Republican House Speaker Dade Phelan, whose chamber amended the bill to include the lower penalty, rejected the idea when it was first floated during a series of 2021 special sessions. HD147 10,255 35,167 The San Antonio Report adds some details. He also questioned the existence of and the accountability measures for the election administrator position in Harris County. At this point, the opponents of this proposal on City Council can make their case directly to the voters, so theres no question about conflicting mandates. HD139 29.30% 70.70% But Democrats didnt do as well in a number of dark blue districts in 2020 as they had in 2016 and 2018, and as we saw in 2022 it was in those districts where Beto fell short, often well short, of his 2018 performance. JP5 145,487 137,664 5,652 10 HD144 43.13% 54.36% 2.51% But in San Marcos, Hays County District Attorney Wes Mau has asked for the Texas attorney generals opinion on that citys decriminalization ordinance. Breaking it down this way revealed three things to me that I might not have noticed otherwise. HD137 40.42% 59.54% 0.04% =================================== JP3 46.85% 53.15% City Council is expected to order that the ballot proposition appear on the May 6 ballot Thursday, a formality they dont get to exercise judgment over. So as a public service to you, and as my way of telling the candidates what will influence my vote, these are my priorities for the next HCDP Chair. $('.showResponses').hide(); HD137 40.29% 59.71% HD127 57.86% 39.60% 2.54% You know the mantra: Nothing will change until that changes. Ill say this: At least in 2017/2018, you could say that Julian Castro was really running for President in 2020, and as such it made no sense for him to campaign for something else in the meantime. The incumbent candidate is Adrian Garcia, who faces two challengers in the . display: inline-block; JP8 50,379 27,941 16 As such, if we have the same rate of turnout as we did in 2015, we would see over 311K Houston voters from Harris County, or more than a 40K increase from 2015. Its not clear to me why the gap was greater in the county (which is to say, misdemeanor) courts; the anti-Democratic advertising wasnt at all subtle about who was responsible for whatever outrage they were fulminating about. 2016 Harris + FB 22K to 67K. } border-top: 1px solid #aaa; Honestly, I have no problem with what was passed. He has raised only about $55,000 so far, compared to nearly $1.7 million for Thurmond, who is also boosted by $2.3 million in independent expenditures on his behalf. Indeed, were approaching the ten-year anniversary of potential statewide candidate Julian Castro territory, as those stories were being written at the start of the 2014 gubernatorial campaign. The two big red counties are Brazoria and Galveston, and they have acted distinctly differently over the last few elections: 32K to 36K in 2012 ============================== If passed, the secretary of states office would change from being a guide and resource for election workers to being an auditor that can investigate and fire them. 2023-01067; Dan Spjut v. Judge Juanita Jackson. Jack Cagle (SPAC), County Commissioner, Precinct 4 Hicks, the California Democratic Party leader, said the Republican partys focus on local races is not surprising, given that the Democratic Party has largely targeted state and federal races for the last two decades. HD137 8,600 12,670 9 HD143 35.04% 59.96% 5.00% As the title says, what do we need to do to hold onto them? Exempt from School tax surviving spouse of disabled if 55+. padding-bottom: 7px; Klicken Sie auf Einstellungen verwalten um weitere Informationen zu erhalten und Ihre Einstellungen zu verwalten. CC1 23.64% 73.61% 2.75% CD07 53,108 77,625 29 Stones letterdisagreed, and asked the Texas Supreme Court to take swift action against the proposal in its entirety. We dont lead it. Respondents have no discretion to force voters to approve or reject, all or nothing, charter provisions dealing with issues as varied as theft, graffiti, or prohibiting cooperation with state agencies regulating abortion providers, wrote attorneyEric Opiela, a former executive director of the Republican Party of Texas. I obviously wouldnt expect the Secretary of State to crack down on, say, Bell County as theyre slavering to do to Harris, but it could be that the first example to be made is in a red place. While Hillary Clinton carried Fort Bend County by 17K votes, downballot candidates didnt do as well, and all four Dems trailed there by