Last night, Democracy for Houston held its endorsement meeting and sent out the following email with their recommended candidates:
Democracy For Houston met tonight to consider endorsements in the 2010 Democratic Primary for Harris County, Texas. DFH purposefully communicates with, educates, activates and empowers individuals and organizations at the grassroots level throughout the Greater Houston area. DFH also encourages individuals and organizations to become an integral part of the Democratic Party, precinct by precinct.
Phillip McNutt, Acting Chair for DFH remarked: “DFH did not vote to endorse in every race nor did we vote to endorse anyone simply because they asked for our vote. We have a large field of candidates to choose from. Our progressive values, along with the candidate’s credibility and electability are reflected in our slate of endorsed candidates, from the bottom to the top of the ticket.”
After a month-long process of screening interviews and considering candidate questionaires, the DFH membership voted tonight to endorse the following candidates with a MINIMUM vote of 70% approval of the member’s present:
The list itself is quite long, as they endorsed in uncontested primaries as well, unlike some other organizations that concentrate only on the races with multiple candidates. I’ve placed the remainder of the list beneath the fold for space purposes. Note that there are a few dual endorsements in judicial races. I have noted the DFH endorsements on the 2010 Election page as appropriate.
Also endorsing, and also added to the list, is the Mexican American Bar Association of Houston, which made recommendations for both the Democratic and Republican primaries. The format is kind of weird and a bit off-putting – I presume the smudges next to names indicates an endorsement – but at least it’s publicly available. I’ll take what I can get.
Finally, on a tangential note, just a reminder that Big Jolly has been continuing his series of judicial Q&As for the Republican primary races. He’s done 15 of them so far, all conveniently collected on this page. If you swing that way and need some insight as to which candidates to support, check it out.
Democracy for Houston primary endorsements:
Bill White received a UNANIMOUS vote for Governor of Texas!
U.S House of Representatives – 9th District
Al Green
U.S. House of Representatives – 18th District
Sheila Jackson-Lee
Governor
Bill White
Attorney General
Barbara Ann Radnofsky
Agriculture Commissioner
Hank Gilbert
Railroad Commissioner
Jeff Weems
State Senator – District 13
Rodney Ellis
State Senator – District 15
John Whitmire
State Representative – District 131
Alma Allen
State Representative – District 133
Kristi Thibaut
State Representative – District 134
Ellen Cohen
State Representative – District 138
Kendra Yarbrough Camarena
State Representative – District 140
Armando Lucio Walle
State Representative – District 141
Senfronia Thompson
State Representative – District 146
Borris Miles
State Representative – District 147
Garnett Coleman
State Representative – District 148
Jessica Cristina Farrar
State Representative – District 149
Hubert Vo
Chief Justice, 1st Court of Appeals
Morris Overstreet
Justice, 1st Court of Appeals, Place 4
Michael Gomez
Justice, 14th Court of Appeals, Place 2
Norma Venso
Justice, 14th Court of Appeals, Place 5 – Unexpired Term
Wally Kronzer
Justice, 14th Court of Appeals, Place 9
Tim Riley
County Judge
Gordon Quan
District Clerk
Loren Jackson
County Clerk
Sue Smith Schechter
County Tax Assessor-Collector, Unexpired Term
Diane Trautman
District Judge, 180th Criminal District
Darrell Jordan
District Judge, 182nd Criminal District
Brandon Dudley
District Judge, 184th Criminal District
Jay W. Burnett
District Judge, 185th Criminal District
Vivian King
District Judge, 208th Criminal District
Loretta Johnson Muldrow
District Judge, 232nd Criminal District
Greg Glass
District Judge, 248th Criminal District
Trent Gaither
District Judge, 262nd Criminal District
Thomas S. Berg
District Judge, 263rd Criminal District
Alvin Nunnery
District Judge, 55th Civil District
Dion Ramos
District Judge, 113th Civil District
Christina Bryan
District Judge, 157th Civil District
Chuck Silverman
District Judge, 189th Civil District
Andy Pereira
District Judge, 190th Civil District
Jim Wrotenbery
District Judge, 234th Civil District
Tanner Garth
District Judge, 269th Civil District
Katie Kennedy
District Judge, 270th Civil District
DUAL ENDORSEMENT – Lee Arellano & Charles Spain
District Judge, 281st Civil District
Donna Roth
District Judge, 295th Civil District
Reginald McKamie
District Judge, 245th Family
Janiece Horn
District Judge, 246th Family
Sherri Cothrun
District Judge, 247th Family
Mary Kay Green
District Judge, 257th Family
Sandra Peake
District Judge, 280th Family
Kathy Vossler
District Judge, 308th Family
Bruce Kessler
District Judge, 309th Family
Bill Rice
District Judge, 310th Family
Judy Dougherty
District Judge, 311th Family
DUAL ENDORSEMENT – Steve Herskowitz & Damiann Curvey Banieh
District Judge, 313th Juvenile
Natalia Oakes
District Judge, 314th Juvenile
David Longoria
District Judge, 315th Juvenile
DUAL ENDORSEMENT – Keith Branch & Bill Thursland
Judge, County Civil Court at Law # 1
Steve Reilly
Judge, County Civil Court at Law # 2
Cheryl Elliot-Thornton
Judge, County Civil Court at Law # 3
Damon Crenshaw
Judge, County Civil Court at Law # 4
Bruce Mosier
Judge, County Criminal Court at Law # 1
Anthony Limitone
Judge, County Criminal Court at Law # 2
Mary Connealy Acosta
Judge, County Criminal Court at Law # 3
Judith Snively
Judge, County Criminal Court at Law # 4
Alfred G. “Al” Leal
Judge, County Criminal Court at Law # 9
Juanita Jackson Barner
Judge, County Criminal Court at Law # 10
Grant U. Hardaway, Sr.
Judge, County Criminal Court at Law # 12
Robert “Bob” Cardenas
Judge, County Criminal Court at Law # 13
Dennis Slate
Judge, County Criminal Court at Law # 14
Lee Harper Wilson
Judge, County Criminal Court at Law # 15
Toni Martinez Ingverson
Judge, Probate Court # 1
Kathy Stone
Judge, Probate Court # 2
Joellen Snow
Judge, Probate Court # 3
DUAL ENDORSEMENT – Mary Galligan & Priscilla Walters
Judge, Probate Court # 4
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