviews, Jason Luong, Jay Kleberg, Jinny Suh, John Whitmire, Jolanda Jones, judicial races, Justice of the Peace, Katherine Thomas, Kelley Andrews, Kim McTorry, Kyle Carter, Land Commissioner, Leah Shapiro, Lema Barazi, Lesley Briones, Lucia Bates, Manpreet Singh, Marilyn Burgess, Michael Newman, Molly Cook, Nam Subramanian, Natalie Cokinos Oakes, Paul Calzada, Porscha Brown, Q&A, Reagan Flowers, Ron Campana, Sam Milledge, Scot Dollinger, SD15, Senate, Steve Duble, Teresa Waldrop, Texas, The Lege, Treasea Trevino, Tristan Longino, Veronica Nelson | 3 Comments

Endorsement watch: Almost all of the big ones

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

The Sunday Chron was full of endorsements, which given the timing and the edition is what you’d expect. Most of them are not particularly remarkable, and I’m not going to spend any time on their recommendations for Beto and Mike … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Attorney General, Beto O'Rourke, CD38, Centrell Reed, Congress, Dan Patrick, Democratic primary, Diana Alexander, Duncan Klussmann, Election 2022, endorsements, Eva Guzman, Frank Aguilar, Governor, Greg Abbott, Greg Glass, Harris County, Kim McTorry, Lite Gov, Mike Collier, primaries, Sam Milledge, SBOE, Staci Childs, Texas | Comments Off

January 2022 campaign finance reports: Congress

Posted on February 10, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

The filing deadline has passed, the primary lineups are set, and we have a new set of races and candidates to review. As was the case in the past two cycles, I’ll follow the contested primaries as well as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Abel Mulugheta, Beth van Duyne, campaign finance reports, Cassandra Garcia, CD02, CD03, CD07, CD10, CD15, CD21, CD22, CD23, CD24, CD28, CD30, CD34, CD35, CD37, CD38, Centrell Reed, Chip Roy, Colin Allred, Congress, Dan Crenshaw, Derrik Gay, Diana Alexander, Doc Shelby, Donna Imam, Duncan Klussmann, Ed Cabrera, Eddie Rodriguez, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, Eliza Alvarado, fundraising, Greg Casar, Henry Cuellar, Jamie Jordan, Jan McDowell, Jane Hamilton, Jasmine Crockett, Jessica Cisneros, Jessica Mason, John Lira, John Rigney, Kathy Fragnoli, Keith Self, Larry Wallace, Linda Nuno, Lizzie FLetcher, Lloyd Doggett, Mauro Garza, Mayra Flores, primaries, Rebecca Viagran, redistricting, Roberto Haddad, Robin Fulford, Ruben Ramirez, Sandeep Srivastava, Scott Sturm, Tannya Benavides, Texas, Tony Gonzales, Troy Nehls, Van Taylor, Vicente Gonzalez, Wesley Hunt, Willie Vasquez Ng | 2 Comments

Interviews and judicial Q&As through February 4

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Updating from last week. This is to put all of the interviews and judicial Q&As in a single post for your convenience, in case you missed something. This past week was CD38 plus Candis Houston in HD142 and Chase West … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged 14th Court of Appeals, Abigail Anastasio, Alycia Harvey, Andrew Wright, Angela Lancelin, Ann Williams, Ashleigh Roberson, Aurelia Wagner, Barbara Stalder, Ben Chou, Blair McClure, Candis Houston, Carla Wyatt, CD38, Chase West, Chip Wells, Chris Morton, Chris Watson, Chuck Silverman, Clarence Miller, Commissioners Court, Congress, Damiane Curvey Banieh, Danielle Bess, David Patronella, David Singer, Democratic primary, Desiree Broadnax, Diana Alexander, District Clerk, Duncan Klussmann, Dylan Osborne, Election 2022, Erika Ramirez, Gina Calanni, Glenda Duru, Greg Glass, Harris County, Harris County Treasurer, HD132, HD142, HD147, Herbert Sanchez, Hilary Unger, interviews, John Whitmire, Jolanda Jones, judicial races, Justice of the Peace, Kelley Andrews, Kyle Carter, Lema Barazi, Lesley Briones, Lucia Bates, Marilyn Burgess, Michael Newman, Molly Cook, Nam Subramanian, Natalie Cokinos Oakes, Porscha Brown, Q&A, Reagan Flowers, Sam Milledge, Scot Dollinger, SD15, Senate, Teresa Waldrop, Texas, The Lege, Tristan Longino | Comments Off

Interview with Duncan Klussmann

Posted on January 31, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

This week we will have interviews with two of the Democratic candidates in the new CD38, as well as a couple of interviews with legislative candidates, about which I’ll say a bit more tomorrow. Today’s candidate for CD38 is Duncan … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged CD38, Congress, Democratic primary, Duncan Klussmann, Election 2022, interviews, Texas | Comments Off

Filing update: This is why we have to wait a few days before we know for sure who’s running

Posted on December 16, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

In the end, Rep. Lizzie Fletcher avoided a contested primary. In less than 24 hours, U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher went from having a competitive primary election in March to getting a free pass to the November general election for Houston’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged CD07, CD29, CD38, Centrell Reed, Democratic primary, Diana Alexander, Duncan Klussmann, Election 2018, Election 2022, Lizzie FLetcher, Sylvia Garcia, Tahir Javed, Texas | 4 Comments

Filing update: Not that Rick Perry

Posted on December 14, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

I’m going to let this speak for itself. Rick Perry is running for governor — but not that Rick Perry. The Republican Party of Texas updated its list of candidate filings Monday — hours before the deadline for the March … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Ag Commissioner, Art Fierro, Candis Houston, Carla Brailey, CD07, CD38, Centrell Reed, Claudia Ordaz-Perez, Comptroller, Congress, Democratic primary, Diana Alexander, Duncan Klussmann, Ed Ireson, Election 2022, Erica Davis, Erin Zwiener, Governor, Greg Abbott, Harold Dutton, Harris County, Harris County Judge, HD113, HD125, HD129, HD133, HD142, HD150, HD45, HD79, Janet Dudding, John Whitmire, Lina Hidalgo, Lite Gov, Lizzie FLetcher, Michelle Beckley, Mike Collier, Molly Cook, primaries, Ray Lopez, Rhetta Andrews Bowers, Rick Perry, SD15, Senate, Susan Hays, Texas, The Lege | 1 Comment

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