2023 Houston Mayoral Election

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

Hot take: we need more tough-on-crime Democrats in office. It’s one of the GOP’s salient issues against us (not that they have any real solutions to it) and we need to deal with it. I still wish Caruso had won last year.

“We need better optics/messaging” isn’t a good reason to elect someone

[Arizona Iced Tea]

About 1.8M potential voters live on Houston soil yet around only 200k participated in the mayoral election.

[Oryxslayer]

About 1.8M potential voters live on Houston soil yet around only 200k participated in the mayoral election.

There are two issues with this.

One is that VAP =/= voters. Measuring by CVAP puts the number 400K smaller, and that's before considering everything that would prevent someone from registering, both personal and legal. I'm not sure if Texas breaks things down by city, but Harris in 2020 had about 90% of the CVAP at that time on their registered voters list.

Then theres the fact that any election not on the regular date in November, and not in a even year is going to have horrible turnout. Which is why in some states there is increasing pressure to standardize local contests.

[JMT]

https://twitter.com/texastribune/status/1734283124471742583?s=46&t=-r8JGlJno...

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

About 1.8M potential voters live on Houston soil yet around only 200k participated in the mayoral election.

There are two issues with this.

One is that VAP =/= voters. Measuring by CVAP puts the number 400K smaller, and that's before considering everything that would prevent someone from registering, both personal and legal. I'm not sure if Texas breaks things down by city, but Harris in 2020 had about 90% of the CVAP at that time on their registered voters list.

Then theres the fact that any election not on the regular date in November, and not in a even year is going to have horrible turnout. Which is why in some states there is increasing pressure to standardize local contests.

The argument for having local elections in off-years is that they don't get overshadowed by other races. People aren't going to pay close attention to a mayoral race the same year as a presidential one, or even a gubernatorial one if held in the midterms (also why most states hold their gubernatorial elections on midterm years, although not all of course.)

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

https://twitter.com/texastribune/status/1734283124471742583?s=46&t=-r8JGlJno...

The favorite in the race, Gen-Z Activist Isaiah Martin (who was running like a cross between Richie Torres and Max Frost) dropped out and endorsed SJL.

[No War, but the War on Christmas]

https://twitter.com/texastribune/status/1734283124471742583?s=46&t=-r8JGlJno...

The favorite in the race, Gen-Z Activist Isaiah Martin (who was running like a cross between Richie Torres and Max Frost) dropped out and endorsed SJL.

Martin is one of the most cringe-inducing, token 'Gen-Z Activists' out there, good riddance. Here's hoping this gives other, more credible, voices time to establish themselves for SJL's departure cause he would be Frost but 10x worse.

[Real Texan Politics]

https://twitter.com/texastribune/status/1734283124471742583?s=46&t=-r8JGlJno...

The favorite in the race, Gen-Z Activist Isaiah Martin (who was running like a cross between Richie Torres and Max Frost) dropped out and endorsed SJL.

Martin is one of the most cringe-inducing, token 'Gen-Z Activists' out there, good riddance. Here's hoping this gives other, more credible, voices time to establish themselves for SJL's departure cause he would be Frost but 10x worse.

He's also the best friend of activist Olivia Julianna, so he would've basically been her protege until she's old enough to run for office herself.

[Sorenroy]

It's gotten like zero national coverage, but one of the impacts of the incredibly low turnout is that Republicans nearly swept the Houston city council seats in the runoff. Republicans, who openly listed their endorsements by groups like the Harris County Republicans and the Kingwood Tea Party, won three of the four at-large seats (narrowly losing the fourth to the sitting incumbent) and one of the three districts. They're still a minority on the overall council, but Democrats dropped the ball given the city should be voting 65%-35% on PVI numbers.

[Kahane's Grave Is A Gender-Neutral Bathroom]

https://twitter.com/texastribune/status/1734283124471742583?s=46&t=-r8JGlJno...

The favorite in the race, Gen-Z Activist Isaiah Martin (who was running like a cross between Richie Torres and Max Frost) dropped out and endorsed SJL.

Martin is one of the most cringe-inducing, token 'Gen-Z Activists' out there, good riddance. Here's hoping this gives other, more credible, voices time to establish themselves for SJL's departure cause he would be Frost but 10x worse.

"Gen-Z people who don't agree with me are cringe-inducing"

There are millions of Gen-Z folks who are center or center-left leaning.

[No War, but the War on Christmas]

https://twitter.com/texastribune/status/1734283124471742583?s=46&t=-r8JGlJno...

The favorite in the race, Gen-Z Activist Isaiah Martin (who was running like a cross between Richie Torres and Max Frost) dropped out and endorsed SJL.

Martin is one of the most cringe-inducing, token 'Gen-Z Activists' out there, good riddance. Here's hoping this gives other, more credible, voices time to establish themselves for SJL's departure cause he would be Frost but 10x worse.

"Gen-Z people who don't agree with me are cringe-inducing"

There are millions of Gen-Z folks who are center or center-left leaning.

A lot more to do with his refusal to back medicare for all, no mention of climate change or LGBT+ rights in a state where those are two critically important issues and palling around with Greg Abbott and Harlan Crow? Yeah, I'll pass. No one like that has business representing a D23+ seat.

[wnwnwn]

Hot take: we need more tough-on-crime Democrats in office. It’s one of the GOP’s most potent issues against us (not that they have any real solutions to it) and we need to deal with it. I still wish Caruso had won last year.

Isn't thay obvious?