The largest attendance remembered caused nearly an hour-long delay in getting started.
But the official vote is still a ways off.
The steering committee got a lot of intense questioning about the Garcia recommendation. They were split 2-2 so the decision came down to...
After a couple of hours of wrangling, the Caucus finally voted to endorse Turner for mayor in the 3 pm hour. They followed with Chris Brown for city controller, Lane Lewis for AL1 and Doug Peterson for AL3. I'll have more and link to their full slate later.
290 members here at the @HGLBTCaucus endorsement meeting, where the group just officially endorsed #HERO, as expected #houvote
— Rebecca Elliott (@rfelliott) August 8, 2015
In an early (1 p.m.) surprise, Adrian Garcia got the recommendation from the board despite Steve Costello getting higher scores overall. Sylvester Turner, the apparent crowd favorite, came in a close third.But the official vote is still a ways off.
The steering committee got a lot of intense questioning about the Garcia recommendation. They were split 2-2 so the decision came down to...
Viability, LGBT knowledge, knowledge of city issues and the screening were the factors in recommendations #thecaucusendorses @HGLBTCaucus
— Shelby Hansen (@ShelbyAHansen) August 8, 2015
After a couple of hours of wrangling, the Caucus finally voted to endorse Turner for mayor in the 3 pm hour. They followed with Chris Brown for city controller, Lane Lewis for AL1 and Doug Peterson for AL3. I'll have more and link to their full slate later.
