Inbox: statement from Stop #Houston Murders PAC.
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While every soft-on-crime judge didn’t lose, we made inroads, helping to defeat some Democrat judges.”
Interestingly, there were a few GOP challengers who appear to have won: Tami Pierce has 50.06% over DaSean Jones for the 180th criminal district court.
Kristin Guiney holds 50.21% over Gemayel Haynes for the 183rd, and GOP candidates hold leads in county criminal courts 2, 3, and 14.
A few felony court judges who've been much in the news for awarding bonds to repeat violent offenders have won: Chris Morton, Josh Hill, & Hilary Unger.
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Happening now: Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo to deliver speech at HC Democratic Party HQ after narrowly winning 2nd term. #Houston#HarrisCounty#Texas#Election2022
Notes that the plaintiff (Texas Organizing Project) is basing TRO request on only 12 of the 782 polling locations in the county setting up challenge for whole county's election.
Latest: at least 12 locations in #HarrisCounty#Houston are out of paper needed to print ballots. Some have been waiting for hours for paper & turning voters away. #Election2022
I really did not think a tweet thread would be necessary today, but...
One person has died after being electrocuted, but not many details available yet:
🧵Thread on the gaslighting taking place regarding @TXsecofstate Forensic Audit Division (FAD) letter to #HarrisCounty Elections Administrator Clifford Tatum in #Houston.
1/16
The 15-page letter w/docs was sent Tuesday, but someone leaked it to a reporter who then posted 2 pages and misled the public about its full contents. That person instead focused on the Texas Secretary of State sending the inspectors to Harris County, but...
2/16
Per a 1997 state law, the SOS is required to send inspectors to any county upon the request of 15 or more voters and has been sending them to Harris County, the state’s most populous, and many others for years.