Lina Hidalgo clinging to 1-pt lead against GOP's Alexandra del Moral Mealer (work, students)

[usc619]

Originally Posted by SanJac

There was no onslaught. Hidalgo won the mail-in vote, the early vote, and the same day vote.

It was the mail-in vote that gave her the cushion. She won that by 10K votes. The other two were virtual ties.

Her total victory was by 16K.

All I can say is the voters have spoken. Regardless if I agree with it or not, we must respect the process.

[SanJac]

Originally Posted by usc619

All I can say is the voters have spoken. Regardless if I agree with it or not, we must respect the process.

Of course. Like AASB said, Harris County is a blue county. The Democrats did just enough to win.

Keep in mind that Beto beat Abbott by 102K votes in Harris County. Hidalgo only won by 16K. I hope she got the message.

[As Above So Below...]

Originally Posted by SanJac

Of course. Like AASB said, Harris County is a blue county. The Democrats did just enough to win.

Keep in mind that Beto beat Abbott by 102K votes in Harris County. Hidalgo only won by 16K. I hope she got the message.

I hope Lina doesn't view this as a mandate. Rather that she also needs to take into consideration the concerns of those who didn't vote for her.

[oil capital]

Originally Posted by Dopo

That’s no coincidence,
Harris county is the county that has the most liberal voters in Texas
I call it = planned voter suppression

One location was opened 4 hours late because somebody couldn’t find a key
Another location, some judge said she couldn’t sign the voting certificates (I think that’s the name) because her hand was hurting
A county of 6 million people, more people than Louisiana, and all votes are counted in one location.
And the list goes on and on

And as usual, anything that affects liberals will be talked about in the news for one day

Are seriously suggesting that Harris County, which is under the control of Democrats, whose elections are run by Democrats, conspired to suppress the Democrat vote in Harris County?

[ParaguaneroSwag]

Originally Posted by oil capital

Are seriously suggesting that Harris County, which is under the control of Democrats, whose elections are run by Democrats, conspired to suppress the Democrat vote in Harris County?

I think that the Republican ran state officials and the Democratic ran local officials are both doing whatever they can to skew it their way.

[SanJac]

Originally Posted by oil capital

Are seriously suggesting that Harris County, which is under the control of Democrats, whose elections are run by Democrats, conspired to suppress the Democrat vote in Harris County?

I read it was Republican leaning polling places that ran out of paper in Harris County. I refuse to believe there was anything nefarious going on. I still have faith in our election officials.

[oil capital]

Originally Posted by ParaguaneroSwag

I think that the Republican ran state officials and the Democratic ran local officials are both doing whatever they can to skew it their way.

ummmm... No. The entire operation of voting machines/polling places, making sure they have keys to the machines, making sure they have sufficient paper, is run by county officials, which in Harris County means it is run by Democrats.

[ParaguaneroSwag]

Originally Posted by SanJac

I read it was Republican leaning polling places that ran out of paper in Harris County. I refuse to believe there was anything nefarious going on. I still have faith in our election officials.

There was definitely stuff going on. But it was from both sides

[oil capital]

Originally Posted by ParaguaneroSwag

There was definitely stuff going on. But it was from both sides

Again, Harris County elections are completely run by Democrats.

[houston-nomad]

Originally Posted by ParaguaneroSwag

There was definitely stuff going on. But it was from both sides

"stuff going on"
"from both sides"

Want to offer any clarification on either?