Houston City Council Runoffs - 2019

Coming up on December 14th is the City of Houston municipal runoffs. On the ballot will be the Mayor’s race, several city council races, and several school board races. I will be focusing on the city council races which have gone to a runoff as well as the Mayor’s race. All races are technically non-partisan but I’m including their party affiliation for ease of the reader.

Corrupt, Cowardly, and Close-to-Trump NY Family Crosses the Line in Erie County (NY) Legis. Election

Erie County, in very-upstate western New York, has a population of close to a million people and includes the city of Buffalo and the surrounding region. It has a County Executive, currently a Democrat, and an eleven-person county legislature, each member of which is elected by district biennially. Right now, there’s a 6-5 split in the legislature favoring Republicans, and the elections are this coming Tuesday for all 11 seats.

Georgia Democrats Seek Redemption Through Deborah Gonzales

This year, Democratic parties across the country grow and rebuild after Republican shellacking in 2010, 2014, 2016. Yet in Georgia, Democrats have yet to score a victory in recent special elections following defeat in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District and a loss in State Senate District 22.