Tag Archives: HCDP

HISD cornucopia

Posted on October 12, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

Too much news, too little time, so a-rounding up we go… Houston coalitions hold dueling press conferences to support, oppose HISD’s $4.4B school bond HISD parents, Houston’s NAACP branch, the Houston Federation of Teachers, the Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged AFL-CIO, Board of Managers, bond referendum, bonds, Children at Risk, Chris Brown, Community Voices for Public Education, Election 2024, HCDP, HFT, HISD, Houston, Houston Food Bank, Mike Miles, NAACP, New Education System, schools, Texas Education Agency, Wendell Robbins | 5 Comments

HCDP opposes the HISD bond

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

I have no idea where they’re going to get the votes for this thing. Both the Harris County Democratic and Republican Party executive committees have unanimously voted in favor of resolutions opposing the largest school bond in state history, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024, School days | Tagged bond referendum, bonds, Community Voices for Public Education, Dani Hernandez, Election 2024, Greater Houston Partnership, Harris County, HCDP, HFT, HGLBT Political Caucus, HISD, Houston, Houstonians for Great Public Schools, LULAC, NAACP, Placido Gomez, Republican Party, Ruth Kravetz, schools | 3 Comments

Is there a better way to handle the nominee replacement process?

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

Last month, and for the second time in less than ten years, I and a relatively small number of Democratic precinct chairs got to pick a replacement nominee for a powerful office whose incumbent had died at an inconvenient time. … Continue reading →

Posted in Local politics | Tagged CD18, Commissioners Court, El Franco Lee, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2024, Harris County, HCDP, judicial races, Sheila Jackson Lee, Texas | 2 Comments

Two small updates on the CD18 race

Posted on August 7, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

From this Trib overview of the five candidates “with extensive elected experience” in the CD18 race: Since the candidate selection is internal within the party, there is no formal filing process for candidates and precinct chairs could theoretically choose anyone. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged Amanda Edwards, CD18, Christina Morales, Congress, Corisha Rogers, Dwight Boykins, Election 2024, HCDP, James Dixon, Jarvis Johnson, Letitia Plummer, Robert Slater, runoff, Sheila Jackson Lee, Sylvester Turner, Texas | 1 Comment

The election to nominate a candidate in CD18 has been set

Posted on August 3, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

Per an email that I got yesterday from the HCDP, the Executive Committee meeting of CD18 precinct chairs to fill the vacancy on the November ballot will be next Tuesday, August 13, at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, with the meeting … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged Amanda Edwards, CD18, Chris Hollins, Christian Menefee, Christina Morales, Congress, Corisha Rogers, Dwight Boykins, Election 2024, HCDP, James Dixon, Jarvis Johnson, Jolanda Jones, Letitia Plummer, Robert Slater, Sheila Jackson Lee, Sylvester Turner, Texas | 5 Comments

The JRR is now the JJR

Posted on August 2, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

From the inbox: The Harris County Democratic Party (HCDP) will announce today that it has chosen to honor the legacy and dedication to the Democratic Party of the late congresswoman, Sheila Jackson Lee by renaming its premiere annual gala in … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged Election 2020, Election 2024, fundraiser, Harris County, HCDP, Mike Doyle, Sheila Jackson Lee | Comments Off

We are starting to hear some names in CD18

Posted on July 24, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

The first potential candidate to publicly acknowledge an interest in CD18 is former Mayor Sylvester Turner. Former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has confirmed with KHOU 11 News anchor Len Cannon that he is “seriously considering” a run for Congresswoman Sheila … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged Amanda Edwards, CD18, Congress, Dwight Boykins, El Franco Lee, Election 2016, Election 2024, HCDP, James Dixon, Jarvis Johnson, Jolanda Jones, Letitia Plummer, Melanie Miles, Sheila Jackson Lee, special election, Sylvester Turner, Texas | 17 Comments

What happens now in CD18

Posted on July 22, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron is already raising the question. Under state law, the Harris County Democratic Party’s executive committee will have until Aug. 26 to nominate a candidate to run in the Nov. 5 general election. If the committee does not choose … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged CD18, Congress, El Franco Lee, Election 2016, Election 2024, HCDP, Sheila Jackson Lee, special election, Texas | 3 Comments

