Tag Archives: Cynthia Bailey

Challenge filed to the law barring felons from running for office

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

I’ll be keeping an eye on this. Derrick Broze, barred from the upcoming mayoral election because of a two-decades-old felony conviction, sued the state of Texas, arguing its election law is unconstitutional. Broze, a 38-year-old independent journalist and activist, started … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Brad Batteau, Cynthia Bailey, Derek Broze, Election 2019, Election 2023, Houston, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Mayor, Texas, The Lege | Comments Off

CM Jackson’s residency questioned

Posted on January 8, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

You’ve gotta be kidding me. The election in Houston city council’s District B was put on hold for a year as courts addressed whether one of the two finalists for the seat, Cynthia Bailey, was eligible to run for office. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged annexation, Cynthia Bailey, District B, Election 2019, Houston, Houston City Council, Michelle Bonton, Tarsha Jackson, The Lege | 4 Comments

Tarsha Jackson wins District B runoff

Posted on December 13, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

The long saga comes to an end. . Congratulations @tarshajackson for winning the #DistrictB runoff election. I look forward to working with you as we continue to build a city of hope and opportunity for all. — Sylvester Turner (@SylvesterTurner) … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019, Election 2020 | Tagged Cynthia Bailey, District B, Election 2019, Election 2020, Houston, Jerry Davis, runoff, Tarsha Jackson | Comments Off

Early voting starts today for District B runoff

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

At long last, the voters in District B will get to elect a new City Council member. . Over the weekend we mailed out 12,000 mail ballots for the December Runoff Election. In person Early Voting starts Wednesday! #HarrisVotes #HouNews … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019, Election 2020 | Tagged Baytown, curbside voting, Cynthia Bailey, District B, early voting, Election 2019, Election 2020, Harris County, Houston, Humble, interviews, Jerry Davis, La Porte, Nassau Bay, runoff, Tarsha Jackson | Comments Off

The next elections

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Just a reminder, there are two elections on the calendar for December: . Reminder: the runoff election for Houston City Council District B will be December 12 https://bit.ly/3ld1nd2 Need to update your voter registration? https://hctax.net/Voter/Registration — Isabel Longoria (@LongoriaTX) 09:48 … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Cynthia Bailey, District B, Drew Springer, Election 2019, Election 2020, Houston, Houston City Council, runoff, SD30, Senate, Shelley Luther, special election, Tarsha Jackson, Texas | 1 Comment

District B runoff officially scheduled

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Hooray! At long last, voters in the north Houston neighborhoods that make up City Council’s District B will get to select a new representative in December. Visiting state District Judge Grant Dorfman on Monday ordered the long-delayed runoff to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019, Election 2020 | Tagged Cynthia Bailey, District B, Election 2019, Election 2020, Houston, Houston City Council, Jerry Davis, lawsuit, Renee Jefferson Smith, runoff, Tarsha Jackson | Comments Off

We are finally about to get that District B runoff scheduled

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

About damn time. A court hearing set for Oct. 19 finally could end the election dispute that has delayed a runoff in Houston city council’s District B for nearly a year. A state district judge is scheduled to hear an … Continue reading →

Appeals court upholds District B ruling

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

We will finally get a runoff election in District B. An appeals court ruled early Tuesday that Houston did not err when it declined to disqualify a District B city council candidate who had a felony conviction, clearing the way … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019, Election 2020 | Tagged Cynthia Bailey, District B, Election 2019, Election 2020, First Court of Appeals, Houston, Houston City Council, Jerry Davis, lawsuit, Renee Jefferson Smith, runoff, Tarsha Jackson | Comments Off

Hey, remember District B?

