Democracy-Minded Candidates To Consider In '24 Harris County Democratic Primary

The Houston Democracy Project does not formally endorse candidates. But I would like to mention some democracy-minded candidates who have earned a strong look in the Harris County Democratic Primary.

These are candidates with a record in office of protecting democracy or who have been open in discussion of democracy as a candidate. 

Early voting is February 20-March 1 & Primary Election Day is March 5. This list is not meant to be complete. I could well be missing someone. If you have a suggestion please leave a comment.         

Here are the candidates:

* Rosalind Caesar- Texas House District #139
* Danny Norris-Texas House District #142 
*Lauren Ashley Simmons-Texas House District #146
* Christian Menifee-County Attorney 
​* Sean Teare-District Attorney 
* Danielle Keys Bess-Tax Assessor-Collector 
* Meagan Hassan-14th Court of Appeals, Place 6 
* Allison Mathis-Criminal Court #338 
* Gemayel Haines-Criminal Court #486
* Denise Brown-Civil Court #127
* Mike Englehart-Civil Court #151 
* Fran Watson- Probate Court #5
​* Lillian Alexander-Family Court #507
* Gion Thomas-U.S. House 38th District  

The Senate District 15 race has three candidates who merit a full look:

* Karthik Soora
* Molly Cook
* Todd Litton 

Karthik's campaign has been strong. Molly and Todd are good people. All three care about democracy and I believe would work for our freedom against the right.         

A top purpose of the Houston Democracy Project is to say we must look past candidates and elected officials as we face an authoritarian and anti-democratic threat. We often would be better off supporting efforts outside of candidates and elected officials. Efforts such as the Houston Democracy Project!  Candidates suck up a lot of money that for the most part does not help build community or strengthen democracy.   

Elected officials are rarely fully reliable allies. A two party system where there is only one non-authoritarian option is not really a two party system. We must build our own infrastructure of care, self-protection, communication, ideas and action. We must be relentless in demanding the officials we support to all they can to drive turnout in Harris County in 2024 as we work to hold the county and defeat traitor Ted Cruz.  

At the same time, elections matter and many fine people do run for office. Lets encourage candidates who merit support and then hold them accountable after they are elected.    ​

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