Judicial 189th
Ursula Hall, Larry Hinojosa, and Andy Pereira. Ursula Hall is a municipal judge for the city of houston (Fancy way of saying traffic court) She is also the daughter of the honorable Anthony Hall. Larry Hinojosa is a heavyweight in Houston Blue Land, running in the past when no one else would. Andy Pereira is a newcomer to politics as far as I am concerned that for some reason has endorsements from a lot of African-American Politicians (Pereira is White). I am still undecided but am leaning toward Hinojosa.
Judicial 157th
Chuck Silverman vs. Shawn Thierry. I have seen a lot of big groups endorsing each of them . Thierry has support from minority groups though, so I will give my support to her.
Judicial 113th
la di da…these judicial overviews will go by VERY quickly
ok…Christina Bryan vs. Jerome Fjeld, Bryan has nearly every single endorsement, and I mean EVERY SINGLE ONE. Even the HCDP website lists him as 50% democratc. I figure Bryan will prevail, and thats who I am voting for.
Governor’s Race-Part III
I forget who, but yet another person has made primary polls in the Governor’s Race.
Republicans have it perry 49, kbh 27, medina 19.
Democrats habve it white 51, shami 19.
OK, lets now look between the corrupt little lines. 49+27+19=95, so thats not much of an undecided block. However, it COULD push Perry over the top, and that would be horrible espicially if white gets dragged into a run-off with 49%.
Now lets look at democrats-51+19=70, so there is 30% percent missing! A lot of undecideds, right? WRONG! Their are actually a lot more candidates all hailing small amounts individually, but teamed up they can cause a lot of havoc.
First up on our hell list is Felix Alvarado with 7%, then Alma Aguado with 4%, Star Locke with 1%, and Bill Dear with 1%. The Good news is that undecided shows 16%! This means that if White can suck up a majority of that, it wont even be close. He can get 60%, which means the news keeps getting better for Perry and better for White.
Overview of Taxman Race (R)
Charles Kuffner did this one already.
Propositions
The Republican Primary will host 5 propositions.
| Ballot Proposition 1: Photo ID | ||
| The Texas legislature should make it a priority to protect the integrity of our election process by enacting legislation that requires voters to provide valid photo identification in order to cast a ballot in any and all elections conducted in the State of Texas. | YES | NO |
| Ballot Proposition 2: Controlling Government Growth | ||
| Every government body in Texas should be required to limit any annual increase in its budget and spending to the combined increase of population and inflation unless it first gets voter approval to exceed the allowed annual growth or in the case of an official emergency. | YES | NO |
| Ballot Proposition 3: Cutting Federal Income Taxes | ||
| In addition to aggressively eliminating irresponsible federal spending, Congress should empower American citizens to stimulate the economy by Congress cutting federal income taxes for all federal taxpayers, rather than spending hundreds of billions of dollars on so-called “federal economic stimulus”. | YES | NO |
| Ballot Proposition 4: Public Acknowledgement of God | ||
| The use of the word “God”, prayers, and the Ten Commandments should be allowed at public gatherings and public educational institutions, as well as be permitted on government buildings and property. | YES | NO |
| Ballot Proposition 5: Sonograms | ||
| The Texas Legislature should enact legislation requiring a sonogram to be performed and shown to each mother about to undergo a medically unnecessary, elective abortion. | ||
Proposition One-OPPOSE
I have always been against the Voter Suppression Act, whoops I mean the Voter ID Act. It deliberately goes against people that do not have drivers license, which usually are the more poor, and more liberal.
Proposition Two-OPPOSE
NO! This amendment would purposely go after larger communities, especially places like Houston.
Proposition Three-OPPOSE
What is Wrong with you People! The nation would go broke even quicker is federal income tax was done away with, especially if your friggin’ state doesn’t even have an income tax
Proposition Four-OPPOSE, OPPOSE, OPPOSE, OPPOSE
Read the motherf*****g constitution. Congress (Which has been expanded to states) shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. (Which has been expanded to any religion).
Proposition Five-SUPPORT
I have no objection to this. As it has said, it is only if it is elective, and it doesn’t limit it.
Overview of the 127th State House District
So this will just be the Republican Primary, we have Susan Curling, the Pro-Life Doctor; Martin Basaldua, the anti-healthcare reform Doctor; Dan Huberty, the President of Humble ISD; and Addie Wiseman, the former City Councilmember that tries to advertise herself as a Common Sense Republican. I think, OK I KNOW there will be a run-off, and I know that Wiseman will be in it. I have no idea who else will be in the run-off, or who will win it, I think this race is pretty much a toss up.
Lets Analyze option A: Wiseman and one of the Docs get in
It matters how many people come back to the polls, because the 127th is a pretty conservative district, which means they love to hear things like Pro-Life or Anti-Health Reform. I think Wiseman would pull it off either way
Option B: Wiseman and Huberty
This one would be harder because Huberty is a very strong candidate, I think that Wiseman would have more trouble because she couldn’t just play the experience card. This would be the more realistic option and it will be fun to watch.
Oh yah, the only Democrat is Joe Montemayor, and while he is my favorite he is most definitely the underdog.
Overview of the 100th State House District
This is a late post so it will be extra short. Terri Hodge is going bye-bye, and Eric Johnson is the only other democrat so hopefully he beats a convicted felon and since no republican, that means Rep. Johnson.
I Promise I will talk about the Democrats this time
But first our wonderful friends at the GOP have been slamming each other into the mud, and now Ramussen is taking a brand new poll.
Rick Perry 44%
Kay Bailey Hutchinson 29%
Debra Medina 16%
Undecided 11%
This is very interesting to me, to see Medina making such strides, and having Hutchinson dip so low into the 20s. Now, one could also look at it this way. For all those TEA BAGGERS that hate anybody from Washington, and scare the freaking crap out of me, Medina is option one. However, some of them have a soul and may go for Hutchinson before Perry. So lets say that Perry and Hutchinson go into a run-off. If the current undecideds and Medina voters all go for Hutchinson, she has a chance, otherwise it will be Perry on his way to his 3 1/2 th term.
Oh yah, the Democrats…Bill White has a TV ad now!
Overview of 134th State House District
Its been a slow week, I apologize for that deeply.
Anyway, this is a weird district because ever since Ellen Cohen snatched it from “She who shall not be Named”. She trumped Joe Agris in ’08 by large margins. This year, Cohen is opposed by two Female Republicans, Bonnie Parker and Sarah Davis. I would assume Davis is favored because I cannot find any literature on Parker online, as well as already seeing an elegant website from Davis as well as already receiving a mailer from her (Which I happily fed to my dogs to tear up). Either way, this could be an interesting race for Cohen, and for the Democrats, especially in a year that they cannot afford to lose any seats. When push comes to shove, I think Cohen will pull it off, but in a GOP favored year, a district that encompasses all of Bellaire, West University, and Southside may be making Cohen shake, luckily she does well with her fellow Jews, which Meyerland and Bellaire (Both in her district) are full of, in fact that may of been her edge back in ’06.