Posted on August 1, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

This makes me so mad. For the last couple months, Tarsha Jackson has organized north Houston neighborhoods around criminal justice reform, helping to release a “Justice Can’t Wait” policy platform she said the city could enact immediately. Cynthia Bailey has … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019, Legal matters | Tagged Cynthia Bailey, District B, Election 2019, Election 2020, First Court of Appeals, Houston, Houston City Council, Jerry Davis, lawsuit, Renee Jefferson Smith, runoff, Tarsha Jackson | 2 Comments

District B lawsuit drags on

Posted on March 12, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Double ugh. It could be another four to five months before voters in Houston’s District B can select a new city council member, extending a delay that has held up a runoff there since December. The Houston-based First Court of … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019, Legal matters | Tagged Cynthia Bailey, District B, Election 2019, Election 2020, First Court of Appeals, Houston, Houston City Council, lawsuit, Renee Jefferson Smith, runoff, Tarsha Jackson | 1 Comment

District B ruling appealed

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Ugh. The date of Houston’s stalled city council District B runoff is again in question after the third-place finisher in the race moved forward with an appeal of a court order earlier this month that the runoff go on without … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019, Election 2020 | Tagged Cynthia Bailey, District B, Election 2019, Election 2020, Houston, Houston City Council, lawsuit, Renee Jefferson Smith, runoff, Tarsha Jackson | 1 Comment

January 2020 campaign finance reports: City of Houston

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

We’re done with the 2019 Houston election cycle, but there are still things we can learn from the January 2020 campaign finance reports that city of Houston candidates and officeholders have to file. Other finance report posts: My two-part look … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Abbie Kamin, Amanda Edwards, Amy Peck, Annise Parker, Bill King, Bill White, campaign finance reports, Carolyn Evans-Shabazz, Chris Brown, Citizens to Keep Houston Strong, Cynthia Bailey, Dave Martin, David Robinson, Edward Pollard, Election 2019, Election 2020, Election 2021, Election 2022, Election 2023, Election 2024, Greg Travis, Houston, Houston City Council, Jerry Davis, Karla Cisneros, Letitia Plummer, Martha Castex-Tatum, Mayor, Michael Kubosh, Mike Knox, Mike Laster, Orlando Sanchez, Raj Salhotra, Robert Gallegos, Sallie Alcorn, Sylvester Turner, Tarsha Jackson, Tiffany Thomas, Tony Buzbee | 1 Comment

The Jerry Davis situation

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Someday, this is going to be taught in political science classes. And possibly law schools. The ongoing election dispute in District B has put Jerry Davis in a peculiar position, seemingly caught between two provisions of the Texas Constitution as … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019, Election 2020 | Tagged Constitution, Cynthia Bailey, Democratic primary, District B, Election 2019, Election 2020, Harold Dutton, HD142, Houston, Houston City Council, Jerry Davis, lawsuit, Renee Jefferson Smith, runoff, Supreme Court, Tarsha Jackson, term limits, Texas, The Lege | Comments Off

Bailey stays on District B runoff ballot

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Hopefully, this is the end of the line. In a long-awaited decision, a visiting judge ruled Tuesday that a Houston city council candidate who has a felony conviction should remain on the ballot for the District B runoff, declining a … Continue reading →

District B lawsuit has its hearing

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Feels like we’ve been waiting forever for this. Lawyers for the third-place finisher in Houston city council District B’s election told a judge Friday that the city erred in failing to declare an opponent ineligible because of her felony conviction … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Cynthia Bailey, District B, Election 2019, Houston, Houston City Council, lawsuit, Renee Jefferson Smith, runoff, Tarsha Jackson | 1 Comment

District B runoff lawsuit hearing set

Posted on December 22, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Let’s hope for a quick verdict. The stalled runoff in Houston city council District B likely will have to wait until May, if not longer, leaving north Houston neighborhoods without a new representative for months after the council convenes in … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Cynthia Bailey, District B, District H, Election 2019, Houston, Houston City Council, Isabel Longoria, Karla Cisneros, lawsuit, Renee Jefferson Smith, runoff, Tarsha Jackson | Comments Off

We continue to wait on the District B runoff

Posted on December 13, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Ugh. Any hope for a speedy resolution to a lawsuit that is holding up the runoff for Houston’s District B city council seat evaporated Wednesday when the presiding judge for the Houston region said she would not assign a special … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Cynthia Bailey, District B, Election 2019, Houston, lawsuit, Renee Jefferson Smith, runoff, Supreme Court, Tarsha Jackson | 1 Comment

District B runoff lawsuit moved to another court

Posted on December 11, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Still up in the air. A Harris County judge on Monday referred the lawsuit stalling a runoff in Houston city council District B to another court, casting more uncertainty about when the contentious case will be resolved and when voters … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Cynthia Bailey, District B, Election 2019, Houston, Houston City Council, lawsuit, Renee Jefferson Smith, Tarsha Jackson | 1 Comment

