Daily Archives: October 20, 2008

I have to admit, I hadn’t expected there to be much in the way of issues in the race for District Clerk, at least outside of the normal functioning of the office. But today at a press conference, Loren Jackson … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Fresh from the County Clerk’s office: As of 6:51 pm on Oct. 20th 2008, the Harris County Clerk’s early voting statistics showed that 39,201 persons had been processed for voting in Harris County on the first day of early voting … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Republican soap opera in SD17 takes an even more melodramatic turn. Joan Huffman and Austen Furse, Republican rivals for state Senate whose surrogates have engaged in a bitter war of words previously documented on this blog, had a talk … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This is it. Time to vote. Stace was there for last night’s rally at Discovery Green – there will be a similar rally tonight in Austin. Everything you need to know about early voting for Harris County is here (PDF). … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve said before that I’ve been a longtime fan of Rep. Nick Lampson, going back to 1996 when I donated to his campaign to unseat the loony one-term Rep. Steve Stockman. Though I admit that some of his votes this … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As expected, the Chron endorses Pat Lykos for District Attorney. The next chief of the Harris County District Attorney’s office must plunge into a multilevel rehab job. Despite a staff that boasts many superb professionals, former DA Chuck Rosenthal managed … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As we’ve seen in other races, Democratic candidates have been able to keep up with, even surpass, Republican incumbents in fundraising. That’s also true in the State Supreme Court races. According to Texans for Public Justice, the three Republican incumbents … Continue reading → Continue reading →