a little bit. Paxton 170,642 309,499 34.36% 51.80% color: #888; JP1 38.13% 61.85% 0.02% 2003 955,205 1,786,767 53.46% CC1 27.54% 72.46% CD09 24.72% 75.25% 0.03% Along those lines, I note two potential future Constable candidates: Don Dinh, a Deputy Constable in Precinct 1 since 2020 who was for 24 years before that a sergeant in the Fort Bend County Precinct 2 Constables office, filed a designation of treasurer to run for Constable in Precinct 5. .leg-hnt-hide { HD128 70.08% 27.72% 2.20% ul.key-messages {list-style-type: none; margin-left:10px; } Again, and Im going to keep harping on this, until you hear the person themselves say it, thats all that it is. Judge Jones is represented by Oliver Brown. This isnt a lobbying or legislating matter, its a political and electoral one. color: #888; HD140 29.27% 68.30% 2.43% CD38 66.07% 33.91% 0.02% (function() { JP1 67,346 116,157 .widget-row.Democratic { I would expect this to pass, as similar referenda has done in other cities. HD138 32,829 22,780 Lesley Briones, County Commissioner, Precinct 4, Kim Ogg, District Attorney margin: 8px auto; Ed Emmett first proposed the idea for Harris County. My point is that 10-20 years ago, as Democrats were starting to assert power in Harris County, it was still quite common for Dems in the then-dark red areas to believe they were the only ones like themselves there. The Current has more. Cities | Three freshmen senators drew two-year terms, including Democrat Morgan LaMantia of South Padre Island, who was in the tightest race in the Senate last year. Jack Morman and Jerry Mouton advanced to a runoff. HD129 56.03% 41.03% 2.95% Mark Montgomery, former candidate forHarris County Criminal Court at Law No. HD135 41.41% 54.19% 3.02% 1.38% Hudspeth 4,660 22,009 0 9,952 .electionsectionheading { This was an interesting year for multiple reasons the first non-Presidential election since the huge shift towards Democrats in 2018, the first time these judicial incumbents were running for re-election, tons of money being spent by Republicans and their backers to smear Criminal Court judges, the high-profile County Judge race that was closely tied to that same campaign spending, the first non-Presidential year with no straight-ticket voting, coming in a year with the extra-long ballot and so on. JP8 48,118 27,102 2,000 871 Something there is fraudulent.. The Supreme Court of Texas has paused the results of an unusual civil court trial in Harris County during which a Democrat judge ordered the Republican party to disqualify judicial candidate Rachel Leal-Hudson. Wayne Dolcefino, a media consultant and former TV journalist. Subscribe to CalMatters free daily newsletter to get news and commentary that holds your elected leaders accountable. It would also be nowhere close to voter suppression, especially on a scale that could have affected even the closest race. JP7 15.62% 84.38% Some people will skip races that are not of interest to them, I will absolutely stipulate to that. JP5 147,642 135,687 It is not fair for the voters to tell us to break the law. She assumed office on January 10, 2023. Its not like voters were told they couldnt vote or that they had to go home. JP3 35,348 39,739 2,132 865 JP4 173,366 120,182 6,806 } My point is simply that it would not take anything like a historic turnout percentage to produce a record number of total voters, just simply because there are more voters now. Carla Wyatt, County Treasurer, Alexandra Mealer, County Judge } A lack of funding is one big factor, but money isnt the only reason. Sherman Eagleton, Constable Precinct 3 .inner_percentage.Green { The bigger issue here remains the fact that state and federal law are much stricter about marijuana than the public wants them to be. margin-top: 16px; Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. Im extremely doubtful that there is a legitimate legal challenge here, Stein said. } The story goes into detail about how absurdly vague the provisions are, which could put a whole lot of election administrators in solidly red counties in danger if something goes wrong, as things sometimes do. Andsomeofthemare hoping to give Attorney General Ken Paxton stronger authority to prosecute election crimes, after the states highest criminal appeals court ruled in 2021 that he could not unilaterally take on such cases. Now, were back at square one.. You may note that now two elections into the no-straight-ticket-voting era, the range of outcomes in both sets of these counties is the smallest. HD150 62.20% 37.80% The