Tag Archives: Election 2006

Republicans for Allred

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

I have three things to say about this. Since moving to The Woodlands about two years ago, former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger — one of the most vocal GOP critics of Donald Trump — says he’s met several Texas Republicans … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged Adam Kinziger, Colin Allred, Election 2006, Election 2010, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2024, Jason Villalba, Senate, Ted Cruz, Texas | 5 Comments

Special election for CD18 set for November 5

Posted on August 4, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

I was beginning to wonder if this would even happen. Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday set a special election to fill former U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s seat for the remainder of the term on Nov. 5, the same day … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged CD18, Congress, Election 2006, Election 2024, Greg Abbott, Sheila Jackson Lee, Shelley Sekula Gibbs, special election, Texas | 3 Comments

RIP, Kinky Friedman

Posted on June 28, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

I usually put obituaries in the Sunday linkdump, but I thought this one merited its own post. Richard “Kinky” Friedman — the provocative and flamboyant Texas satirist who mounted a spirited campaign for governor in 2006 — has died. He … Continue reading →

Posted in The great state of Texas | Tagged Ag Commissioner, Election 2006, Election 2010, Election 2014, Governor, Kinky Friedman, obituaries, Texas | Comments Off

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

Precinct analysis: At Large #4

Posted on December 6, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

PREVIOUSLY: Mayor’s race Controller’s race Harris Health bond referendum At Large #1 At Large #2 At Large #3 After that nine-candidate pileup in AL3, At Large #4 and its four contenders is a much more sedate affair, and a lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2023 | Tagged At Large #4, Election 2006, Election 2009, Election 2023, HCDE, Houston, Houston City Council, Letitia Plummer, Mayor, precinct analysis, Roy Morales, runoff | Comments Off

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

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

What to expect when you’re expecting a (larger) Democratic majority

Posted on November 25, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

I have three things to say about this. Despite narrowly winning reelection against bruising campaigns by well-funded challengers, the Democratic majority on Commissioners Court has made clear it intends to continue its progressive remake of Harris County. Though neither County … Continue reading →

Posted in Local politics | Tagged Adrian Garcia, Alexandra Mealer, Cindy Siegel, Commissioners Court, Constable, Election 2006, Election 2018, Election 2022, Election 2024, Harris County, Jack Cagle, Kim Ogg, Lesley Briones, Lina Hidalgo, quorum, Rick Perry, Rodney Ellis, Texas, Tom Ramsey | 4 Comments

State and county election result relationships, part 4: What happened in 2022

Posted on November 15, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Now that the final totals are in, let’s go back and do the same exercise in comparing overall results for statewide candidates to the results they got in Harris County, and then from there … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Alexandra Mealer, Barack Obama, Beto O'Rourke, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Governor, Harris County, Harris County Judge, judicial races, Lina Hidalgo, polls, precinct analysis, Texas, turnout, Wendy Davis | 1 Comment

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 3: Other county races

Posted on October 21, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Part One Part Two Last time we looked at judicial races, which for all of the complaints about not knowing the candidates and just going by partisan labels have produced a consistent range of outcomes over the years. Some people … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Adrian Garcia, Beverly Kaufman, Devon Anderson, Diane Trautman, District Attorney, District Clerk, Ed Emmett, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Governor, Harris County, Harris County Clerk, Harris County Judge, Harris County Sheriff, Harris County Tax Assessor, Harris County Treasurer, HCDE, Kim Ogg, Lloyd Oliver, Mike Anderson, Paul Bettencourt, polls, precinct analysis, President, Senate, straight ticket voting, Texas, Tommy Thomas | 6 Comments

State and county election result relationships, part 2: Judicial races

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

In Part One of this series, we looked at the relationship between statewide results and Harris County results for statewide candidates. In the last three elections, statewide Democratic candidates have done on average more than nine points better in Harris … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Bill White, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Governor, Harris County, judicial races, polls, precinct analysis, President, Senate, Texas | 1 Comment

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

2022 primary runoff Day Five EV report: Yes, I have some info about mail ballots

Posted on May 21, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Early voting has concluded for the primary runoffs. Here’s the final EV report, and here are the final totals: Party Mail Early Total ============================== Dem 16,767 25,294 42,061 GOP 13,187 50,498 63,685 You can compare to Day Three. As is … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged absentee ballots, early voting, Election 2006, Election 2018, Election 2022, Harris County, primaries, runoff, turnout | 2 Comments

CD34 special election set for June 14

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Wasting no time. Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday called a June 14 special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela, D-Brownsville, in a South Texas seat that Republicans are working to flip. The filing deadline for the special election … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged CD34, Congress, Election 2006, Election 2020, Election 2022, Filemon Vela, Greg Abbott, HD143, Joe Moreno, Mayra Flores, Rick Perry, special election, Texas, The Lege, Vicente Gonzalez | 4 Comments

