Hal's blog

With all precincts reporting, runoff elections have been successfully concluded in Fort Bend County. Democratic runoffs in Fort Bend County included races for Texas Railroad Commissioner and Fort Bend County Commissioner for Precinct 1.

Texas Railroad Commissioner:

Mark Thompson 117,496 votes (59.16%), Dale Henry 81,107 votes (40.83%). In Fort Bend County, Thompson's vote totaled 888 (62.8%) to Henry's 514 (37.2%)

Now for some of us, the Democratic primary runoff is going to be the very opposite to what our primary was. Everything has been decided statewide except for one race: Texas Railroad Commissioner.

Ho-hum.

Railroad Commissioner.

UPDATED 1 April

Final results of the three Fort Bend County conventions will eventually appear here as the results become known. Here is what we have so far from what we know, and what we have gleaned from the internets.

Fort Bend County / SD 13:

If you haven't received an email recently from The Lone Star Project, you might want to take a look at their home page where the message is duplicated. There is lots of information on the County/Senate Conventions that everyone, even those who are not participating, need to know. Go to the Lone Star Project website's home page for a look.

As part of their regular monthly meeting, the Fort Bend Democrats will be hosting a candidate's forum featuring candidates for local and county-wide offices. This will be an opportunity to see and hear many of the candidates who will appear on the Democratic Party primary ballot on March 4th.

Candidates will each be given a brief time period to introduce themselves and their positions on the burning issues of the day. We expect a good turnout of both candidates and attendees.

As a public service to those of us Democrats who are interested in the Barack Obama campaign, today we have received from the Barack Obama for President Campaign news of the grand opening of their Houston Area volunteer headquarters, two days after Super Tuesday. Now that was fast, wasn't it? Check out their press release below. Some of the information below can also be found at the campaign website, here.

Now I know it is not the policy of the Fort Bend Democrats to endorse a primary candidate. That doesn't mean that individuals who blog on this website can't have an opinion, does it? Here's mine: I support the candidacy of Ron E. Reynolds as the Democratic nominee to run in November for State House District 27.

Rick Noriega, coming off of what I heard was a Fabulous Fifties Birthday party – no there were no poodle skirts there, the man just passed by his half century lifetime milestone – the juggernaut that has become the Rick Noriega campaign continued to garner even more endorsements this week. Getting the hearty endorsement of his colleague, State Rep Mark Strama (D - Austin) at his birthday party, Rick then set his sights on the Austin Area Democratic confab at the AFL-CIO Hall in downtown Austin where he was endorsed by five area groups: The South Austin Democrats, Capital Area Progressive Democrats, Texas Environmental Democrats of Austin, Capital Area Asian American Democrats, and Southwest Austin Democrats.

As filed in with the Fort Bend County Democratic Party, the following have placed their names to appear on the ballot on the March 4th primary. Positions include both those that are county-wide, positions within the county, and those that include subunits of Fort Bend County.