Which Democratic Candidates & Incumbents Took Part In The 2024 Harris County Campaign?

Here are Houston Democracy Project Blog Notes & Observations for November 4th. Election Day is tomorrow.

Election Day is tomorrow. Who are the elected officials and candidates who have shown up for us in the 2024 campaign?

One way to know is to look at the Harris County Democratic Party list of who has knocked doors in 2024.   

Texas House #150 candidate Brett Robinson is listed at 1185 doors knocked. That is 706 doors more than anyone else on the chart. Mr. Robinson has an uphill race. He's given that race all he has. Other legislative and Congressional candidates who have put in strong effort are TX. House #132 Chase West, TX. House #129 Doug Peterson, U.S. House #36 Dayna Steele, U.S. House #38 Melissa McDonough, TX. House #128 Chuck Crews & U.S. House #8 Laura Jones.   

This is just patriotic service to the nation and Texas from these candidates. All these candidates have challenging races and still they did the work.

Justice of the Peace Steve Duble is next with 479 doors. This merits notice because JP Duble is not on the ballot in '24. He showed up even though he did not have to take part. Judges Erika Ramirez, Leah Shapiro and Hilary Unger also knocked on many doors even though they are also not on the ballot. First class effort.   

The ten Democratic nominees for the Appellate Court seats have been working hard on the campaign trail. I've seen them at events, on social media & are on the door knocking list. Seven of the ten are the HCDP list for contributing in full or in part to the Victory Fund. This is the HCDP 's coordinated campaign effort for the full Harris County ticket. I don't know who of the ten have done more or less. But I want to acknowledge  Appellate Justice Meagan Hassan who I know strongly shares the view that all elected officials should be  active campaigners.             

Here are all the victory fund donors. Judges Jeralynn Manor, Kristen Hawkins & Fredericka Phillips are the only District Court incumbents who paid a full share. They did not have to pay up. But they did.

I've been told District Court Judge Michael Gomez has been helpful this year.     

Incumbent State Legislators who've been active/paid up are Representatives Christina Morales, Jon Rosenthal, Senfronia Thompson and Senator Molly Cook. Lauren Ashley Simmons who'll be elected on Tuesday to the Texas House has been a champion. Also active, in their ways, were Representatives Ann Johnson and Gene Wu.​

Countywide candidates Sean Teare, Annette Ramirez and sitting County Attorney Christian Menefee have been important parts of the Harris County Democratic campaign.       

My impression is that Lizzie Fletcher is the most helpful of the Congressional incumbents.

None of the ten Houston City Council Democrats have risen to the moment either in terms of informing the public of the risks of Republican electoral success in 2024, or in consistently being part of Campaign '24.          

This list is to best of my knowledge. I might well be leaving people out. I'm sure I am. I'm not inclined to praise of elected officials. They are rarely reliable allies. But we should extend credit where credit is due. If I missed someone, leave a comment or e-mail me at [email protected]

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