Sam Houston beat Baltasar Cruz everywhere except in the four districts that will have Hispanic representatives - HDs 140, 143, 145, and 148, where Houston got a respectable 46%. Linda Yanez, on the other hand, beat Susan Criss everywhere except HD 134, where she got 48%. I confess, I'm amazed at how thoroughly Yanez dominated Criss.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Some Excellent Democratic Primary Analysis
Charles Kuffner at Off the Kuff has some excellent number crunching and Democratic primary analysis of the Texas Supreme Court races:
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Texas Supreme Court Primary Success!
We nominated our most experienced and most electable candidates to take on the corrupt Republican incumbents at the Texas Supreme Court.
As a result of the primary vote, we will take on the incumbents with those Democratic candidates who won nearly all of the newspaper endorsements, who earned the overwhelming majority of endorsements from Democratic organizations and Democratic elected officials, and won the Texas Bar Association poll regarding the qualifications of judicial candidates.
Sam Houston won by almost 250,000 votes (56% to 44%).
Here are a pair of numbers to keep tucked away in the back of your mind: 1,123,899 and 953,584.
Why are those two numbers important? Because Sam Houston got 1,123,899 votes in his contested primary and his Republican opponent got only 953,584 in his uncontested primary.
I am very proud of Baltasar Cruz who was a gentleman in defeat:
Justice Linda Yanez also won a hard-fought Democratic nomination, winning her primary by more than 50,000 votes (3% of the vote).
Justice Yanez got 1,028,164 votes in her contested primary while her Republican opponent got only 948,739 votes in his uncontested primary.
It is no wonder why both Justice Yanez and Judge Susan Criss wanted to run against Republican Phil Johnson, who got the fewest votes of any of the Republican incumbents on the Texas Supreme Court (which is unsurprising since he also got the fewest votes in the Texas Bar Association poll regarding the qualifications of judicial candidates of any Republican incumbent on the Texas Supreme Court).
I am tremendously proud of Susan Criss who ran a very tough campaign and who was very gracious:
Both Judge Jim Jordan, our Democratic nominee for Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court, and his Republican incumbent opponent were uncontested in their respective primaries.
Judge Jordan received 1,728,522 primary votes compared to just 959,670 primary votes for his Republican opponent.
WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT TICKET TO TAKE BACK THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT IN NOVEMBER!
As a result of the primary vote, we will take on the incumbents with those Democratic candidates who won nearly all of the newspaper endorsements, who earned the overwhelming majority of endorsements from Democratic organizations and Democratic elected officials, and won the Texas Bar Association poll regarding the qualifications of judicial candidates.
Sam Houston won by almost 250,000 votes (56% to 44%).
Here are a pair of numbers to keep tucked away in the back of your mind: 1,123,899 and 953,584.
Why are those two numbers important? Because Sam Houston got 1,123,899 votes in his contested primary and his Republican opponent got only 953,584 in his uncontested primary.
I am very proud of Baltasar Cruz who was a gentleman in defeat:
I congratulate Sam Houston, Linda Yañez and Jim Jordan (who ran unopposed) on their Democratic primary wins. Sam Houston, unlike Gene Kelly, is a serious candidate whom I now endorse and whom I genuinely hope will win in November. Likewise, I have met and been impressed with Linda Yañez and Jim Jordan, each of whom will also represent the Democratic Party well in the November general election and happily endorse each of them as well.
Justice Linda Yanez also won a hard-fought Democratic nomination, winning her primary by more than 50,000 votes (3% of the vote).
Justice Yanez got 1,028,164 votes in her contested primary while her Republican opponent got only 948,739 votes in his uncontested primary.
It is no wonder why both Justice Yanez and Judge Susan Criss wanted to run against Republican Phil Johnson, who got the fewest votes of any of the Republican incumbents on the Texas Supreme Court (which is unsurprising since he also got the fewest votes in the Texas Bar Association poll regarding the qualifications of judicial candidates of any Republican incumbent on the Texas Supreme Court).
I am tremendously proud of Susan Criss who ran a very tough campaign and who was very gracious:
"It was a great night for my state, my county, my country and my party," Criss said. "I'm happy, believe it or not."
[snip]
Yañez, who holds a seat on the Texas 13th Court of Appeals in Corpus Christi, will face Republican incumbent Phil Johnson in November's general election.
No Democrat has been elected to the Texas Supreme Court in 14 years, but Criss said she was confident her primary opponent would win the seat.
Both Judge Jim Jordan, our Democratic nominee for Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court, and his Republican incumbent opponent were uncontested in their respective primaries.
Judge Jordan received 1,728,522 primary votes compared to just 959,670 primary votes for his Republican opponent.
WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT TICKET TO TAKE BACK THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT IN NOVEMBER!
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