In a historic win, Harris County Commissioner-Elect Lesley Briones defeated Republican incumbent Jack Cagle, making her the first woman and Latina to be elected as Precinct 4 County Commissioner. According to the latest voting count by the county elections,...
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo won her re-election bid with a narrow margin of 1.49 percent against Republican opponent Alexandra Mealer after a nail-biting vote count early Wednesday morning. According to the Harris County Elections office, Hidalgo defeated...
Over 1,800 Houstonians visited Imagen Venues Tuesday night to see gubernatorial candidate Beto O’ Rourke, Democratic Attorney General candidate Rochelle Garza, and Broadway star Lin-Manuel Miranda Get Out the Vote rally ahead of the November election. Although he’s a...
Houston met Hamilton yesterday when Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Grammy, Tony, and Emmy winner came into town to stump for multiple candidates. With less than three weeks to go before Election Day, candidates are pulling out all the stops to ensure robust turnout. Miranda...
Around 400 protesters gathered outside the University of Houston’s Student Center to protest against conservative commentator Matt Walsh’s public speaking event on Oct. 13. In addition to speaking, Walsh also previewed his latest Daily Wire documentary, “What is a...
Harris County political observers were left to scratch their heads this week when the Houston Chronicle announced their endorsement in the race for Harris County Judge, giving their nod to Republican Alexandra Del Moral Mealer. The political newcomer Mealer has padded...
700 Houstonians supported Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’ Rourke at Settegast Park in the Second Ward of Houston to rally around Latino voters and their top ballot issues of the November election. According to a recent poll by the Texas Politics Project,...
Vice President Kamala Harris visited Houston on Thursday, pushing people of faith to take action to defend democracy, and slammed Texas lawmakers’ abortion and voting policies. In front of a crowd of 2,000 attendees at the annual National Baptist Convention,...
“Those walls are already dry . . . .” Five years ago, I heard this repeatedly on the doorsteps of seniors I was visiting after Harvey hit when I asked them what they were going to do about their floodwater-soiled walls and sheetrock. In the immediate aftermath...