Tag Archives: Election 2002

More on “No trust, no bond”

Posted on July 3, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

I’m still inclined to vote for the HISD bond, but I’m listening to the opposition and am very interested in seeing what traction they can get. Several HISD teachers, parents and community members say they are planning to cast their … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024, School days | Tagged Board of Managers, bond referendum, bonds, Election 1998, Election 2002, Election 2007, Election 2012, Election 2024, HFT, HISD, Houston, Jackie Anderson, Mike Miles, New Education System, polls, schools, Sylvester Turner, Texas Education Agency | 4 Comments

Final 2024 Primary Early Voting totals

Posted on March 3, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

Off we go to Primary Day. Year Mail Early Total ============================== 2012 7,735 30,142 37,877 2016 13,034 72,782 85,816 2020 22,785 116,748 139,533 2024 14,661 87,591 102,252 2012 17,734 60,347 78,081 2016 20,780 110,365 131,145 2020 22,801 82,108 104,909 2024 … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged absentee ballots, Democratic primary, early voting, Election 2002, Election 2004, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, Harris County, primaries, Texas, turnout | 1 Comment

Time for another chat about voter registration and turnout

Posted on November 20, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Let’s do it. Texas Democrats came away from Beto O’Rourke’s surprisingly narrow 2018 defeat to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz with a simple plan: register to vote the millions of nonvoting Texans that demographics suggest lean Democrat and electoral victories will … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged Battleground Texas, Beto O'Rourke, Election 2002, Election 2004, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, Greg Abbott, Harris County, Swing Left 7, Ted Cruz, Texas, turnout, voter registration | 6 Comments

Kirk Watson again elected Mayor of Austin

Posted on December 15, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Party like it’s 1997, y’all. In a tight race, Austin voters picked a familiar face Tuesday night to guide the capital city over the next two years as the region deals with skyrocketing housing costs and explosive growth. In a … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Austin, Celia Israel, Dan Patrick, Election 2002, Election 2022, Hays County, homelessness, Kirk Watson, local control, Mayor, runoff, Senate, Texas, The Lege, Travis County, Williamson County | Comments Off

State and county election result relationships: Tarrant County

Posted on December 12, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

In years past, Tarrant County was a pretty close bellwether for election results in the state of Texas. From 2004 through 2016, the closeness of their Presidential numbers with the statewide numbers was eerie. But since 2018 the talk has … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Election 2002, Election 2004, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, Governor, Joe Biden, precinct analysis, President, Senate, Tarrant County, Texas, Wendy Davis | 2 Comments

Some opening thoughts on the 2022 election

Posted on November 10, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Done in the traditional bullet-point style. There may or may not be a part 2 to this, depending on the usual factors. – Obviously the overall result was disappointing. It was harder to see a Beto victory this year from … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged absentee ballots, Alexandra Mealer, Beto O'Rourke, Bill White, Chris Bell, Commissioners Court, Election 2002, Election 2006, Election 2010, Election 2014, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, Governor, Greg Abbott, Harris County, Harris County Judge, Jack Cagle, Joe Biden, Lesley Briones, Lina Hidalgo, Lupe Valdez, National Redistricting Action Fund, polls, Senate, Ted Cruz, Texas, The Lege, Tony Sanchez, turnout, Wendy Davis | 10 Comments

State and county election result relationships, part 1: How Harris compares

Posted on October 18, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the relationship between how statewide Democratic candidates do in Harris County versus how they do overall, and what that might tell us about the state of play in Harris County. Since I started … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Election 2002, Election 2004, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Governor, Harris County, polls, precinct analysis, President, Senate, Texas | 5 Comments

The independents

Posted on August 2, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Recently I got an email from a gentleman named Ted Wood, who wrote to inform me that he had successfully completed the requirements to be an independent candidate for Chief Justice of the First Court of Appeals on the November … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Amparo Guerra, Andy Williams, Angelina Goodman, CD09, CD18, CD34, Congress, Constable, Election 1996, Election 2002, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, First Court of Appeals, Harris County, judicial races, Julie Countiss, petitions, public defender, Secretary of State, Sherry Radack, Ted Wood, Terry Adams, Texas, The Lege | 5 Comments

