Daily Archives: March 5, 2008

The bluing of Harris County

So as we know, turnout in the Harris County Democratic Party primary was more than double that of the Republican primary – 409,619 to 170,836. And we also know that there’s been a certain amount of trash talk by Republicans … Continue reading Continue reading

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HOPE and Houston come to an agreement

A bit of non-primary news for right now while I’m crunching numbers, courtesy of HOPE: We are pleased to announce that the City of Houston and the Houston Organization of Public Employees (HOPE) have reached a tentative agreement in contract … Continue reading Continue reading

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Checking my predictions

Report card time… 1. President, both parties My guess: Obama by ten points, McCain with about 60%. Turnout of over 2.5 million on the Dem side, less than 1.5 million on the GOP side. Well, I was wrong about Obama … Continue reading Continue reading

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Republican primary results

And the Republican results: John McCain is now the official Republican nominee, with Mike Huckabee dropping out but Ron Paul (who also won his CD14 primary easily) carrying on. McCain won a fairly soft 51% of the vote statewide. Turnout … Continue reading Continue reading

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Democratic primary results

Some good, some not so good… Hillary Clinton overcame an early vote deficit to win Texas. Delegate results are here (PDF) – she leads the Senate district delegates 63-62. Caucus results will take some time. Obama won Harris County with … Continue reading Continue reading

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