Election Day for HCAD and SD15 is tomorrow

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

From the inbox: Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth reminds citizens that Election Day for the Uniform and Special Elections is this Saturday, May 4. Harris County uses the countywide polling place program, meaning voters can vote at any of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged Austin Pooley, Election 2024, Election Day, Harris County, Harris County Appraisal District, HCAD, HCDP, Kathy Blueford Daniels, Melissa Noriega, Pelumi Adeleke, SD15, Senate, special election, turnout | Comments Off

Final May 2024 special election early voting: The usual pattern holds

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

We come to the end of the early voting period for this weird and not really wanted May special election – okay, not wanted for HCAD, the SD15 special was fine and normal. All along we’ve tried to guess at … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged absentee ballots, Austin Pooley, early voting, Election 2024, Harris County, Harris County Appraisal District, HCAD, HCDP, Kathy Blueford Daniels, Melissa Noriega, Pelumi Adeleke, SD15, Senate, special election, turnout | Comments Off

May 2024 special election early voting, Day Eight: A little bit of an uptick

Posted on April 30, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

I’ll cut right to the chase: Here’s your Day Eight early voting report for the May 4 HCAD and SD15 special elections. As the penultimate day of early voting, as well as the first day of a truncated Week Two, … Continue reading →

May 2024 special election early voting, Day Seven: Two more days to go

Posted on April 29, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

The Sunday of early voting is always the slowest day, as it has the shortest hours and no mail delivery. This Sunday was no exception, as a total of 780 ballots were cast, all in person. That brings the in … Continue reading →

May 2024 special election early voting, Day Five: More than halfway there

Posted on April 27, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

We have completed five days of early voting for the May special HCAD and SD15 elections, with four more days to go. The Day Five daily EV report is here. There have been 7,980 in person votes and 12,901 mail … Continue reading →

May 2024 special election early voting, Day Three: Still slow going

Posted on April 25, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s your Day Three early voting report from the May 2024 special election. As of the third day, a total of 16,078 ballots have been cast, with 4,399 in person votes and 11,679 by mail. 3,111 in person votes have … Continue reading →

May 2024 special election early voting, Day One: Why are we doing this again?

Posted on April 23, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

The Houston Landing has another look at the HCAD elections and just how weird this all is. The county Democratic and Republican parties have endorsed and are campaigning for candidates in each of the three races. Accusations of nefarious intentions … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024 | Tagged absentee ballots, Austin Pooley, early voting, Election 2024, Harris County, Harris County Appraisal District, HCAD, HCDP, Kathy Blueford Daniels, Melissa Noriega, Pelumi Adeleke, Republican Party, SD15, Senate, special election, turnout | Comments Off

The Ogg admonishment

Posted on December 14, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

This happened last night. District Attorney Kim Ogg was reprimanded on Tuesday night by the Harris County Democratic Party, which passed a resolution calling for her admonishment. By a vote of 129 to 61, precinct chairs approved the resolution accusing … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024, Local politics | Tagged Democratic primary, District Attorney, Election 2024, Harris County, HCDP, Kim Ogg, Sean Teare | 17 Comments

You still have time to donate to the Democratic judges’ legal fund

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Just a reminder: Here @JudgeGenesis Draper. She is 1 of 17 elected Harris County Dem. judges sued to undo ‘22 election. Judges can’t take pro bono help to defend selves. Can’t let Mattress Mack undo election wins. Clubs In Action … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Aaron Adams, Alexandra Mealer, Audrie Lawton, Brian Staley, Bruce Bain, Carla Wyatt, Chris Daniel, Christian Menefee, Christine Weems, Cory Sepolio, Dan Simons, Dan Spjut, DaSean Jones, David Fleischer, District Clerk, Election 2022, election contest, Election Day, Elizabeth Buss, Erika Ramirez, Erin Lunceford, fundraiser, Genesis Draper, Harris County, Harris County Attorney, Harris County Clerk, Harris County Judge, Harris County Treasurer, HCDP, James Horwitz, James Lombardino, Jason Cox, Juanita Jackson Barner, Kelley Andrews, Kyle Scott, LaShawn Williams, Latosha Lewis Payne, lawsuit, Lina Hidalgo, Manpreet Singh, Marilyn Burgess, Mark Goldberg, Mark Montgomery, Matthew Dexter, Michelle Fraga, Nile Copeland, Republican Party, Rory Olsen, Sandra Moore, Sartaj Bal, Sedrick Walker, Stan Stanart, Tami Pierce, Tamika Craft, Teneshia Hudspeth, Texas, Toria Finch, voter suppression, Will Archer | Comments Off

