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2018 primary runoff results: Harris County

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Here are the election night results, with a handful of precincts still not in as of 11 PM. Most of these races were basically decided once the early voting numbers were in, but one was neck and neck all night. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Danyahel Norris, Democratic primary, Diane Trautman, District Clerk, Dylan Osborne, Election 2018, Harris County, Harris County Clerk, Harris County Treasurer, HCDE, Jeff Williams, Josh Wallenstein, Justice of the Peace, Marilyn Burgess, Michael Wolfe, primaries, Richard Cantu, runoff, Sharon Burney, turnout | Comments Off

Today is Runoff Day

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

From the inbox: As the chief election officer of the County, Stan Stanart reminds voters that Tuesday, May 22, is Primary Runoff Election Day. “Due to consolidation of precincts, many voters will be voting at a new location and are … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Democratic primary, Election 2018, Harris County, primaries, runoff | Comments Off

2018 Runoff EV report: Final totals

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Here are your final early voting totals for the 2018 primary runoffs, and here is a handy table with comparisons to previous years. Year March Runoff Pct =============================== 2018 R 156,387 33,768 21.6% 2018 D 167,982 33,706 20.1% 2016 R … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged absentee ballots, Democratic primary, early voting, Election 2018, Harris County, primaries, turnout | 1 Comment

2018 Runoff EV report: Primary runoff turnout totals don’t much matter

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Hey, have you been wondering how early voting has gone in the primary runoffs so far? Well, wonder no more, for here is the daily report through Wednesday. You have today and tomorrow to vote early, and then you’ll need … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Democratic primary, early voting, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Harris County, primaries, runoff, turnout | 1 Comment

Runoff races, part 4: Republicans

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Again, not going to spend too much time on this, but here are the US House and State House races for which there are Republican primary runoffs: Dist Candidate March% ========================= CD02 Roberts 33.03% CD02 Crenshaw 27.42% CD05 Gooden 29.97% … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Bech Bruun, Ben Leman, Bunni Pounds, Byron Cook, CD02, CD05, CD06, CD21, CD27, CD29, Chip Roy, Congress, Dan Crenshaw, Election 2018, HD04, HD08, HD107, HD121, HD13, HD54, HD62, Jake Ellzey, Jill Wolfskill, Joe Ruzicka, Joe Straus, Kevin Roberts, Lance Gooden, Matt Beebe, Matt McCall, Michael Cloud, primaries, Ron Wright, runoff, Scott Cosper, Stuart Spitzer, Texas, The Lege, Thomas McNutt | 1 Comment

Primary runoff early voting begins today

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

From the inbox: Early voting for the May 22 Primary Runoff Elections will take place from Monday, May 14 to Friday, May 18. During that period, Harris County voters may vote at any of the 46 polling locations throughout the county. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Congress, Democratic primary, District Clerk, early voting, Election 2018, Harris County, Harris County Clerk, Harris County Treasurer, HCDE, primaries, SBOE, Senate, The Lege | Comments Off

A primary runoff threefer

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

It’s getting chippy in CD02. What started off as a relatively cordial campaign between two Republicans who want to represent parts of Houston in Congress has gotten downright testy as early voting looms. Eight weeks ago, Dan Crenshaw and Kevin … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged CD02, CD21, CD23, Chip Roy, Congress, Dan Crenshaw, Democratic primary, Election 2018, fundraising, Gina Ortiz Jones, Joe Kopser, Kevin Roberts, Mary Wilson, Matt McCall, primaries, Rick Trevino, runoff, Texas | 1 Comment

On Latino primary participation

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Time for some numbers. The predictions about Harris County Latinos becoming more engaged in the recent mid-term primary were right: The number of Latino voters who cast their ballot more than doubled compared to the previous primary of the same … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Democratic primary, Election 2014, Election 2018, Harris County, Latino voting, primaries, Republican Party, turnout | 1 Comment

The CD02 primary runoff

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Oh, yeah, that’s happening. Kevin Roberts already overcame a $6 million onslaught from self-funding multimillionaire Kathaleen Wall to keep his hopes of winning a seat in Congress alive. Now the Republican’s challenge is beating retired Navy SEAL Dan Crenshaw, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged CD02, Congress, Dan Crenshaw, Election 2018, Kathaleen Wall, Kevin Roberts, primaries, Republican Party, runoff, Ted Poe, Texas, Todd Litton | Comments Off