root cause of that debate, however, remains unresolved, Hegar said in the statement, referring to the defunding spat from last fall. HD142 8,580 25,228 859 Of the other six races for statewide executive offices, three were similar in nature to the Governors race and three were friendlier to Republicans. HD145 12,368 32,031 1,449 You can see the four races that Dems lost, one district criminal court and three county criminal courts. The goal: To capitalize on COVID pandemic frustrations and concerns over critical race theory and other issues among parents of school-aged children and win not only school board seats, but also, eventually, legislative and congressional races by re-engaging core Republican voters and attracting independents. It does cause concern that somebody from outside that jurisdiction would be able to usurp the authority of the elections commission in dealing with their elections administrator.. Anything else, however, is fair game and just a matter of whether the Republicans want it to pass or not. I believe this is nothing more than a political tactic coming from the Republican party, Brown said. Like I said, Ill get into that a bit more in the next post. } In an email obtained by Crafts attorneys and posted on the Harris County District Clerks website, Harris County Republican Party Chair Cindy Siegel gave candidates the partys estimate of disenfranchised voters. Elizabeth Buss is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. break-inside: avoid-column; Mark Herman, Constable Precinct 4 Rep. Allred may see it differently, but I think hes not likely to make this leap. .leg-hnt-flex-column { Many of the women in those files were Black, just like Wilson, who experienced a traumatic delivery herself. =================================== HD144 11,375 14,337 662 JP8 49,209 27,703 Yet, the way the (Texas Public Information Act) is written, no one except those involved in the underlying lawsuit can get access to the public information.. 4 Cause No. overflow-y: hidden; Burgess 940 14,710 5,207 5,403 But according to Steel, running for school board in regular elections is a better use of time for candidates than recalls which can be powerful at times, but are often short-sighted. HD149 12,270 19,513 background-color: #003388; Erin Lunceford is represented by Andy Taylor. Radack 0 71,246 0 794,652, Court R Avg D Avg R pct D pct CC3 60.63% 36.12% 2.24% 1.02% HD129 38,545 24,668 The appellate courts cover multiple counties. HD129 38,523 24,788 A study funded by the Texas Indigent Defense Commission in 2015concludedthat attorneys could only reasonably handle at most 128 felonies or 226 misdemeanors a year. And that assumes that literally every one of those 2600 non-voters would have voted for the Republican candidate. HD142 27.13% 72.87% The Harris County Democratic Party is NOT doing anything to assist the 22 electeds. Beto 317,736 277,917 63.43% 46.22% I dont know who counts as a person close to him, but as with Rep. Allred, Id like to hear the words come from his own mouth before I start to take it seriously. clear: both; JP5 152,130 137,293 52 HD134 28,201 50,706 2,371 Maybe such people exist and Republicans have been successful at keeping them all quiet until the lawsuits are heard, who can say. The two glaring exceptions to this are HDs 133 and 134, both wealthy, well-educated, predominantly white districts that, in keeping with recent trends, are a lot more Democratic than they used to be. There is a legitimate question about what a City Council is supposed to do with a voter-passed ordinance that one can reasonably read to be in violation of state law, at least in part. HD147 22.07% 77.93% Better statewide races. HD129 55.82% 41.41% 2.77% The best the Uvalde parents can hope for is a state ban on straw-person sales, which is already a federal crime. JP8 64.31% 35.67% 0.02%, Lege targets Harris County election administrator, approved a bill making illegal voting a felony, Lets spend less money on court-appointed lawyers, judges who make a whole lot of appointments to the same handful of attorneys, The Denton experience with marijuana decriminalization, Tell me you have no evidence of voter suppression without telling me you have no evidence of voter suppression, Houston furniture magnate Jim Mattress Mack McIngvale. HD128 31,566 13,692 1,110 Denton Municipal Judge Tyler Atkinson discussed the deferred adjudication process that is available to people who receive misdemeanor marijuana charges and how the municipal court does its