It doesn’t matter what the polls say about the voter suppression bill

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s another poll to demonstrate why. A new survey from Rice University underscores the deepening partisan chasm over provisions in the controversial GOP priority elections bill. For example, 46 percent of Harris County Republicans polled who participated in the county’s … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged absentee ballots, curbside voting, early voting, Election 2002, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, polls, special session, Texas, The Lege, voter suppression | Comments Off

What a Democratic House means for redistricting

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Rick Casey makes a point about what a Democratic-majority State House will and won’t be able to do in 2021, in particular with redistricting. I would put the Democrats’ chances of taking back the State House of Representatives as better … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Census, Congress, Election 2002, Election 2020, Election 2022, FLIP the Texas House, Legislative Redistricting Board, redistricting, Senate, special session, Texas, The Lege, Tom DeLay, Trey Martinez-Fischer | 3 Comments

2020 Primary Runoff Early Voting, Final Totals: Democrats carry the day

Posted on July 12, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Today’s going to be a numbers-heavy post. Let’s start with Texas Elects, giving us a penultimate day summary: Early voting in person ended today (Friday) for the July 14 primary runoff and special elections. Through yesterday (Thursday), 532K people have … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged absentee ballots, coronavirus, early voting, Election 1990, Election 1994, Election 2002, Election 2014, Election 2018, Election 2020, face masks, Greg Abbott, Harris County, MJ Hegar, primaries, Ron Kirk, Royce West, runoff, Senate, Texas, turnout | 8 Comments

2020 Primary Runoff Early Voting, Second Tuesday: A history of Democratic primary runoffs

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Yesterday I said that the turnout so far in the 2020 Democratic primary runoff was already historic. Today I’m going to show my work on that. Herewith is the 21st century history of Democratic primary runoff turnout for Harris County: … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged absentee ballots, coronavirus, early voting, Election 2002, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, face masks, Governor, Greg Abbott, Harris County, lawsuit, primaries, Railroad Commission, runoff, Senate, Texas, turnout | 3 Comments

We’re not going to get an independent redistricting commission

Posted on January 7, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Nice to think about, but the set of circumstances that might lead to it are exceedingly narrow. Most of the seven states that have independent commissions adopted them by a citizens’ initiative. Since Texas doesn’t have that option, the only … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020, That's our Lege | Tagged Attorney General, Comptroller, Congress, Election 2002, Election 2020, Election 2022, Governor, Land Commissioner, Legislative Redistricting Board, Lite Gov, redistricting, SBOE, SCOTUS, Senate, Texas, The Lege, Tom DeLay | 1 Comment

DMN profile of Chris Bell

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

The Dallas Morning News did a series of profiles of Democratic Senate candidates during the Christmas break. They’re worth reading, especially since polls show many of us don’t know these candidates all that well. I’m going to post about each … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Al Green, CD09, CD25, Chris Bell, Congress, Democratic primary, Election 2002, Election 2006, Election 2010, Election 2020, Governor, redistricting, Senate, Texas, Tom DeLay | 8 Comments

We should have a full statewide slate

Posted on November 17, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Nice. For Brandon Birmingham, a state district judge in Dallas, the 2020 race for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals started on election night 2018. As he watched Beto O’Rourke win more votes than any Texas Democrat ever had in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Amy Clark Meachum, Beto O'Rourke, Brandon Birmingham, Brandy Voss, Court of Criminal Appeals, Dan Wood, Democratic primary, Election 2002, Election 2008, Election 2018, Election 2020, Elizabeth Frizell, Gisela Triana, Glen Maxey, Jerry Zimmerer, judicial races, Kathy Cheng, Lawrence Praeger, Margaret Mirabal, Peter Kelly, Sam Houston, Staci Williams, Steve Miears, Supreme Court, Texas, Tina Clinton, William Demond | 1 Comment

The Harris County GOP thinks it can come back in 2020

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

They’re so adorable. Once a rock of Republican politics in Texas, Harris County has become nothing short of a nightmare for the GOP over the last four years as Hillary Clinton and Beto O’Rourke carried the county and Democrats dominated … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Donald Trump, Election 2002, Election 2004, Election 2008, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, George Bush, Harris County, HCDP, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, judicial races, Paul Simpson, President, Republican Party, straight ticket voting, Texas, turnout | 6 Comments

How many contested judicial primaries should we expect?

