House district 28 special election today (1/28)

[Nice Guy Eddie 13412]

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/01/26/texas-house-district-28-democrats-expectations/

(note to self - always double check posted links)

interesting race concludes today the Texas House race in will most likely never allow the winner to cast a vote given its an off year.  However the real story is that this begins the November battle for the Texas House majority.  According to this article, this seat is #16 on the Dems target list for November.

I don't see how the GOP doesn't retain the seat but the real focus is on the win percentage.  Sounds like millions have been spent including help from the national parties.

Given the national attention, I wonder if John King would fire up the election map.  Probably not for a local district race but one can still hope.

 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Big reminder:

DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN THE TEXAS PRIMARY IS FEBRUARY 3, 2020. IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO IS NOT REGISTERED, YOUNG OR OLD, TALK TO THEM ABOUT REGISTERING.

IF YOU ARE REGISTERED, CHECK YOUR STATUS!!

 

[Biff Tannen 45494]

26 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Big reminder:

DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN THE TEXAS PRIMARY IS FEBRUARY 3, 2020. IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO IS NOT REGISTERED, YOUNG OR OLD, TALK TO THEM ABOUT REGISTERING.

IF YOU ARE REGISTERED, CHECK YOUR STATUS!!

 

Just for funs, I googled "voter registration status check" and the first link that came up was for www.vote.org. 

https://www.vote.org/am-i-registered-to-vote/

 

I entered my info and it said I was not registered.  I then went to the actual Texas Secretary of State page and of course it showed my registration was active.  So much bad info out there.

[tx 3 putt 76371]

R’a should easily Win this one 

[Pescado_Rojo 19331]

6 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

R’a should easily Win this one 

Should. The winning percentage will be interesting to watch. Beto has sunk a lot of time into this campaign. I'm interested to see if it moves the needle. 

[tx 3 putt 76371]

I have friends out there. A buddy’s wife said she voted for the first time because she didn’t want socialist taking over Katy 😂😂😂😂😂

[Pescado_Rojo 19331]

50 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

I have friends out there. A buddy’s wife said she voted for the first time because she didn’t want socialist taking over Katy 😂😂😂😂😂

It would be worth it for the freakout by the Cinco Ranch wine moms when "those people" start moving into the neighborhood. 

[tx 3 putt 76371]

They live in Cinco Ranch 😂😂😂😂😂
 

wine and scentsy candles drive that crowd out there 

Edited January 28, 2020 by tx 3 putt

[Longhorn_Fan68 33843]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

They live in Cinco Ranch 😂😂😂😂😂
 

wine and scentsy candles drive that crowd out there 

sounds like a fucking nightmare

[tx 3 putt 76371]

14 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

sounds like a fucking nightmare

It’s about what you imagine 

[Continental Op 3934]

SHARIA LAW IS WRONG FOR KATY!!!

[Tuco 5076]

Don't know much about the race, but kudos to Beto for his efforts.  You've got way too many presidential candidates who stick in the race, with no real shot.  Beto dropped out, got off his ass, and is working to flip a state senate seat.  That demonstrates humility and focus on what counts. 

[tx 3 putt 76371]

3 hours ago, Continental Op said:

SHARIA LAW IS WRONG FOR KATY!!!

Last round of Pearland city races, many emails and fliers were sent Out that the new people running were 100% behind establishing sharia law in Pearland, had a deal in place for a Muslim immigrant processing center to come to Pearland and  also had a deal for a large halal food processing complex to be built in Pearland. 

[Tuco 5076]

Wait, are gyros involved?  

[Brisketexan 104605]

6 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

also had a deal for a large halal food processing complex to be built in Pearland. 

Yes, there's no greater threat to our way of life than.....a business with lots of jobs that produces delicious food.

This country is too stupid to continue as a going concern.  

[tx 3 putt 76371]

Just now, Brisketexan said:

Yes, there's no greater threat to our way of life than.....a business with lots of jobs that produces delicious food.

