Tag Archives: Election 2007

That “poll” of the HISD bond referendum

Posted on August 26, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

I’m sorry, but this doesn’t tell us anything. Houston ISD voters are overwhelmingly willing to support a school bond package to upgrade campuses throughout the district, according to polling released Thursday, though questions remain about whether residents will back a … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024, School days | Tagged bond referendum, bonds, Election 2007, Election 2012, Election 2024, HISD, Houston, Mike Miles, New Education System, polls, schools | 2 Comments

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

A brief history of May elections in Harris County

Posted on April 22, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

As previously noted, early voting begins today for the special HCAD and SD15 elections. I have said before that we are not used to voting in May in Harris County and that because of that and because of the annoyingly … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged Adrian Garcia, Bill White, constitutional amendments, Ed Gonzalez, Election 2004, Election 2007, Election 2009, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2017, Election 2018, Election 2024, Harris County, Harris County Appraisal District, HCAD, HD139, HISD, Houston, Houston City Council, Jarvis Johnson, Larry Green, Martha Castex-Tatum, Melissa Noriega, recapture, runoff, SD04, SD15, Shelley Sekula Gibbs, special election, Sylvester Turner, Texas, The Lege, turnout | 3 Comments

My initial thoughts on the 2023 election

Posted on November 9, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Suffice it to say I was off base on turnout. I thought we would be on track to top the turnout of the 2003 Mayor’s race, but in the end we fell short of 2015’s level. I’d have lost quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2023 | Tagged 2009 interviews, Adrian Garcia, Ben Hall, Bill King, Bill White, Chris Bell, early voting, Election 2003, Election 2005, Election 2007, Election 2011, Election 2013, Election 2015, Election 2017, Election 2019, Election 2021, Election 2023, Harris County, Houston, John Whitmire, Mayor, runoff, Sheila Jackson Lee, Stephen Costello, Sylvester Turner, turnout | 3 Comments

A brief word about voter registration in Houston

Posted on September 18, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

First, some important news: Houston residents have one month left to register to vote in November’s City Hall elections. Residents can visit various Harris County government offices, post offices, libraries or state agencies to fill out and submit a completed … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2023 | Tagged absentee ballots, Election 2003, Election 2005, Election 2007, Election 2009, Election 2011, Election 2015, Election 2019, Election 2023, Houston, turnout, voter registration | Comments Off

Harris County ponders a bond election

Posted on June 15, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

First one in awhile. Harris County leaders will begin discussions Tuesday about whether to add a bond election to the November ballot. The bond would be a hybrid measure to raise money for roads, parks, flood control, and public safety. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022, Local politics | Tagged Adrian Garcia, Astrodome, bond referendum, bonds, Commissioners Court, Election 2007, Election 2013, Election 2015, Election 2018, Election 2022, flooding, Harris County, Hurricane Harvey, jails | 1 Comment

Is it time to ditch At Large seats on Houston City Council?

Posted on January 26, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s one argument for it. The lack of Latinos on the City Council undermines the legitimacy of Houston’s government, experts say, and is something that a prominent Hispanic organization is pushing to change with a lawsuit and ballot proposition. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Local politics | Tagged At Large, Austin, Census, demography, District A, District F, District H, District I, District J, Domingo Garcia, Election 2007, Election 2013, Election 2015, Election 2019, Election 2023, fundraising, Gracie Saenz, Houston, Houston City Council, Joe Trevino, Jolanda Jones, Karla Cisneros, Latino voting, lawsuit, LULAC, Mayor, Michael Kubosh, Orlando Sanchez, petitions, redistricting, Robert Gallegos, Roy Morales, Sergio Lira, Sylvester Turner | 17 Comments

Charter amendment petitions are in

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

I need a simpler name for this thing, so that Future Me will have an easier time searching for relevant posts. Houston voters likely will get to decide in November whether City Council members should have the power to place … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2021 | Tagged Amy Peck, charter, Election 2007, Election 2011, Election 2017, Election 2019, Election 2021, Greg Travis, Houston, Houston Charter Amendment Petition Coalition, Houston City Council, HPFFA, Marty Lancton, Mayor, Michael Kubosh, petitions, Sylvester Turner, turnout, Urban Reform, voter registration | 5 Comments

So what do we think final 2019 turnout will be?