Posted on June 30, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

We already know that we’re going to get primary challenges to at least one Democratic countywide officeholder, as County Attorney Vince Ryan has two challengers lining up against him, and DA Kim Ogg has at least one person who has … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Democratic primary, Election 2002, Election 2004, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2014, Election 2018, Election 2020, Harris County, judicial races, primaries | 3 Comments

How good a stepping stone is Mayor of Dallas?

Posted on June 18, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Stephen Young notes that being Mayor of Dallas has not been particularly helpful to others’ ambitions. If he’s anything, Dallas mayor-elect Eric Johnson is an ambitious guy. He’s got degrees from Harvard, Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania, and took … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Congress, Dallas, David Dewhurst, Eddie Berniece Johnson, Election 2002, Election 2012, Eric Johnson, Mayor, Ron Kirk, Senate, Ted Cruz, Texas, Tom Leppert | 1 Comment

On straight tickets and undervotes

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

As we know, straight ticket voting in Texas is now officially a thing of the past. It will not be an option in 2020, the next time there will be partisan elections. Thanks to the success of Democratic candidates in … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Election 2002, Election 2004, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Harris County, straight ticket voting, Texas, turnout | 3 Comments

What about Neal?

Posted on September 29, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Ross Ramsey reminds us there is a third person in the Texas Senate race. Libertarians and other third-party candidates have never won state elections in Texas and rarely make a meaningful difference in election results, with one big exception: As … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Election 2002, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2018, Neil Dikeman, polls, Senate, Ted Cruz, Texas | Comments Off

Harris County 2018 voter registration numbers

Posted on September 9, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

From the inbox: Thank you Harris County Voter Registration Division and Harris County Volunteer Deputy Voter Registrars for your passion, dedication, and commitment in registering eligible voters! Current number registered: 2,291,037 Voters registered in 2017: 67,753 Voters registered in 2018: … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Ann Harris Bennett, Election 2002, Election 2004, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Harris County, Harris County Tax Assessor, Mike Sullivan, turnout, voter registration | 1 Comment

Lupe and Beto

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Beto O’Rourke has a year-old, well-funded campaign for US Senate. Lupe Valdez doesn’t have anything like those advantages in her campaign for Governor. Will her lower profile effort have a negative effect on his higher profile one? The race for … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Barbara Radnofsky, Beto O'Rourke, Chris Bell, David Alameel, Election 2002, Election 2006, Election 2014, Election 2018, Governor, Greg Abbott, Lupe Valdez, Michael Sorrell, Ron Kirk, Senate, Texas, Tony Sanchez, Wendy Davis | 11 Comments

Post-runoff thoughts

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

I suppose one’s view on Democratic primary runoff turnout is a matter of perspective. I wrote that it was way more than the turnout of any primary going back to 2006 – indeed, more than double the turnout of any … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Ann Richards, Democratic primary, Election 1990, Election 2002, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Governor, Jim Mattox, Lupe Valdez, President, Railroad Commission, runoff, Senate, Texas, turnout | 3 Comments

Are Texas Republicans really worried about Trump for November?

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

I mean, I guess they are. They’ve seen what has happened around the country, in other elections and other red places. I don’t know how worried they are, or how worried they should be. This is a Red State where … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Barack Obama, Congress, Donald Trump, Election 2002, Election 2006, Election 2014, Election 2018, Greg Abbott, Texas, turnout | 3 Comments

Beto’s big haul

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Wow. U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-El Paso, raised over $6.7 million for his U.S. Senate bid in the first quarter of 2018, according to his campaign, a staggering number that poses a new category of threat to Republican incumbent Ted … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, campaign finance reports, CD07, Congress, Democratic primary, Election 2002, Election 2008, Election 2018, fundraising, John Culberson, Laura Moser, Lizzie FLetcher, Rick Noriega, Ron Kirk, runoff, Senate, Ted Cruz, Texas | 2 Comments

A look at past primaries

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

I think we can all agree that the 2018 Democratic primary season is already unlike anything we’ve seen in recent memory. And since I like putting expressions like that into numbers, I thought I’d try to do it here. First, … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Congress, Democratic primary, Election 1994, Election 1998, Election 2002, Election 2006, Election 2010, Election 2014, Election 2018, Governor, Senate, Texas, The Lege, turnout | Comments Off

Would a contested primary for Senate be bad for Dems in 2018?