best to work with offenders by lowering fines, offering community service and other opportunities. } The Alabama Republican Party State Executive Committee held its Winter Meeting in Birmingham on Saturday. Hidalgo said Hegar came to an incorrect conclusion by dividing Harris Countys 2022 short fiscal year budget by seven months and multiplying that number by 12 to get the annualized budget. } The question about caseloads is one where theres room for disagreement Silverman, the HCCDLA President mentioned above, mounted a defense of the attorneys named in this story though those at the extreme end always look dodgy. text-align: left !important; padding-top: 8px; Ive looked but never found patterns that I think satisfactorily and consistently explain the variations. Mealer 356,684 621,482 0 188,512 text-align: center; Counting these as Houston precincts means you wind up with a lot more total votes in Houston than were cast in the referenda elections, and gives you a distorted picture of the candidate percentages. font-weight: bold; We did (barely) win two of the four races in 2020, with one exceedingly close loss and one less close loss, but we went 0 for 4 this year. Maternal health advocates in Texas say addressing these disparities will take more than fixing labor and delivery practices. His challenger on Nov. 8, Republican Lance Christensen, earned a top-two spot with only 12% of the vote. HD142 9,167 24,621 We look at how they act and if they are supportive in general of our party platform.. $('.hideResponses').show(); At a high level, its federal races, then state races, then county races, then city and other local entities if applicable. Additional Losing Candidates File Election Contests in Harris County. The names have changed but the practices have not, or at least not enough. And here we are for this year. Beyond that, its the usual bunkum about guns not being the problem and there being nothing we could do to stop the next school shooter even if guns were the problem, some promises to increase security at schools, and some vague and meaningless words about mental health. I think Odus did a good job as HCDP Chair. JP3 45.27% 50.89% 2.73% 1.11% HD137 8,369 12,377 CC2 99,209 100,166 His math was wrong then and its wrong now.. The other thing, and this may be my favorite bit of data from this election, is that there were about 800 more votes in the Treasurer race than there were in the County Clerk race, which was immediately before the Treasurers race on the ballot. And more money will be hard to come by after the county adopted a lower-than-planned tax rate last year following a bitter political fight. None of us. Month This Month 2/20/2023 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 29 30 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm West Loop Conservatives Meeting 31 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Greater Houston Pachyderm Club Meeting 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm There were more people who skipped these races than did so for Railroad Commissioner, the last of the statewide executive offices, but not that much more. Those violations include issues such as warrants, criminal trespass or public intoxication. JP6 5,130 16,223 1,342 Dist Mealer Hidalgo W-I Ill be paying closer attention to these precincts, because this isnt always the case going forward. margin: 3px 0; HD139 28.11% 69.53% 2.35% 0.00% Theyre either for the initiatives or they just want to put it up to a vote because they think that this is something we should vote on.. CalMatters is a nonprofit newsroom and your tax-deductible donations help us keep bringing you and every Californian essential, nonpartisan information. I just want to point out the problem, so we know what were up against. Candidate Application; In order to become the Republican or Democratic Party nominee for a particular office, you must file an application (PDF) for a place on the ballot with the county or state party chair, as appropriate (see chart). Lets make it a little less hard for these Dems who clearly and correctly won their races. I know the job title is Harris County Dem Party Chair, but we abut a lot of other counties, and in quite a few places the development just sprawls over the border, making the distinction between the two of lesser value. .leg-hnt-district-number { JP2 22,682 28,410 I think the methodology will be clear. JP5 49.81% 46.48% 2.50% 1.21% 2020 Harris + FB 108K to 156K. 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