Posted on November 4, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Let’s take the numbers we have so far and try to hone in a bit more exactly on what to expect tomorrow, shall we? I’m going to go back a little farther into the past and establish some patterns. 2019 … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged 2009 interviews, absentee ballots, early voting, Election 2007, Election 2011, Election 2013, Election 2015, Election 2017, Election 2018, Election 2019, Harris County, HCDP, Houston, Lane Lewis, Lillie Schechter, Mayor, Metro, runoff, turnout | 5 Comments

Here come the youths

Posted on July 16, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

There are a lot of younger candidates running for Houston City Council this year. Inspired by the recent electoral success of millennial and Generation Z-aged candidates, more young people are running for Houston city council than ever before, a trend … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Abbie Kamin, Amanda Edwards, Amy Peck, Anthony Dolcefino, Anthony Nelson, Candelario Cervantez, Dennis Griffin, Election 2007, Election 2009, Election 2011, Election 2013, Election 2015, Election 2018, Election 2019, Ellen Cohen, Georgia Provost, Houston, Houston City Council, Marcel McClinton, Michelle Bonton, Mike Knox, Nick Hellyar, Raj Salhotra, turnout | 4 Comments

Sue Lovell announces for Mayor

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Sure, why not? Former Houston city councilwoman Sue Lovell announced Monday she is running for mayor, becoming the fourth major candidate aiming to deny Mayor Sylvester Turner a second term in November. Lovell made the announcement in a news release … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Dwight Boykins, Election 2007, Election 2009, Election 2019, HFD, Houston, Houston City Council, HPFFA, Mayor, Sue Lovell, Sylvester Turner | 7 Comments

Joint processing center opens

Posted on February 1, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

This was a long time coming, but it should be worth the wait. More than a decade after city voters approved a bond measure to fund it, Houston and Harris County opened a joint inmate processing center Thursday that officials … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime and Punishment | Tagged bail, bond referendum, construction, Ed Gonzalez, Election 2007, Election 2013, Harris County, Houston, jails, Lina Hidalgo, Sylvester Turner | 1 Comment

2017 EV daily report: Final numbers and our attempt at projecting turnout

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

Here are the final numbers. Believe it or not, people did vote on Friday despite the fact that the entire metro area appeared to be at the Astros parade. Here are the daily totals from previous years: 2015 2013 2011 … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2017 | Tagged absentee ballots, Astros, early voting, Election 2007, Election 2009, Election 2011, Election 2013, Election 2015, Election 2017, HCC, HISD, Houston, turnout | 1 Comment

2017 EV daily report: Day 10, and the first sign of an uptick

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

Here are the numbers through Wednesday. I know I said yesterday that I don’t usually report the latest results in Week 2 because they come in late, but like everyone else I was up late watching Game 7, so here … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2017 | Tagged absentee ballots, early voting, Election 2007, Election 2009, Election 2011, Election 2013, Election 2015, Election 2017, Harris County, HCC, HISD, Houston, turnout | Comments Off

2017 EV daily report: Day 8, and one more look at a way to guess turnout

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

Here are the numbers through Monday. Now that we are in the second week of early voting, when the hours each day are 7 to 7, these reports arrive in my inbox later in the evening. Here are the daily … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2017 | Tagged Bill White, bonds, early voting, Election 2004, Election 2007, Election 2009, Election 2011, Election 2013, Election 2015, Election 2017, Harris County, HCC, HISD, Houston, pension fund, pension obligation bonds, turnout | Comments Off

2017 EV daily report: Day 6

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

Here are the numbers through Saturday. Sunday’s numbers didn’t come in last night, but it’s the shortest EV day so its numbers are always the smallest. Here are the daily totals from previous years: 2015 2013 2011 2009 2007 And … Continue reading →

2017 EV daily report: Just remember, the reports we get are all of Harris County

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

Here are today’s numbers, and here are the daily totals from previous years: 2015 2013 2011 2009 2007 And here’s a select comparison: Year Early Mail Total Mailed ======================================= 2017 11,953 7,513 19,466 19,581 2015 36,322 19,789 56,111 42,520 2011 … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2017 | Tagged absentee ballots, bond referendum, constitutional amendments, early voting, Election 2003, Election 2005, Election 2007, Election 2009, Election 2011, Election 2013, Election 2015, Election 2017, Harris County, HCC, HISD, Houston, Metro, turnout | Comments Off

2017 EV daily report: Day One

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

Happy first day of early voting! If you’re expecting me to have today’s EV totals from Harris County, as well as EV totals from past elections, you’re right. Here are today’s numbers, and here are the daily totals from previous … Continue reading →

