Big Jolly Politics

(Note: I am running a series of Q&As for judicial candidates in contested Republican primaries. There are a lot of judicial races on the ballot in Harris County this election, and so this is intended to help introduce the candidates and their experiences to those who plan to vote in March. I am running these responses in the order that I receive them from the candidates. Charles Kuffner at Off the Kuff is running the same series for Democratic candidates.)

Following on the heels of the C-Club's potential game changing endorsement of Ed Hubbard in the race for chair of the Harris County Republican Party, former chair Gary Polland has weighed in with an endorsement,of the current chair, Jared Woodfill.  Or...did he? Are we sure about that? Or is this a case of someone calling in a favor to use Mr. Polland's name and a ghost-written attack piece disguised as an endorsement?

The race for judge in the 311th Family Court boasts the largest combined field of any race on the Harris County ballot. There are nine total candidates, five Republican and four Democratic. All were supposed to have been invited to a candidate forum held by the Kingwood Tea Party Society Monday night - two Republicans and two Democrats turned out.

(Note: I am running a series of Q&As for judicial candidates in contested Republican primaries. There are a lot of judicial races on the ballot in Harris County this election, and so this is intended to help introduce the candidates and their experiences to those who plan to vote in March. I am running these responses in the order that I receive them from the candidates. Charles Kuffner at Off the Kuff is running the same series for Democratic candidates.)

In an effort to give voters as much information as possible on each of the candidates running for the Republican nomination in the Harris County Commissioners Court, Precinct 2 race, I am providing a forum for each candidate to outline their priority issues. These answers are verbatim from the candidates. No endorsement is either intended or implied for any candidate in the series.

There are two candidates for the position of Harris County Commissioner, Precinct 2. To give voters an overall feel for their candidacies, I asked each of them for their definition of the position and what they see as the top three issues.

The March 2nd primary is fast approaching - today is the last day to register to vote in it, don't delay, head over to Leo Vasquez's site, print out a form and get it postmarked by midnight. And as the big voting day gets closer, Ed Hubbard has received an endorsement that just might be a game changer - the C-Club of Houston has endorsed his campaign for Chair of the Harris County Republican Party.

As the various tea party organizations around the country try to find their niche in American politics, the Clear Lake Tea Party (southern Harris County, northern Galveston County) tried an innovative approach to selecting a candidate. Their idea was to gather up all of the candidates for a particular race, regardless of party affiliation, put them in front of a group of voters, and have them answer questions in a mock interview format. The race chosen was Texas' CD-22, a traditionally Republican seat currently held by Rep. Pete Olson.

On Saturday, Harris County Republican Party primary candidates Dorothy Olmos, Lorraine Cervantes and Eric Story held a barbecue fundraiser in support of East Side precinct chairs.