Precinct analysis: One of these things is not like the others

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Let’s finish up our look at the primary precinct data with a peek at the Republican side of things. As a reminder, my analysis of the Democratic Senate primary is here, my analysis of the Governor and Lt. Governor races … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Dan Patrick, Election 2018, Governor, Greg Abbott, Harris County, HD134, HD147, Lite Gov, precinct analysis, primaries, Sarah Davis, Scott Milder, Senate, Stefano de Stefano, Ted Cruz, Texas | 1 Comment

It’s about more than the statewide races

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Two articles coming to basically the same conclusion. First, from the Observer: People watching Texas from afar are naturally not very interested in the balance of power in the Legislature, or county government. They’re interested first in whether Texas could … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Democratic primary, Election 2016, Election 2018, primaries, Senate, Texas, The Lege, turnout | Comments Off

The Stockman trial gets weird

Posted on March 24, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

I mean, with Steve Stockman you have to expect some weird crap, but I didn’t see this coming. The American Phoenix Foundation — a now-defunct conservative activist groupknown for attempting undercover stings of lawmakers and lobbyists — planted an intern in … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime and Punishment, Scandalized! | Tagged American Phoenix Foundation, CD36, Congress, Election 2012, ethics, FBI, James O'Keefe, James White, primaries, Steve Stockman, Texas | Comments Off

More primary stuff

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

I don’t have a canvass of the primary vote from the County Clerk yet – sometimes they send out a draft canvass on their own, or they send one to someone I know who shares it with me, and sometimes … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Democratic primary, early voting, Election 2014, Election 2018, Governor, primaries, Republican Party, Texas, turnout | 9 Comments

Does primary turnout in a district predict the November result?

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Karl Rove would like you to think so. At the House level, Democrats hope to win three districts won by Hillary Clinton and now held by Republican incumbents, as well as some of the six seats opened up by GOP … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Congress, Dan Patrick, Democratic primary, Election 2004, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, primaries, Republican Party, Senate, Texas, The Lege, turnout | 4 Comments

Today is the last day to cure a provisional ballot

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

If you voted provisionally during the primary because you did not have an accepted form of ID in your possession when you voted, you need to “cure” your provisional ballot in order for it to be counted. From the inbox: … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Ann Harris Bennett, Election 2018, Harris County, Harris County Tax Assessor, primaries, provisional ballots, voter ID | Comments Off

Meanwhile, in Montgomery County

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

There they go again. The Republican primary defeat of embattled Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal — and close contests in two county commissioner races headed for runoffs — could signal major leadership changes and a shift further to the right … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged County Judge, Craig Doyal, Election 2018, Jay Stittleburg, Mark Keough, Montgomery County, primaries, Republican Party, Steve Toth, The Lege, toll roads | 4 Comments

Please come back again

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron asks a few of the candidates who didn’t make it out of the primaries to give it another try some day. Let us now offer an encouraging observation to good candidates who fell short in this month’s primary … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Armen Merjanian, Democratic primary, Election 2018, endorsements, Harris County, Jason Westin, primaries, Silky Malik, Texas | Comments Off

Endorsement watch: Not Dan Patrick

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Scott Milder, who was defeated by Dan Patrick in the Republican primary, endorses Mike Collier for the general election. Scott Milder, who lost his Republican primary challenge to incumbent Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick two days ago, says he will vote … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Dan Patrick, Election 2018, endorsements, Lite Gov, Mike Collier, primaries, Republican Party, Scott Milder, Texas | 4 Comments

Post-Primary Day thoughts

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Various thoughts and observations that are better aggregated into one post… – I believe this is the first time that all of the statewide candidates I voted for either won or advanced to the runoff in the primary. Statewide primaries … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Congress, Democratic primary, early voting, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2018, Governor, Harris County, primaries, runoff, Senate, Texas, The Lege, turnout | 8 Comments