Another contemplation of turnout

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

Let’s see where this one takes us. Last time, I made some guesses about turnout in the HISD races based on overall turnout in the city of Houston. Now I’m going to turn that around and take a shot at … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2017 | Tagged alcohol, bond referendum, bonds, Election 2007, Election 2012, Election 2017, Heights, HISD, Houston, Houston Heights Restaurant Coalition, recapture, special election, turnout | 1 Comment

An unsatisfying attempt at projecting turnout

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

So as we all know, this in an unprecedented election, as there are no city races on the ballot. This has everyone wondering about turnout, because the usual drivers of turnout are a Mayor’s race and/or a big referendum, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2017 | Tagged At Large, bond referendum, Election 2001, Election 2005, Election 2007, Election 2011, Election 2013, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Houston City Council, Mayor, runoff, special election, turnout | 2 Comments

Precinct analysis: At Large #4 runoff

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Charles Kuffner

Here we have the least competitive runoff of the six that were citywide. Dist Edwards Morales ======================= A 6,322 6,153 B 14,660 1,761 C 17,813 10,238 D 18,341 2,882 E 7,688 13,231 F 4,046 3,080 G 11,996 15,203 H 5,610 … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2015 | Tagged Amanda Edwards, At Large #4, Election 2007, Election 2009, Election 2013, Election 2015, Election 2019, Houston, Houston City Council, Mayor, Melissa Noriega, precinct analysis, Roy Morales, runoff, special election | 2 Comments

Precinct analysis: Old reliables, newcomers, and everyone else

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Charles Kuffner

I have three more views of the 2015 electorate, now that I have a copy of the voter roster. With that, and with the past rosters that I have, I can try to paint a more detailed picture of who … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2015 | Tagged Election 2003, Election 2005, Election 2007, Election 2009, Election 2010, Election 2011, Election 2012, Election 2013, Election 2015, Harris County, Houston, precinct analysis, turnout | 4 Comments

Precinct analysis: At Large #4

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Charles Kuffner

At Large #4 features a newcomer and a multi-time candidate in its runoff. Dist Edwards Hansen Blackmon Robinson Thompson Murphy Morales ==================================================================== A 3,707 572 662 2,378 2,565 1,844 2,702 B 10,732 306 1,296 2,109 1,160 327 1,477 C 11,309 … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2015 | Tagged Amanda Edwards, At Large #3, At Large #4, Election 2007, Election 2009, Election 2011, Election 2013, Election 2015, Evelyn Husband Thompson, Houston, Houston City Council, Jonathan Hansen, Laurie Robinson, Matt Murphy, Mayor, Michael Kubosh, precinct analysis, Roy Morales, runoff | 13 Comments

Day 12 EV 2015 totals: Final turnout projections

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Charles Kuffner

The last day was another big one: Year Early Mail Total Mailed ======================================= 2015 164,104 29,859 193,963 43,280 2013 87,944 21,426 109,370 30,572 The running 2015 totals are here, the full 2013 totals are here, and for completeness the full … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2015 | Tagged absentee ballots, At Large, early voting, Election 2003, Election 2005, Election 2007, Election 2009, Election 2010, Election 2011, Election 2012, Election 2013, Election 2015, gay rights, Harris County, Houston, Houston City Controller, Houston City Council, polls, repeal, transgender rights, turnout | 4 Comments

Council approves inmate processing center deal with Harris County

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Charles Kuffner

Very good news. An end is in sight for the inefficient process of shuttling prisoners in and out of redundant local lockups after the City Council on Wednesday approved an agreement with Harris County to build a long-discussed inmate processing … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime and Punishment | Tagged Annise Parker, budget, Ed Gonzalez, Election 2007, Election 2013, Harris County, Houston, Houston Recovery Center, HPD, jails, mental illness, Steve Radack | 1 Comment

A broader overview of the Mayor’s race

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Charles Kuffner

The TL;dr version of this is basically “meh, not much happening”. With a bevy of candidates and midyear fundraising that collectively topped $7 million, Houston’s 2015 mayoral race has been poised to be a blockbuster. Yet, just five weeks before … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2015 | Tagged Adrian Garcia, Ben Hall, Bill King, Bill White, Chris Bell, constitutional amendments, Election 2005, Election 2007, Election 2009, Election 2015, gay rights, Houston, Marty McVey, Mayor, repeal, runoff, Stephen Costello, Sylvester Turner, transgender rights, turnout | Comments Off

Just how old are our city voters?