8 Day runoff 2019 campaign finance reports

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

We start with a Chron story. Mayor Sylvester Turner raked in more than $1.7 million from late October through early December and spent roughly the same amount, leaving him with almost $600,000 for the final days of the runoff, according … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Abbie Kamin, Amy Peck, Anthony Dolcefino, At Large #1, At Large #2, At Large #3, At Large #4, At Large #5, Brad Jordan, campaign finance reports, Carolyn Evans-Shabazz, Cynthia Bailey, David Robinson, District A, District B, District C, District F, District H, District J, Edward Pollard, Election 2019, Eric Dick, fundraising, George Zoes, Houston, Houston City Council, Isabel Longoria, Janaeya Carmouche, Karla Cisneros, Letitia Plummer, Mayor, Michael Kubosh, Mike Knox, Raj Salhotra, runoff, Sallie Alcorn, Sandra Rodriguez, Shelley Kennedy, Sylvester Turner, Tarsha Jackson, Tiffany Thomas, Tony Buzbee, Van Huynh, Willie Davis | 5 Comments

Willie D will not be on the Democratic primary ballot

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

He wanted to run for Commissioners Court but his application was rejected because of his previous felony conviction. Former Geto Boys rapper William “Willie D” Dennis wants to run for Harris County Commissioners Court, but local Democratic party officials rejected … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Cynthia Bailey, Democratic primary, District B, Election 2019, Election 2020, Harris County, HCDP, Houston, Houston City Council, Rodney Ellis, The Lege, Willie Dennis | Comments Off

It could be March before District B gets to vote in their runoff

Posted on December 5, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

And honestly, by the same calculations, it could go later than that. The Houston City Council District B runoff could be delayed until March if a lawsuit contesting last month’s election result is not resolved by Monday, the Harris County … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged absentee ballots, Commissioners Court, Cynthia Bailey, District B, Election 2019, Election 2020, Harris County Attorney, HD148, Houston, Houston City Council, Jerry Davis, lawsuit, Lina Hidalgo, Renee Jefferson Smith, Rodney Ellis, runoff, Tarsha Jackson, term limits | 3 Comments

Another District B update

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

This whole situation is so unfortunate, and more than a little infuriating. The two candidates who qualified for a stalled runoff in Houston City Council’s District B joined hands in unity on the steps of City Hall Friday, condemning the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Cynthia Bailey, District B, Election 2019, Election 2020, HD148, Houston, Houston City Council, Jarvis Johnson, lawsuit, Renee Jefferson Smith, runoff, special election, Tarsha Jackson, The Lege | 2 Comments

District B runoff still up in the air

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Hoo boy. The runoff in the contested District B race for Houston city council almost certainly will be decided with a special election, due to an election contest filed by the third-place finisher, officials said Wednesday. Renee Jefferson-Smith, who missed … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Cynthia Bailey, District B, Election 2019, Harris County Clerk, Houston, Houston City Council, lawsuit, Renee Jefferson Smith, runoff, Tarsha Jackson | 1 Comment

Cynthia Bailey remains on District B runoff ballot

Posted on November 16, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

For now, at least. A felon may remain on the runoff ballot in the Houston City Council District B race, a Harris County judge ruled on Friday, despite state law that may bar residents with felony convictions from seeking public … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Cynthia Bailey, Election 2019, Houston, Houston City Council, lawsuit, Renee Jefferson Smith, runoff, Tarsha Jackson | 1 Comment

Lawsuit filed over District B candidate eligibility

Posted on November 9, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

All right then. Renee Jefferson-Smith, who trailed Cynthia Bailey by 168 votes in unofficial returns, sued the city of Houston and Harris County Thursday, contending that Bailey’s 2007 conviction for forging a $14,500 check makes her ineligible to appear on … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Cynthia Bailey, District B, Election 2019, Houston, Houston City Council, Jerry Davis, lawsuit, Renee Jefferson Smith, runoff, Tarsha Jackson, Willie Dennis | Comments Off