You can help Democrats being sued by election losers

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

From the inbox, sent to me by former HD133 candidate Sandra Moore: Below is a list of the judges and electeds being sued by the Republicans. These are nuisance suits but the Judges and Lina have had to hire attorneys … Continue reading →

What I want from the next HCDP Chair

Posted on February 6, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

As you know, the Harris County Democratic Party will soon have a new Chair. And as you know, I am a Democratic precinct chair, which means I’m one of the several hundred people that will vote on who that is. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2023 | Tagged 14th Court of Appeals, Beto O'Rourke, Brazoria County, CD02, CD22, Chambers County, Congress, Ed Gonzalez, Election 2012, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, First Court of Appeals, Fort Bend County, Galveston, Harris County, HCDP, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Liberty County, Mike Doyle, Montgomery County, Odus Evbagharu, SBOE, SD07, SD17, Senate, Silvia Mintz, Texas, turnout, voter suppression, Waller County | 3 Comments

HCDP Chair Odus Evbagharu to step down

Posted on February 3, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

This was expected. The chairman of the Harris County Democratic Party on Wednesday announced that he would step down at the end of February. Odus Evbagharu has led the party since 2021. The 30-year-old native of Katy is the youngest … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2023 | Tagged Election 2022, Election 2023, Election 2024, Harris County, HCDP, Mike Doyle, Odus Evbagharu, Silvia Mintz | 1 Comment

SCOTx allows provisional votes to be counted

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Good. The Texas Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Harris County can include about 2,100 ballots cast during an extra hour of Election Day voting when officials certify the midterm results. But the state’s highest civil court also ordered Harris County … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022, Legal matters | Tagged Attorney General, Bell County, Christian Menefee, Commissioners Court, DaSean Jones, Election 2022, election contest, Election Day, Harris County, Harris County Attorney, HCDP, judicial races, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, provisional ballots, Republican Party, Supreme Court, Tami Pierce, Texas, Texas Civil Rights Project | 10 Comments

Paxton sues to prevent some provisional votes from being counted

Posted on November 22, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

On brand. Always, always on brand. The Texas Attorney General’s office is attempting a last-minute intervention to toss out 2,000 provisional ballots before a Harris County Commissioners Court meeting Tuesday to certify the November election. The ballots in question were … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022, Legal matters | Tagged absentee ballots, Attorney General, DaSean Jones, Election 2022, Election Day, Harris County, Harris County Attorney, HCDP, judicial races, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, provisional ballots, Republican Party, Supreme Court, Tami Pierce, Texas, Texas Civil Rights Project | 2 Comments

Where are we voting in the primary runoffs?

Posted on April 18, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Still TBD. Harris County Democrats on Thursday accused their Republican counterparts of excluding predominantly Black and Latino areas from a “disturbingly racist” map of proposed voting locations for the May 24 primary runoff, days after alleging the county GOP was … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Election 2022, elections administrator, Harris County, HCDP, Isabel Longoria, Odus Evbagharu, primaries, Republican Party, runoff, voting centers | 12 Comments

Chron story on Odus Evbagharu

Posted on July 1, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Some good stuff here. When Odus Evbagharu, a 28-year-old legislative staffer and campaign organizer, took the reins of the Harris County Democratic Party Sunday evening, he inherited a party that stands on some of its firmest footing in years, despite … Continue reading →

Posted in Local politics | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Donald Trump, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Harris County, HCDP, Joe Biden, Lillie Schechter, Odus Evbagharu, polls, Texas, turnout, voter registration | Comments Off

Odus Evbagharu elected HCDP Chair

Posted on June 29, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

From the inbox: The Harris County Democratic Party announced tonight that Odus Evbagnaru (Eh-va-GHA-ro) was elected party chair and will fulfill the unexpired term of Lillie Schechter, who stepped down June 16 after four years of service. Evbagharu, who is … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2021 | Tagged censure, Election 2021, Election 2022, Harold Dutton, Harris County, HCDP, Lillie Schechter, Odus Evbagharu, ranked choice voting, Ted Weisgal, Texas, The Lege | Comments Off