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Charles Kuffner

In my previous installment, we talked about how many people vote across city elections. In this post, we’re going to look at another aspect of our city races that is often remarked on but seldom specified: The ages of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2015 | Tagged Election 2007, Election 2009, Election 2010, Election 2011, Election 2013, Election 2014, Election 2015, Harris County, Houston, turnout, voter registration | 7 Comments

Who are the city voters?

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Charles Kuffner

Everybody knows that city of Houston elections are fairly low-turnout affairs. The general perception – and it’s one that I’ve echoed as well – is that the elections are dominated by the same voters, year after year. What I haven’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2015 | Tagged Election 2003, Election 2005, Election 2007, Election 2009, Election 2011, Election 2013, Election 2015, Houston, Mayor, precinct analysis, turnout | 6 Comments

Where are the women?

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Charles Kuffner

I have several things to say about this. The slate running to replace Mayor Annise Parker features a globetrotting sailor, a triathlete grandfather, a millionaire minister and no women. Despite the most-crowded pack of mayoral contenders in decades, no female … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2015 | Tagged Amanda Ulman, Annise Parker, At Large #1, At Large #4, Bill White, Bob Lanier, Carol Alvarado, Charyl Drab, District G, District H, Election 1993, Election 1995, Election 1997, Election 1999, Election 2001, Election 2003, Election 2005, Election 2007, Election 2009, Election 2011, Election 2013, Election 2015, Elizabeth Spates, George Greanias, Gladys House, Gracie Saenz, Helen Huey, Houston, Houston City Controller, Kathy Whitmire, Keryl Douglas, Lee Brown, Mayor, Rob Mosbacher, Sandra Meyers, Sheila Jackson Lee, Sylvia Garcia, Veronique Gregory, Victoria Lane, Wanda Adams | 3 Comments

January campaign finance reports – HISD trustees

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Charles Kuffner

Four HISD Trustees are up for re-election this year. There are nine Trustees in all, and they serve four-year terms, so in a normal year either four or five are up for re-election. As things stand right now, all four … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2015 | Tagged campaign finance reports, Election 2003, Election 2007, Election 2010, Election 2011, Election 2015, ethics, fundraising, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Juliet Stipeche, Manuel Rodriguez, Paula Harris, Ramiro Fonseca, Rhonda Skillern-Jones, Terry Grier | Comments Off

Garcia appears to be in for Mayor

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Charles Kuffner

Not official yet, but stories like this don’t get run without justification. Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia is sending every possible message that he intends to run for mayor this year, aggressively increasing his political operations and signaling to some … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2015 | Tagged Adrian Garcia, Election 2001, Election 2003, Election 2005, Election 2007, Election 2009, Election 2011, Election 2013, Election 2015, Election 2016, fundraising, Harris County, Harris County Sheriff, Houston, Mayor, turnout | 27 Comments

Don’t forget about Pasadena

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Charles Kuffner

There’s still a lawsuit in the works regarding their 2013 redistricting referendum that switched their Council from an eight-member all-district makeup to six districts and two At large seats, all at the behest of Mayor Johnny Isbell. Pasadena is preparing … Continue reading →

Posted in Local politics | Tagged At Large, City Council, Election 2003, Election 2005, Election 2007, Election 2009, Election 2011, Election 2013, Election 2015, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Johnny Isbell, Jolanda Jones, lawsuit, MALDEF, Ornaldo Ybarra, Pasadena, redistricting, SCOTUS, single member districts, Texas Organizing Project, turnout, Voting Rights Act | 3 Comments

Remember Ray Jones

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Charles Kuffner

So now that the HERO-haters’ petitions have been rejected by the city for not having enough valid signatures after all of the petition pages that were not compliant with the requirements of the city charter were thrown out, the story … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged 14th Court of Appeals, At Large #3, City Attorney, Election 2007, Election 2014, gay rights, Houston, Houston City Council, lawsuit, petitions, Ray Jones, repeal, Supreme Court, transgender rights | Comments Off

Final EV totals

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s the final Harris County EV tally for the 2013 runoff, and here’s how the numbers stack up against the four most recent citywide runoff elections that did not include a Mayoral race. Year Absent Early E-Day Total Absent% Early% … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2013 | Tagged absentee ballots, early voting, Election 2005, Election 2007, Election 2011, Election 2013, Houston, Houston City Council, runoff, turnout | Comments Off

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