2018 primary results: Statewide

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Statewide Dem totals Statewide GOP totals Harris County Dem totals Harris County GOP totals (Please note that all results were coming in very slowly. I expect there will still be some precincts not yet reported by the time this publishes. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Ag Commissioner, Andrew White, Christi Craddick, Comptroller, Dan Patrick, Democratic primary, early voting, Election 2014, Election 2018, George P. Bush, Governor, Greg Abbott, Joi Chevalier, Land Commissioner, Lite Gov, Lupe Valdez, Miguel Suazo, Mike Collier, primaries, Railroad Commission, Republican Party, Roman McAllen, runoff, Senate, Sid Miller, Texas, Tim Mahoney, turnout | 5 Comments

2018 primary results: Congress

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Bech Bruun, Brett Shipp, Bunni Pounds, CD02, CD03, CD05, CD06, CD07, CD10, CD16, CD21, CD22, CD23, CD24, CD27, CD29, CD31, CD32, CD36, Chip Roy, Christine Eady Mann, Colin Allred, Congress, Dan Crenshaw, Dayna Steele, Democratic primary, Derrick Crowe, Ed Meier, Election 2018, Gina Ortiz Jones, Jake Ellzey, Jan McDowell, Jana Sanchez, Jason Westin, Jay Hulings, Joe Kopser, Judy Canales, Kathaleen Wall, Kevin Roberts, Lance Gooden, Laura Moser, Letitia Plummer, Lillian Salerno, Lizzie FLetcher, Lorie Burch, Madeline Eden, Mary Wilson, Matt McCall, Michael Cloud, Mike Siegel, MJ Hegar, primaries, Republican Party, Rick Trevino, Ron Wright, Ruby Woolridge, runoff, Sri Kulkarni, Steve Brown, Sylvia Garcia, Tami Walker, Tawana Cadien, Todd Litton, Veronica Escobar, William Negley | 3 Comments

2018 primary results: Legislative

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Adam Milasincic, Alex Dominguez, Allison Sawyer, Angela Paxton, Craig Estes, Dawnna Dukes, Democratic primary, Diana Arevalo, Election 2018, Fran Watson, Gina Calanni, Greg Abbott, HD104, HD114, HD116, HD118, HD126, HD132, HD133, HD134, HD138, HD27, HD46, HD54, Jason Villalba, Jessica Gonzalez, Joan Huffman, John Whitmire, Jose Vela, Kel Seliger, Kristin Tassin, Leo Pacheco, Mark Phariss, Martin Schexnayder, Natali Hurtado, Pat Fallon, Phillip Huffines, primaries, Rene Oliveira, Republican Party, Rita Lucido, Robert Alonzo, Ron Reynolds, runoff, Sam Harless, Sandra Moore, Sarah Davis, Scott Cosper, SD08, SD10, SD15, SD17, SD30, SD31, Senate, Sheryl Cole, Susanna Dokupil, Texas, The Lege, Tomas Uresti, Trey Martinez-Fischer | 1 Comment

2018 primary results: Harris County

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Adrian Garcia, Commissioners Court, Cosme Garcia, Danyahel Norris, Democratic primary, Diane Trautman, District Clerk, Dylan Osborne, Election 2018, Elvonte Patton, Gayle Mitchell, Harris County, Harris County Clerk, Harris County Treasurer, HCDE, Jeff Williams, Josh Flynn, Josh Wallenstein, Justice of the Peace, Lucia Bates, Marilyn Burgess, Michael Wolfe, Penny Shaw, primaries, Prince Bryant, Republican Party, Richard Cantu, Roz Shorter, runoff, turnout | 4 Comments

Primary Day 2018

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

From the inbox: The Harris County Clerk’s Office wants voters to know the top 5 items they need to know to ensure they are able to cast their ballot in the March 6, 2018 Democratic or Republican Primary Election. According … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Democratic primary, Election 2018, Election Day, Harris County, Harris County Clerk, primaries, Republican Party, Stan Stanart | Comments Off

Early voting in the “next” 15 counties

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

As you know, there’s been a lot written about primary turnout in the top 15 counties by voter registration in Texas. Much has been said about the large increase in Democratic turnout, accompanied by the much milder increase – and … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Bell County, Brazos County, Comal County, Democratic primary, early voting, Ector County, Election 2014, Election 2018, Ellis County, Governor, Guadalupe County, Hays County, Jefferson County, Johnson County, Lubbock, McLennan County, Midland County, Parker County, Potter County, primaries, Randall County, Republican Party, Smith County, Texas, turnout, Webb County | 1 Comment

