Election report from Houston
Connie Clark
austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
Thu Mar 11 08:20:02 2004
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Michael Eisenstadt <michaele@ando.pair.com> wrote:Good news that Doggett won the Democratic nomination
yesterday and won big.
Alas, my congressman, also on the hit-list, did not make it. A black won (Al Green, formerly something in the NAACP). My precinct was redistricted out of Chris Bell's Congressional District, so I could not vote for him, and I heard that the race was devisive and racial in tone.
Ron Wilson, former aid to Mickey Leland, and State Rep for 27 years, lost his primary bid. He was the A-A Democrat that did not join the redistricting shuffle to Ok and NM, saying that the Repubs have it anyway, so why fight them, and we'll get more black representation. His constituency was really pissed at him. Maybe it had something to do with his Lamborghini.
Another note: 36% of the delegates to our precinct convention signed in for Kucinich, the rest were Kerry. I was surprised that my activist neighbors were so liberal.
Connie
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<DIV><STRONG><EM>Michael Eisenstadt <michaele@ando.pair.com></EM></STRONG> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Good news that Doggett won the Democratic nomination <BR>yesterday and won big.<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>Alas, my congressman, also on the hit-list, did not make it. A black won (Al Green, formerly something in the NAACP). My precinct was redistricted out of Chris Bell's Congressional District, so I could not vote for him, and I heard that the race was devisive and racial in tone.</DIV>
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<DIV>Ron Wilson, former aid to Mickey Leland, and State Rep for 27 years, lost his primary bid. He was the A-A Democrat that did not join the redistricting shuffle to Ok and NM, saying that the Repubs have it anyway, so why fight them, and we'll get more black representation. His constituency was really pissed at him. Maybe it had something to do with his Lamborghini.</DIV>
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<DIV>Another note: 36% of the delegates to our precinct convention signed in for Kucinich, the rest were Kerry. I was surprised that my activist neighbors were so liberal.</DIV>
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<DIV>Connie</DIV>
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