Rep. Filemon Vela to step down

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Another special election, though this one is already a little chaotic. U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela confirmed Thursday he will resign from Congress in the coming weeks, a decision that comes after he announced last year he would retire from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged CD15, CD34, Congress, Election 2006, Election 2020, Election 2022, Filemon Vela, Greg Abbott, Mayra Flores, Shelley Sekula Gibbs, special election, Texas, Vicente Gonzalez | 1 Comment

More on the 11th Street project

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron editorial board mostly approves of the city’s plans for 11th Street in the Heights. Ever since Mayor Sylvester Turner unveiled his Vision Zero Action Plan — an ambitious program to end traffic fatalities by 2030 — the city … Continue reading →

Posted in Elsewhere in Houston | Tagged bicycles, Bike Houston, Christina Morales, construction, density, Election 2006, Heights, Houston, John Culberson, John Whitmire, Karla Cisneros, light rail, pedestrians, Penny Shaw, Richmond, sidewalks, Sylvester Turner, University line, urbanism, Vision Zero | Comments Off

Final 2022 primary early voting totals

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

It’s been a strange two weeks for early voting, so let’s get to the wrapup. Here are your final early voting totals. The table for comparison: Election Mail Early Total ================================ 2018 D 22,695 70,152 92,847 2018 R 24,500 61,425 … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged absentee ballots, Attorney General, early voting, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Governor, Harris County, Texas, turnout, voter suppression | 3 Comments

Beto and South Texas

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Brace yourself for a lot of stories like this in the coming months. In the first days of his campaign for governor, Beto O’Rourke made a beeline to this southernmost corner of the state, saying it was no mistake he … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Barack Obama, Beto O'Rourke, Bill Moody, Dori Garza, Election 2004, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Elizabeth Frizell, Governor, Greg Abbott, Hector Uribe, Hidalgo County, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, John Kerry, JR Molina, Latino voting, Leticia Van De Putte, Linda Yanez, Michele Petty, Senate, Steven Kirkland, Ted Cruz, Texas | 6 Comments

McConaughey not running for Governor

Posted on November 30, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Thank God that’s over. Actor Matthew McConaughey on Sunday removed himself from consideration as a potential candidate for governor after months of toying with a campaign. In a video posted to his Twitter account, McConaughey, who lives in Austin, said … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Election 2006, Election 2022, Governor, Greg Abbott, Kinky Friedman, Matthew McConaughey, Texas | Comments Off

Matthew McConaughey redux

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Again? sigh All right… Two weeks ago, in these very same digital pages, I claimed that Matthew McConaughey had shown more leadership during Texas’s devastating winter storms than Senator Ted Cruz, simply by clearing the low bar of not scuttling off to … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Carole Keeton Strayhorn, Democratic primary, Election 2006, Election 2022, Governor, Greg Abbott, Julian Castro, Kinky Friedman, Matthew McConaughey, Rick Perry, Texas | 3 Comments

The overlooked Congressional race

Posted on October 17, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

There are ten Congressional races involving Republican-held seats that are seen as competitive. Nine of them have gotten a fair amount of attention. The tenth is CD06, and the Texas Signal steps in to fill the gap. The race in … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, CD03, CD06, CD25, Chet Edwards, Congress, DCCC, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2018, Election 2020, Gene Green, Lloyd Doggett, Mike Siegel, Nick Lampson, polls, Ron Wright, Stephen Daniel, Texas | 3 Comments

When Republicans fight

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Such a sight to see. Gov. Greg Abbott’s most exasperating allies sure chose an awkward time to act up. In the face of a momentous election, with an array of issues that includes the pandemic, the recession, climate change, racial … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022, Show Business for Ugly People | Tagged Carole Keeton Strayhorn, Chris Bell, coronavirus, Election 2006, Election 2014, Election 2020, Election 2022, emergency powers, Empower Texans, face masks, Governor, Greg Abbott, John Cornyn, Kinky Friedman, petitions, primaries, quarantine, Republican Party, Rick Perry, SD30, Senate, Shelley Luther, special election, Steve Stockman, Texas, The Lege | 1 Comment

The HCDE makeover

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

One more world to conquer in Harris County. The future looked bleak for Texas’ last remaining county education department in early 2019. After years of state-level efforts to abolish the Harris County Department of Education, a new majority of trustees … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Amy Hinojosa, Andrea Duhon, Bob Wolfe, Briscoe Cain, Danyahel Norris, David Brown, Debby Kerner, Diane Trautman, Don Sumners, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Eric Dick, Erica Davis, Erica Lee, George Moore, Harris County, HCDE, Jim Henley, Josh Flynn, Michael Wolfe, Paul Bettencourt, Richard Cantu, Sherrie Matula, The Lege | 4 Comments

Why endorse Sarah Davis?

