Diana Alexander
It’s February, we’re two weeks out from the start of early voting for the 2020 primaries, and we’re going to spend this week in Harris County Commissioners Court, Precinct 3. Incumbent Steve Radack is stepping down after 32 years in office. He was first elected in 1988, which was so long ago I can’t find a source online that will tell me who held that office before him. Someone new will hold it beginning in 2021, and we will meet four of the Democratic candidates who want to be that someone. Diana Martinez Alexander was the first person to enter this race. She is an educational diagnostician in Cy-Fair ISD and community activist, who manages the Pantsuit Republic and Pantsuit Republic Houston Facebook groups. Here’s what we talked about:
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- PREVIOUSLY:
Elisa Cardnell – CD02
Travis Olsen – CD02
Michelle Palmer – SBOE6
Kimberly McLeod – SBOE6
Debra Kerner – SBOE6
Chrysta Castañeda – RRC
Kelly Stone – RRC
Vince Ryan – Harris County Attorney
Ben Rose – Harris County Attorney
Christian Menefee – Harris County Attorney
Ann Harris Bennett – Harris County Tax Assessor
Jolanda Jones – Harris County Tax Assessor
Ann Johnson – HD134
Ruby Powers – HD134
Lanny Bose – HD134
Akilah Bacy – HD138
Josh Wallenstein – HD138
Jenifer Pool – HD138
Sarah DeMerchant – HD26
Lawrence Allen – HD26
Rish Oberoi – HD26
Suleman Lalani – HD26
Rodney Ellis – Commissioners Court, Precinct 1
Radack’s predecessor was Bob Y Eckels http://archives.hcpl.net/digital/collection/p15978coll9/id/9/
He was the father of the later County Judge Robert Eckels. He left office after pleading no contest to having a county contractor build a free road on property he owned in Austin County.