Tag Archives: Democratic primary

Judicial Q&A: Judge Jason Luong

Posted on February 19, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

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Judicial Q&A: Judge Leah Shapiro

Posted on February 18, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

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Judicial Q&A: Ron Campana

Posted on February 17, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

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Judicial Q&A: Cheri Thomas

Posted on February 16, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

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Judicial Q&A: Kim McTorry

Posted on February 15, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

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Endorsement watch: Jaworski and more

Posted on February 15, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron finishes off the statewide races by endorsing Joe Jaworski in the primary for Attorney General. No question, Joe Jaworski would be a compelling candidate for Texas attorney general even if he weren’t the grandson of Texas legendary lawyer … Continue reading →

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Judicial Q&A: Katherine Thomas

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

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Endorsement watch: Almost all of the big ones

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

The Sunday Chron was full of endorsements, which given the timing and the edition is what you’d expect. Most of them are not particularly remarkable, and I’m not going to spend any time on their recommendations for Beto and Mike … Continue reading →

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Judicial Q&A: Dolores Lozano

Posted on February 13, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

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We don’t really need more prosecutors on the bench

Posted on February 13, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Ugh. On a winter afternoon nine months into the pandemic, Harris County district attorney Kim Ogg held a Zoom meeting with felony judges and prosecutors to discuss the backlog of cases caused by COVID-19 shutdowns at the downtown Houston courthouse. … Continue reading →

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Endorsement watch: Commissioners Court and Treasurer

Posted on February 13, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron makes another obvious call and endorses Commissioner Adrian Garcia in Precinct 2. Among the frequent criticisms we hear about Harris County Commissioners Court is that it’s an opaque repository for political insiders, an entity with limited authority beyond … Continue reading →

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Judicial Q&A: Veronica Monique Nelson

Posted on February 12, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

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Judicial Q&A: Manpreet Monica Singh

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

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Endorsement watch: Bess and Benton

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron finally addresses one of the higher-profile local primaries, and endorses Danielle Bess in HD147. Democrats have to make a choice about how they want to put up a fight in the Texas Legislature. In 2020, the party mounted … Continue reading →

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Judicial Q&A: Steve Duble

Posted on February 10, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

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Endorsement watch: Definitely in no rush

Posted on February 10, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

After a few days of only Republican endorsements, we get three Democratic ones. First up is the most obvious, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo. Even those who treated 27-year-old Lina Hidalgo like she was born yesterday when she was elected … Continue reading →

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Judicial Q&A: Ieshia Champs

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

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Here’s the support for challengers to quorum breakers

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

It’s limited, but it’s not nothing. A new coalition that wants to install “better” Democrats in the Texas Legislature is endorsing primary opponents to two House members who were central in intraparty disputes last year. The Texans for Better Democrats … Continue reading →

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Interview with Jay Kleberg

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

As noted yesterday, this will be my last interview for the March primary. I may do some for the runoffs – the Attorney General race will surely go into overtime, and perhaps the Lt. Governor’s race will as well – … Continue reading →

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Judicial Q&A: Paul Calzada

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

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Interview with Jinny Suh

Posted on February 7, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

This week I will run my last two interviews for the March primary. It’s always a challenge doing primary interviews, as there’s an increasing number of candidates (hooray!) and very little time. There are some great candidates running statewide and … Continue reading →

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Judicial Q&A: Andrea Beall

Posted on February 7, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

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Chron overview of the HD26 primary

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

I can’t do interviews in all of the primaries of interest, so I’m glad to see articles like this in the Chron, in which they sent out a brief Q&A to the two Democrats and one (incumbent) Republican running for … Continue reading →

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Interviews and judicial Q&As through February 4

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Updating from last week. This is to put all of the interviews and judicial Q&As in a single post for your convenience, in case you missed something. This past week was CD38 plus Candis Houston in HD142 and Chase West … Continue reading →

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Endorsement watch: Is there an order to this thing?

Posted on February 5, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Two more endorsements, for your consideration. The Chron sticks with Sen. Whitmire in SD15. Incumbents get a few extra points in this process because we figure that since taxpayers have effectively funded their on-the-job training there’s no need to toss … Continue reading →

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Judicial Q&A: Judge Barbara Stalder

Posted on February 4, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

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Endorsement watch: So many endorsements, so little time

Posted on February 4, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron began doing a stripped-down set of primary endorsements a few days ago. They will not be endorsing in county court or Justice of the Peace races, which I for one would argue is of greater value than some … Continue reading →

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Interview with Chase West

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

To wrap up the week, we venture out to the western end of Harris County to meet Chase West, who is running in HD132. As I observed when I first noted his candidacy, West is not from the usual candidate … Continue reading →

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Judicial Q&A: Judge Kyle Carter

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

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Interview with Candis Houston

Posted on February 2, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

As you know, I’ve been trying to arrange an interview with Candis Houston, who is running in HD142 against everyone’s least favorite local Democrat, Rep. Harold Dutton, for awhile. Sometimes these things take time, which is why I get started … Continue reading →

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Judicial Q&A: Judge David Singer

Posted on February 2, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

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Interview with Diana Martinez Alexander

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

My second interview for the Democratic primary in CD38 is with Diana Martinez Alexander, who is an educational diagnostician in Cy-Fair ISD, working with special education students, linguistically diverse populations, and lower socio-economic communities. She’s also a dedicated activist and … Continue reading →

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Judicial Q&A: Samuel Milledge

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

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Interview with Duncan Klussmann

Posted on January 31, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

This week we will have interviews with two of the Democratic candidates in the new CD38, as well as a couple of interviews with legislative candidates, about which I’ll say a bit more tomorrow. Today’s candidate for CD38 is Duncan … Continue reading →

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