On CD02 and CD29

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

The Trib asks whether there’s a race worth watching in CD29 or not. Months ago, [Sen. Sylvia] Garcia appeared poised to easily win this race, but something happened along the way to the nomination: Out of nowhere, health care executive … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Augustine Reyes, CD02, CD29, Congress, Dan Crenshaw, Democratic primary, Election 2018, Gene Green, Kathaleen Wall, Kevin Roberts, primaries, Republican Party, Rick Walker, Sylvia Garcia, Tahir Javed, Ted Poe, Texas, Todd Litton | 4 Comments

2018 primary early voting, Day 11: That’s a wrap

Posted on March 3, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Records have been set, and more are likely to be set before all is said and done. Texans have already set a record for early voting in a non-presidential primary election year, and there’s still one more day to go … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged absentee ballots, Democratic primary, early voting, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2014, Election 2018, Harris County, primaries, Texas, turnout | 3 Comments

Early voting, Day 10: Same day service

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Hey, guess what? The EV numbers for Thursday came in early enough for me to post a truly up-to-date update. So here we go: EV 2010 EV 2014 Day 10 EV 2018 totals Year Party Mail In Person Total ======================================= … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged absentee ballots, Democratic primary, early voting, Election 2010, Election 2014, Election 2018, Harris County, primaries, turnout | 1 Comment

2018 primary early voting, Day 7: Projecting final turnout

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

KUHF starts with the speculation. Harris County Democrats are voting in record numbers ahead of next week’s primary. Total returns for the first six days of early voting put Democrats nearly even with Republicans. As of Sunday night, Democrats’ combined … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged absentee ballots, Democratic primary, early voting, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Harris County, primaries, Republican Party, turnout | Comments Off

2018 primary early voting, Day 6: The fifteenth county

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Sunday is the shortest and least busy day of early voting, and it is the transition to Week 2, when all the days are 12 hours long and numbers start to go way up. Here’s what this Sunday looked like. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged absentee ballots, Brazoria County, Democratic primary, early voting, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Harris County, primaries, turnout | Comments Off

A look at CD16 and CD03

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

As one might expect, the primary race for Beto O’Rourke’s soon-to-be-former Congressional seat is compettiive and < and getting a little salty. [Now-former El Paso COunty Judge Veronica] Escobar is running, in part, on her experience as a former leader … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged Adam Bell, Beto O'Rourke, CD03, CD16, CD17, Chet Edwards, Congress, Democratic primary, Dori Fenenbock, Election 2006, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Lorie Burch, Medrick Yhap, Norma Chavez, primaries, Sam Johnson, Texas, Veronica Escobar | 2 Comments

Endorsement watch: A veritable plethora, part 5

Posted on February 24, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Part 1 is here, part 2 is here, part 3 is here, part 4 is here and the full endorsements page is here. We finish with the Republican races with challenged incumbents. And the first thing to note is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged CD07, Congress, Dan Huberty, endorsements, Greg Abbott, HD127, HD134, HD150, James Richard Wilson, John Culberson, primaries, Republican Party, Sarah Davis, Senate, Stefano de Stefano, Susanna Dokupil, Ted Cruz, Texas, The Lege, Valoree Swanson | Comments Off

2018 primary early voting Day Three: A look around the state

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

Let’s just jump right into the numbers: EV 2010 EV 2014 Day 3 EV 2018 totals Year Party Mail In Person Total ======================================= 2010 Dem 3,851 6,132 9,983 2010 Rep 7,929 8,803 16,732 2014 Dem 3,048 4,228 7,276 2014 Rep … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged absentee ballots, Democratic primary, early voting, Election 2010, Election 2014, Election 2018, Harris County, primaries, Texas, turnout | Comments Off

2018 primary early voting Day Two: When is it a trend?

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

I think we can say that people noticed the Day One early voting numbers. Democrats have more than doubled their early voting in the state’s biggest counties compared to four years ago, leading some party leaders to point again to … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2018 | Tagged absentee ballots, Democratic primary, early voting, Election 2016, Election 2018, Harris County, primaries, Texas, turnout | 2 Comments

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