Final results are in

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Here they are. Refer to my previous post for the initial recap, I’m going to be very minimalist. Let’s do this PowerPoint-style, it’s already been a long day: Mayor – Turner fell short of 50%, landing up a bit below … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Abbie Kamin, Amy Peck, Anna Eastman, Anthony Dolcefino, Brad Jordan, Carolyn Evans-Shabazz, Chris Brown, Cynthia Bailey, Dani Hernandez, Dave Wilson, David Robinson, Diana Davila, Edward Pollard, Election 2019, Eric Dick, George Zoes, HCC, HD148, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Houston City Controller, Houston City Council, Isabel Longoria, Janaeya Carmouche, John Curtis Gibbs, Judith Cruz, Karla Cisneros, Kathy Blueford Daniels, Kathy Lynch Gunter, Letitia Plummer, Lui LaRotta, Matt Barnes, Mayor, Michael Kubosh, Mike Knox, Monica Flores Richart, Patricia Allen, Raj Salhotra, Rhonda Skillern-Jones, runoff, Sallie Alcorn, Sandra Rodriguez, Sergio Lira, Shelley Kennedy, special election, Sylvester Turner, Tarsha Jackson, Texas, The Lege, Tiffany Thomas, Tony Buzbee, Van Huynh, Willie Davis | 9 Comments

2019 election results: Houston and Metro

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Unfortunately, we have to start with this: Results of Tuesday’s election could take until 2 a.m. Wednesday after the Texas Secretary of State issued a new regulation that upended plans by the Harris County Clerk’s Office to speed vote counting. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Abbie Kamin, Amy Peck, Anna Eastman, Anthony Dolcefino, Bill King, Brad Jordan, Carla Brailey, Carolyn Evans-Shabazz, Chris Brown, Cynthia Bailey, Dani Hernandez, Dave Wilson, David Robinson, Diana Davila, Diane Trautman, Dwight Boykins, early voting, Edward Pollard, Election 2019, Eric Dick, George Zoes, Harris County, Harris County Clerk, HCC, HD148, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Houston City Controller, Houston City Council, Isabel Longoria, Janaeya Carmouche, John Curtis Gibbs, Judith Cruz, Karla Cisneros, Kathy Blueford Daniels, Kathy Lynch Gunter, Letitia Plummer, Lui LaRotta, Matt Barnes, Mayor, Metro, Michael Kubosh, Mike Knox, Monica Flores Richart, Patricia Allen, Raj Salhotra, Rhonda Skillern-Jones, runoff, Sallie Alcorn, Sandra Rodriguez, Secretary of State, Sergio Lira, Shelley Kennedy, special election, Sue Lovell, Sylvester Turner, Tarsha Jackson, Texas, The Lege, Tiffany Thomas, Tony Buzbee, Van Huynh, Willie Davis | 7 Comments

July 2019 campaign finance reports: Open City Council seats, part 1

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

There are seven more Council races to examine, all open seats thanks to a couple of incumbents either stepping down (Steve Le in F) or running for something else (Dwight Boykins in D, at least for now). I’m going to … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Abbie Kamin, Alvin Byrd, Amy Peck, Anthony Dolcefino, Bob Nowak, Brenda Stardig, campaign finance reports, Cynthia Bailey, Daphne Scarbrough, District A, District B, District C, Election 2019, Ellen Cohen, fundraising, Greg Meyers, Houston, Houston City Council, Jerry Davis, Kendra Yarbrough Camarena, Mary Jane Smith, Renee Jefferson Smith, Shelley Kennedy, Tarsha Jackson, Willie Dennis | 2 Comments

Two Geto Boys are better than one

Posted on July 6, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Again I say, sure, why not. William James Dennis, a rapper who goes by the stage name Willie D, has filed a campaign treasurer’s report to run for city council, becoming the second member of the Houston-based hip-hop group Geto … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged Alvin Byrd, Alyson Quintana, Ben White Jr, Booker T. Huffman, Brad Jordan, Cynthia Bailey, District B, District D, Dwight Boykins, Election 2019, Geto Boys, Houston, Houston City Council, Huey Wilson, James Joseph, Jerry Davis, Karen Kossie-Chernyshev, Patricia Bourgeois, Renee Jefferson Smith, Robin Anderson, Tarsha Jackson, Willie Dennis | Comments Off

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