This country is too stupid to continue as a going concern.  

But ISIS !!!!!!!!

[elfenix 34171]

3 hours ago, Continental Op said:

SHARIA LAW IS WRONG FOR KATY!!!

dr. eliz markowitz

if i was guessing it'd be leviticus

[tx 3 putt 76371]

6 minutes ago, Tuco said:

Wait, are gyros involved?  

Are you a member of ISIS ?

[Tuco 5076]

6 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Are you a member of ISIS ?

The Archer version. 

[Biff Tannen 45494]

28 minutes ago, Tuco said:

Don't know much about the race, but kudos to Beto for his efforts.  You've got way too many presidential candidates who stick in the race, with no real shot.  Beto dropped out, got off his ass, and is working to flip a state senate seat.  That demonstrates humility and focus on what counts. 

State House race, but yes.

[Pescado_Rojo 19331]

5 hours ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

sounds like a fucking nightmare

It's literally Trumpistan. 

[Js1 85109]

FB is usually quite fast with results. This should be over by 9-9:30 local time 

[Chuckie Finster 22600]

I early voted last week, but wife just texted to tell me there was a decent line where she went today.  Pretty wild that a Texas House Special Election with nothing else on the ballot is drawing enough interest to create a line at the polls.  I don't expect Eliz to pull it out, but good on Beto for shining a light on this race.

[Chuckie Finster 22600]

Welp, this is over quick.

[bolverk 29399]

For those who care to monitor the voting as it comes in:

https://results.texas-election.com/races

[tx 3 putt 76371]

3 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

Welp, this is over quick.
 

 Trumpistan !

[bolverk 29399]

1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

 Trumpistan !

I'm not optimistic but it's worth pointing out that only one of 21 polling locations has been reported. That's essentially a single neighborhood.

[Js1 85109]

5 minutes ago, bolverk said:

I'm not optimistic but it's worth pointing out that only one of 21 polling locations has been reported. That's essentially a single neighborhood.

GOP also won EV in the general, I think ? But 59-41 is bad. You’d have to win ED by a lot. It’s over  

Edited January 29, 2020 by Js1

[bolverk 29399]

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

GOP also won EV in the general, I think ? But 59-41 is bad. You’d have to win ED by a lot. It’s over  

Early voting...okay. That makes sense for why those were tabulated so quickly.

[Biff Tannen 45494]

[cactusflinthead 27594]

Quit clutching your pearls 

 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

The KC Chiefs would say it ain’t over til the clock runs out, so while a large lead, perhaps she can narrow the gap a little more. 

[Bozo_Casanova 26279]

Y’all.

That district is a 60-40 Republican natural break. This is a special election.

 

[Js1 85109]

This district was also like 19th out of 20th of winnable races for Dems to take back to Texas house 

[Texas73 420]

16th out of 22 that have been targeted by Democrats to take back the Texas House. Cruz beat Beto here 51% - 48%. This was never going to be close. 

[Voldemort86 2259]

I guess somewhere that asshole Dan Goeb is celebrating.

[elfenix 34171]

55 minutes ago, Voldemort86 said:

I guess somewhere that asshole Dan Goeb is celebrating.

he used to live in that district

[clapclapclap 9000]

Tough night for Cultural Appropriator O'Roarke .

[berlinerbaer 670]

In a heavily Dem-leaning election nationally, Zerwas won reelection here in 2018 by almost nine points. This is not a purple district.

For 2020, focus your attention further south to the 26th district: open seat that the GOP won by only 5 in 2018.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13412]

4 hours ago, berlinerbaer said:

In a heavily Dem-leaning election nationally, Zerwas won reelection here in 2018 by almost nine points. This is not a purple district.

For 2020, focus your attention further south to the 26th district: open seat that the GOP won by only 5 in 2018.

Yep this district seemed to slide back to its more natural voting when there wasn’t bigger races higher up.