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

I have three things to say about this. A primary showdown between two well-liked and well-funded Democrats would add an extra layer of time and money for [Rep. Beto] O’Rourke and potentially [Rep. Joaquin] Castro – and could make it … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Ann Richards, Beto O'Rourke, Dan Morales, Democratic primary, Election 1990, Election 2002, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2018, fundraising, Governor, Joaquin Castro, Ron Kirk, Senate, Ted Cruz, Texas, Tony Sanchez, turnout | 9 Comments

A theory about third parties

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Charles Kuffner

Before I get to that theory, have you ever wondered about the people who vote straight ticket Libertarian or Green in Harris County? I got to wondering about them, because that’s the sort of thing that I think about at … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2016 | Tagged Court of Criminal Appeals, Dori Garza, Election 2000, Election 2002, Election 2004, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Eva Guzman, Gary Johnson, Grady Yarbrough, Harris County, Mark Miller, President, Railroad Commission, straight ticket voting, Supreme Court, Texas, Wayne Christian | 11 Comments

Endorsement watch: A Libertarian moment

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron thinks outside the box in endorsing for the Railroad Commission. Our editorial board interviews scores of candidates for political office every election year, but seldom do we find ourselves wholeheartedly endorsing a nominee from the Libertarian Party. Then … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2016 | Tagged Election 2000, Election 2002, Election 2004, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, endorsements, Grady Yarbrough, Mark Miller, Martina Salinas, President, Railroad Commission, Texas, Wayne Christian | 7 Comments

Once again with CD29

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Charles Kuffner

It’s all about the turnout. On a Gulfgate-area side street lined with union halls, Hillary Clinton’s Houston field office and U.S. Rep. Gene Green’s congressional re-election outfit sit mere doors apart, a coincidental marker of the anticipated link between their … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2016 | Tagged Adrian Garcia, CD29, Congress, Democratic primary, Election 2002, Election 2004, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Gene Green, Harris County, turnout | 3 Comments

Reps. Otto and Marquez join the retirement list

Posted on July 11, 2015 by Charles Kuffner

Another committee chair bows out. After a decade in the Texas House and fresh off his first session as chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee, state Rep. John Otto, R-Dayton, announced Tuesday that he is not planning to seek re-election. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2016 | Tagged Dan Ellis, Election 2002, Election 2004, Election 2008, Election 2012, Election 2016, HD18, HD77, John Otto, John Sharp, Liberty County, Marisa Marquez, Paul Moreno, Texas, The Lege, Wes Hinch | Comments Off

Targeting straight ticket voting

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Charles Kuffner

From Trail Blazers: Texas is one of only 10 states still doing straight-ticket voting but a North Texas legislator is hoping to change that. At a hearing today, Rep. Ron Simmons (R-Carrollton) told the Elections Committee that doing away with … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged District Clerk, Election 2002, Election 2006, Election 2010, Election 2014, Harris County, Harris County Clerk, Harris County Treasurer, Jason Villalba, Ron Simmons, straight ticket voting, Texas, The Lege, turnout | 1 Comment

We need to understand why our voters didn’t vote

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Charles Kuffner

So now we know that Battleground Texas wasn’t pursuing a base turnout-increase model for the 2014 election, for reasons that have not yet been adequately explored. I’m mad about that, but I don’t want to get bogged down in that. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2014 | Tagged Battleground Texas, Election 2002, Election 2004, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2018, Harris County, Texas, Travis County, turnout | 4 Comments

On BGTX, Wendy Davis, and the future

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Charles Kuffner

This has been a pretty busy Christmas break, as far as blog-worthy news has gone, so in order to preserve the small illusion that I’m taking a breather and recharging my batteries, I’m just going to give three quick thoughts … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2014 | Tagged Battleground Texas, Bexar County, Dallas County, Election 2002, Election 2004, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Governor, Harris County, SD10, Senate, Tarrant County, Travis County, turnout, Wendy Davis | 5 Comments

Tag Archives: Election 2002

Calendar

Categories

Archives

My linkage

Polling Texas 2020

Polling Texas 2018

Polling Texas 2016

Polling Texas 2014

Polling Texas 2012

Recent Posts

Recent Comments

Tags

Blogroll

Utilities