Posted on September 4, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

It’s a good question. Planned Parenthood’s Texas political arm on Thursday endorsed state Rep. Sarah Davis, rebuffing abortion rights activists who had lobbied the group to deny political support for the Houston Republican. The efforts to deny Davis the endorsement … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged abortion, Ann Johnson, Beto O'Rourke, Congress, Donald Trump, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2018, Election 2020, Ellen Cohen, HD134, Human Rights Campaign, Medicaid, Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood Vote Texas, Sarah Davis, Speaker's race, Susan Collins, Texas, The Lege, women's health | 14 Comments

The progressives and the runoffs

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

May as well check in on this. Judging from March, the ideological left wing of the Democratic Party in Texas should be inconsolable. After months of high hopes, the faction ran into a centrist buzz saw in the March 3 … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Candace Valenzuela, CD10, CD24, CD28, Congress, Democratic primary, District Attorney, Eddie Lucio, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2018, Election 2020, Henry Cuellar, Jessica Cisneros, Jose Garza, Kim Olson, Margaret Moore, Mike Siegel, MJ Hegar, Pritash Gandhi, Royce West, Ruben Cortez, runoff, Sara Stapleton-Barrera, SD27, Senate, Texas, Travis County | 1 Comment

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

Hotze versus contact tracing

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

We should have expected this. Conservative firebrand Steven Hotze has launched another lawsuit challenging Gov. Greg Abbott’s coronavirus response, joined by current and former lawmakers and several hundred business owners who argue the state’s contact tracing program infringes on their … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Bill Zedler, Carole Keeton Strayhorn, Cathie Adams, contact tracing, coronavirus, Election 2006, Election 2010, Election 2022, Gary Elkins, Governor, Greg Abbott, Kay Bailey Hutchison, lawsuit, Molly White, primaries, Rick Green, Steven Hotze, Texas | 1 Comment

Does getting to 40% make you likely to win the runoff?

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

I was talking with some fellow political nerds last week, and one of the topics was the forthcoming runoffs. As is usually the case, this year we have some runoffs between candidates who finished fairly close together in round one, … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Akilah Bacy, Al Edwards, Alexandra Smoots-Hogan, Anna Eastman, Borris Miles, Candace Valenzuela, CD03, CD10, CD13, CD15, CD17, CD23, CD24, CD27, CD31, CD32, CD34, Cheryl Elliott Thornton, Congress, David Jaramillo, Democratic primary, Eddie Lucio, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Gabby Garcia, Governor, Greg Sagan, Gus Trujillo, Harold Dutton, HD105, HD109, HD119, HD133, HD137, HD138, HD142, HD146, HD148, HD27, HD37, HD42, HD45, HD47, HD64, HD76, HD95, Helen Delgadillo, Jenifer Pool, Jennifer Ramos, Jerry Davis, judicial races, Kim Olson, Kimberly McLeod, Lite Gov, Liz Campos, Lulu Seikaly, Michelle Palmer, Mike Siegel, Penny Shaw, Pritash Gandhi, Railroad Commission, Rick Kennedy, Roland Gutierrez, Sara Stapleton-Barrera, SBOE, SD17, SD19, SD27, Sean McCaffity, Senate, Texas, The Lege, Xochil Peña Rodriguez | 1 Comment

Don’t count the other Jerry Garcia out yet

Posted on January 12, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

But do count his votes, because they are legally required to be countable. Reversing itself from a day earlier, the Harris County Democratic Party on Thursday said a constable candidate who was accused by another candidate with the same name … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Chris Diaz, Congress, Constable, Democratic primary, Election 2006, Election 2020, Harris County, Jerry Garcia, Tom DeLay | Comments Off

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

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

The lamentations of Big John

Posted on June 22, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

You guys, he may finally lose a race. I’m serious! There is no ghostwritten Cornyn memoir. His ego does not seem to live and die on how many times he appears on Sunday morning talk shows. And he’s never launched … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Donald Trump, Election 2006, Election 2018, Election 2020, George Bush, John Cornyn, Lincoln Chaffee, MJ Hegar, President, Rhode Island, Senate, Ted Cruz, Texas | Comments Off

Chris Bell looking at a Senate run

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

We haven’t had one of these stories in a couple of weeks. Chris Bell, the former Democratic congressman and gubernatorial nominee from Houston, is mulling a bid for U.S. Senate in 2020 against U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. Bell told … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Amanda Edwards, Chris Bell, Democratic primary, Election 2006, Election 2015, Election 2020, Governor, Houston, John Cornyn, Mayor, MJ Hegar, Senate, Texas | 4 Comments

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