Traci Gibson
You have to go all the way to the bottom of the ballot in a primary year to get to the race for Party Chair. It’s been a non-issue most cycles recently – I think the last real challenge to a sitting Party Chair was while Lane Lewis was Chair – but we have a competitive race this time around. Traci Gibson is an attorney who has volunteered for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and served as President of the Houston Lawyers Association. She is a precinct chair an Executive Board Member of the Houston Black American Democrats. I didn’t know her before she became a candidate for Chair, but then I didn’t know Mike Doyle before he became a candidate for Chair in 2023, so there you have it. This interview was also conducted in December, so as before if you’re wondering why I didn’t ask her about That Thing That Happened, it’s almost certainly because it hadn’t happened yet. Here’s what we talked about:
PREVIOUSLY:
Terry Virts – CD09
Leticia Gutierrez – CD09
Melissa McDonough – CD38
Theresa Courts – CD38
Marvalette Hunter – CD38
Annise Parker – Harris County Judge
Letitia Plummer – Harris County Judge
Matt Salazar – Harris County Judge
Audrie Lawton Evans – Harris County Attorney
Abbie Kamin – Harris County Attorney
Erik Wilson – HD131
Staci Childs – HD131
Lawrence Allen – HD131
Danny Norris – HD142
Mike Doyle, HCDP Chair
You can find links to all my interviews and Q&As at the world famous Erik Manning spreadsheet, which has other information about candidates and races. Next up will be three more Congressional candidates this week, and one more interview on Monday. Let me know what you think.