Non-House, Senate, or Presidential Elections

Discussion in 'West Mall' started by guy4321, Oct 19, 2022.

  1. guy4321

    guy4321 2,500+ Posts

    Or Governor - should have put that in title.

    For other smaller elections like County Judge.

    Thank God! I love when New Yorkers tell me who to vote for!

    "Dozens showed up to show support for Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo at a reelection rally on Tuesday morning—including none other than famed 'Hamilton' creator Lin-Manuel Miranda. The award-winning Broadway playwright and actor made a special appearance at the event hosted by political action committee Latino Victory Fund at Bohemeo's in Houston's East End. He was joined by multiple local officials, including U.S. Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee and Sylvia Garcia.

    Expounding on his seemingly unanticipated endorsement, Miranda, who lives in Washington Heights, N.Y. ..."

    Lina Hidalgo secures endorsement from Lin-Manuel Miranda
     
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  2. Duck Dodgers

    Duck Dodgers 1,000+ Posts

    He's the epitome of the term "one hit wonder". Besides Hamilton, which does have great music and a creative theme (he wrote it with another guy - to what credit Miranda gets I'm not sure) the rest of his stuff has been dreadful.

    Funny how El Comendante' as she's called in Houston, claimed she was too sick to appear in Commission's Court that day, when a lot of cops were going to give her a piece of their mind, but miraculously healed in time for the fund raiser.

    She's finished as County Judge. Even the Houston Comic, which never endorses a Republican who has a viable Democrat opponent (they endorsed Cruz (!) in 12 as his opponent was some scrub), has come out against her. Rats off her sinking ship.

    Her Chief of Staff and two other aides have been indicted for a fraud related to a fixed Wuhan virus vaccine outreach program, which got funneled to a one person company instead of a major hospital, who turned in a better and cheaper bid. If she loses in November, she'll lose her Democrat party immunity badge and get indicted too.
     
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  3. Sangre Naranjada

    Sangre Naranjada 10,000+ Posts

    Let us hope for the best.
     
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  4. guy4321

    guy4321 2,500+ Posts

    Another wacko, Ms. Stogner...

    Sarah Stogner, an oil and gas attorney, lost to Christian by double digits in the runoff. Her campaign turned heads not only for the racy ad but also $2 million in funding she got from a West Texas rancher and friend who had been battling the Railroad Commission over abandoned oil wells on her property.

    Stogner said she was supporting Warford, a former state Democratic Party staffer running on fixing the power grid, because she simply believed he would do the job better. She also said in a statement that he is not 'your typical Democrat,' calling him 'pragmatic and pro-business.'"

    Sarah Stogner, former GOP candidate for railroad commissioner, backs Democratic nominee in November’s election
     
  5. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    She does have a hot bod though. Credit where it's due.
     
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  6. guy4321

    guy4321 2,500+ Posts

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    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

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  8. guy4321

    guy4321 2,500+ Posts

    I think everyone is racist because everyone feels more comfortable around people that look like them yet I promise to never say that, if I'm running for office.
     
  9. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    Maybe, but I'm not so sure. Maybe it's because I've been around the military for the last ten years or maybe it's a generational thing, but I'm a lot more comfortable around black or Mexican dudes of any age than I am around a bunch of douchie, candy *** white guys with man-buns from the millennial or GenZ generations. They're pretty much useless to me.
     
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  10. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

     
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  11. guy4321

    guy4321 2,500+ Posts

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  12. Horn6721

    Horn6721 10,000+ Posts

    Of course all the "mishaps" at the polling places had nothing to do with it.:rolleyes1:
     
  13. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    6721,

    I assure you that the lack of paper at predominantly Republican precincts is purely coincidental. It's reasonable to believe that no indictment will be forthcoming against Dora.
     
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  14. Horn6721

    Horn6721 10,000+ Posts

    Sabre
    The weird thing is there are no consequences.
     
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  15. Garmel

    Garmel 5,000+ Posts

     
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  16. erbutch

    erbutch 500+ Posts

    The liberals have just been to the Lyndon Johnson school for rigging elections.
     
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  17. Garmel

    Garmel 5,000+ Posts

     
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  18. Garmel

    Garmel 5,000+ Posts

     
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  19. Monahorns

    Monahorns 5,000+ Posts

    The question is will we see a tangible change in 2024 and will it affect the elections outcomes? We should expect a bit more success for Rs if Elon is still in control.
     
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  20. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    For those who aren't fans of our Harris County Judge.

     
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  21. guy4321

    guy4321 2,500+ Posts

    WHAT?! Who doesn't love Lina?
     
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  22. Horn6721

    Horn6721 10,000+ Posts

    Don't they have to provide details? Could a campaign legally pay a lawyer a 300K retainer?
     
  23. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    It depends on what the lawyer was hired to do.
     
  24. Horn6721

    Horn6721 10,000+ Posts

    So they don't have to declare what they hired the lawyer to do?
     
  25. Sangre Naranjada

    Sangre Naranjada 10,000+ Posts

    Why don't you ask the campaign instead of Hornfans? I really doubt you're going to find an expert in political campaign/lawyer retainer fees hanging out here.
     
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  26. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    6721,

    It's not the campaign money going into the law firm that bothers me. What is the "exit strategy"?
     
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  27. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    They do but not with great specificity. None of this means Hidalgo broke the law, but it's fishy and worth looking into.
     
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  28. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    She's a puppet for Rodney Ellis. Isn't that reason enough?
     
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  29. Horn6721

    Horn6721 10,000+ Posts

    Mr D
    thanks
     
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  30. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    He's slimy, but it always surprised me how much more obnoxious and less serious black members of Congress are than black state legislators. Even though I usually disagreed with them, Rodney Ellis, Royce West, and certainly many of the black House members (Ron Wilson, Sylvester Turner, Glen Lewis, Jesse Jones, Harold Dutton, etc.) over the last 30 years were fairly conscientious state legislators. They were reasonably intelligent guys who carried serious legislation and generally worked the process to try to enact it, and not all of it was bad. They weren't just dumbasses who screamed stupid **** and hogged the camera, but for the most part, that's what the Congressional Black Caucus has been. The overwhelming majority of them don't do **** (except corrupt ****), and that has been true since the early '70s.
     

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