Doo dah, doo dah ...
A bit more than a month from the start of early voting for November's elections, and here I am finally pulling together some recommendations for mayor and city council. (Stace has posted his; it was in last Monday's Wrangle, too.) Also on the ballot are three special elections to fill Texas House vacancies, two in the greater Houston area: HD-148 (Jessica Farrar-D, retiring) and HD-28 (John Zerwas-R, retiring). The TexTrib previously listed all of those running in the jungle primaries.
In HD-148, there are a dozen Dems on the ballot with two Rs and one indy; perennial loser/attorney Chris Carmona. Carmona's been a Republican in elections past, most recently in a bid for HCRP boss as part of the Hotze Caucus opposing chairman Paul Simpson. Carm may stand a good chance of getting into the runoff, but he stands no chance against whomever the Dems select. Erik Manning's spreadsheet lists them all, including their campaign website and Facebook page (slide the cursor at the bottom to the right). Anna Nunez is my pick here among a handful of good choices.
To the contest for the mayor of HTX:
I can't bring myself to help Sylvester Turner into the runoff. I have blogged plenty about my disappointments with the mayor, just not recently. Suffice it to say that this race comes down to 'least worst' option, depending on the two we'll be voting on in December's runoff.
Dwight Boykins, Tony Buzbee, and Bill King are solid 'no's. I'm trying to choose between Sue Lovell, a competent and amenable yet much-too-conservative Democrat -- like the vast majority of Houston and Harris County Donks -- or the radical, Derrick Broze. To call Broze the outsider here is an understatement. Anti-5G is *ahem* an interesting campaign platform, despite the legit bad press about the technology.
Also still sorting my At Large potentials. Coby has posted details about the AL candidate forum tomorrow night in Clear Lake, so if you'd like to get down that way, be sure you book time to eat some truly excellent barbecue while hearing these prospective public servants for yourself. I've already endorsed Ashton P. Woods for AL5 and made a contribution to his campaign; I'll do the same for Raj Salhotra in AL1 in short order.
In At Large 2, the incumbent, David Robinson, is the only Dem. Nobody has served with a lower profile or less distinction. In At Large 3, incumbent conservative Michael Kubosh has drawn three challengers, but much of the focus has been on 18-year-old Stratford High student Marcel McClinton, a school shooting survivor, co-organizer for March For Our Lives Houston, and representative on Mayor Turner's gun violence prevention commission. Janaeya Carmouche is the other Democrat.
And in At Large 4, incumbent Amanda Edwards decided to challenge John Cornyn in the Democratic US Senate primary, so eleven have filed for the empty seat. I'd rate the favorites as Bill Baldwin, a prolific Democratic fundraiser and well-heeled Realtor; Nick Hellyar, a former city council and legislative staffer and HGLBT activist; Dr. Letitia Plummer, a dentist and 2018 CD-22 challenger (she lost the D primary runoff to Sri Preston Kulkarni, 62-38%); and Anthony Dolcefino, one of three Republicans and the prodigy of conservative muckraker Wayne Dolcefino.
I'll do comptroller, the alphabet council districts, and school board races tomorrow.
A bit more than a month from the start of early voting for November's elections, and here I am finally pulling together some recommendations for mayor and city council. (Stace has posted his; it was in last Monday's Wrangle, too.) Also on the ballot are three special elections to fill Texas House vacancies, two in the greater Houston area: HD-148 (Jessica Farrar-D, retiring) and HD-28 (John Zerwas-R, retiring). The TexTrib previously listed all of those running in the jungle primaries.
Democrats have coalesced around Elizabeth "Eliz" Markowitz, who was the only Democrat to file. Markowitz, a Katy teacher, unsuccessfully ran last year for State Board of Education District 7, which overlaps with HD-28.
In HD-148, there are a dozen Dems on the ballot with two Rs and one indy; perennial loser/attorney Chris Carmona. Carmona's been a Republican in elections past, most recently in a bid for HCRP boss as part of the Hotze Caucus opposing chairman Paul Simpson. Carm may stand a good chance of getting into the runoff, but he stands no chance against whomever the Dems select. Erik Manning's spreadsheet lists them all, including their campaign website and Facebook page (slide the cursor at the bottom to the right). Anna Nunez is my pick here among a handful of good choices.
To the contest for the mayor of HTX:
At @ProgressHouston event feat. @billmckibben, @SylvesterTurner again says he’s the first Houston mayor to hit the climate challenge “head on.” Depends how you define “head on” > https://t.co/th0pc6MwF3— Jasper Scherer (@jaspscherer) September 16, 2019
I can't bring myself to help Sylvester Turner into the runoff. I have blogged plenty about my disappointments with the mayor, just not recently. Suffice it to say that this race comes down to 'least worst' option, depending on the two we'll be voting on in December's runoff.
Hello from the @HoustonBOMA mayoral forum, feat. @TonyBuzbee, @BillKingHouston, @LovellForMayor and a cardboard cutout of @SylvesterTurner pic.twitter.com/vohhhWOKf0— Jasper Scherer (@jaspscherer) September 12, 2019
Dwight Boykins, Tony Buzbee, and Bill King are solid 'no's. I'm trying to choose between Sue Lovell, a competent and amenable yet much-too-conservative Democrat -- like the vast majority of Houston and Harris County Donks -- or the radical, Derrick Broze. To call Broze the outsider here is an understatement. Anti-5G is *ahem* an interesting campaign platform, despite the legit bad press about the technology.
Also still sorting my At Large potentials. Coby has posted details about the AL candidate forum tomorrow night in Clear Lake, so if you'd like to get down that way, be sure you book time to eat some truly excellent barbecue while hearing these prospective public servants for yourself. I've already endorsed Ashton P. Woods for AL5 and made a contribution to his campaign; I'll do the same for Raj Salhotra in AL1 in short order.
In At Large 2, the incumbent, David Robinson, is the only Dem. Nobody has served with a lower profile or less distinction. In At Large 3, incumbent conservative Michael Kubosh has drawn three challengers, but much of the focus has been on 18-year-old Stratford High student Marcel McClinton, a school shooting survivor, co-organizer for March For Our Lives Houston, and representative on Mayor Turner's gun violence prevention commission. Janaeya Carmouche is the other Democrat.
And in At Large 4, incumbent Amanda Edwards decided to challenge John Cornyn in the Democratic US Senate primary, so eleven have filed for the empty seat. I'd rate the favorites as Bill Baldwin, a prolific Democratic fundraiser and well-heeled Realtor; Nick Hellyar, a former city council and legislative staffer and HGLBT activist; Dr. Letitia Plummer, a dentist and 2018 CD-22 challenger (she lost the D primary runoff to Sri Preston Kulkarni, 62-38%); and Anthony Dolcefino, one of three Republicans and the prodigy of conservative muckraker Wayne Dolcefino.
I'll do comptroller, the alphabet council districts, and school board races tomorrow.
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