Interview with Odus Evbagharu

Posted on June 16, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

As you know, the Harris County Democratic Party will be electing a new Chair following the resignation of Lillie Schecter, who has served (quite ably) as Chair since 2017. I am on the record supporting Odus Evbagharu as the next … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2021 | Tagged Election 2021, Harris County, HCDP, interviews, Jon Rosenthal, Lillie Schechter, Odus Evbagharu, Ted Weisgal | 6 Comments

Dallas County Democrats have a new Chair, too

Posted on June 7, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Congratulations and best of luck to Kristy Noble, the new Chair of the Dallas County Democratic Party. Dallas businesswoman Kristy Noble was sworn in Thursday morning as the new chairwoman of the Dallas County Democratic Party. Noble, 50, emerged victorious … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Carol Donovan, Dallas County, DCDP, Election 2022, Harris County, HCDP, Kristy Noble, Lillie Schechter, Odus Evbagharu, Texas | 2 Comments

HCDP Chair Lillie Schechter to step down

Posted on May 29, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

From the inbox: The Harris County Democratic Party today announced that Lillie Schechter will be stepping down as HCDP Party Chair on June 16, 2021. Schechter was elected in 2017 and is leaving her position after four years of service. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2021 | Tagged Election 2021, Harris County, HCDP, Lillie Schechter | 2 Comments

What is the direction of voting by mail?

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

It was different in 2020, but that doesn’t mean it’s permanently different. Democratic voters in Texas were more likely to cast their ballots by mail than Republican voters in the last election. Today, that may sound like a forgone conclusion, … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged absentee ballots, early voting, Election 2008, Election 2016, Election 2020, Harris County, HCDP, TDP, Texas, The Lege, turnout | 1 Comment

Of course Republicans have benefited from voting by mail

Posted on November 1, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Obviously. And yes, even in recent elections. The coronavirus pandemic is expected to drive millions of Americans to vote by mail this year, a shift that data suggest is underway even in Texas, where only some voters are allowed to … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged absentee ballots, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Gary Elkins, Greg Abbott, Harris County, HCDP, John Culberson, Lane Lewis, Mike Schofield, Republican Party, Texas, voter ID | 2 Comments

And the nominees are…

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Yesterday was the Harris County Democratic Party CEC meeting, at which the nominees for the two positions that needed them were filled. The easy one was the second one, where Teneshia Hudspeth was unanimously selected. The way this process works … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Andrea Duhon, David Brown, Diane Trautman, Don Sumners, Election 2020, Erica Davis, Gayle Mitchell, Harris County, Harris County Clerk, HCDE, HCDP, Jose Rivera, Josh Flynn, Michael Wolfe, Obes Nwabara, Stan Stanart, Teneshia Hudspeth | 1 Comment

The county races in which the precinct chairs get to pick the nominees

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

There are two Harris County races on the ballot this year – one that was always going to be there, and one that was unexpected – in which Democratic precinct chairs will have the task of picking the nominees. As … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Andrea Duhon, David Brown, Democratic primary, Diane Trautman, Election 2020, Gayle Mitchell, Harris County, Harris County Clerk, HCDE, HCDP, Jose Rivera, Obes Nwabara, Sonja Marrett, Teneshia Hudspeth | 2 Comments

On picking a new County Clerk

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Stace has some thoughts. I’m of the opinion that the Democratic majority on the Commissioner’s Court should make a strong appointment of someone who will be the incumbent, making it clear that there is no need for a possible free-for-all … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged absentee ballots, Adrian Garcia, Commissioners Court, Democratic primary, Diane Trautman, Election 2020, Election 2022, Harris County, Harris County Clerk, HCDP, Ken Paxton, Lina Hidalgo, Rodney Ellis, voter registration | 23 Comments

Dutton’s colleagues ask for investigation of Natasha Ruiz

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Hey, look, it’s actual election news! Nearly the entire Harris County Democratic legislative delegation has asked the county attorney and district attorney to open a criminal investigation into the candidacy of a Texas House candidate whose existence was called into … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Democratic primary, District Attorney, Election 2020, Harold Dutton, Harris County Attorney, HCDP, HD142, Jerry Davis, Kim Ogg, Natasha Ruiz, Richard Bonton, runoff, Texas, The Lege, Vince Ryan | 5 Comments

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