Dec. 14th? Who chose it to be on a Saturday?
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It levels the playing field between the gainfully employed and vunerables.
"[When I was a kid,] I wanted to be a pirate. Thank God no one took me seriously and scheduled me for eye removal and peg leg surgery."- Bill Maher
Unfortunately the truly gainfully employed typically have no problem slipping away for 30 minutes to go vote. The employed vunnables don't have that luxury in many cases.Mr. AGSPRT04 said:
It levels the playing field between the gainfully employed and vunerables.
If only the communities annexed by Houston in the last 30 years would show up to vote...
Like 50 percent turnout. Like Kingwood.
Like 50 percent turnout. Like Kingwood.
Mr. AGSPRT04 said:
vunerables
I'll be voting as will my in-laws. A lot of Buzbee signs in my area and quite a few King signs, but have only seen 1 Turner sign.Mas89 said:
If only the communities annexed by Houston in the last 30 years would show up to vote...
Like 50 percent turnout. Like Kingwood.
The church buses are going to be busy that Saturday.
This may be a dumb question, but is there early voting for the runoff? I can't find info anywhere other than the 12/14 date.
Received an email regarding a fundraiser for one of the candidates that reminded me the contribution clock has reset since this is considered a new election. It is almost like they intentionally have a runoff to expand their bank accounts.
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FIFYTom Hagen said:
ThechurchMETRO buses are going to be busy that Saturday.
Found out that there will be early voting I think something Like December 2-10th?? So that's good for those of us out of town on Saturday the 14th. I'm hoping the Buzbee/King folks unite completely and bring along a few extras, to put Sly out of a job..
Turner got 47% of the vote in the general buzbee only got 28%. Does anyone seriously think buzbee stands any chance in the runoff?
Buzbee will get all of the King, Boykins, et. al. votes. Basically just anti-Turner votes.ChemAg15 said:
Turner got 47% of the vote in the general buzbee only got 28%. Does anyone seriously think buzbee stands any chance in the runoff?
I'll grant you Buzbee takes all of King's votes that show up, but I doubt that translates 1-for-1 when it comes to Boykins. But even so, Buzbee still falls short if turnout is the same. Where does the last 2% for Buzbee come from?
Sylvester Turner 46.87%
Tony Buzbee 28.36%
Bill King 13.81%
Dwight Boykins 6.05%
Victoria Romero 1.21%
Sue Lovell 1.20%
Demetria Smith 0.71%
Roy J. Vasquez 0.64%
Kendall Baker 0.41%
Derrick Broze 0.28%
J. T. Taylor 0.23%
Naoufal Houjami 0.23%
Turner needs <4% and he is going to pick up Victoria Romero, Sue Lovell, Demetria Smith, etc. voters. Buzbee's only path to victory is greater turnout for the runoff from his bases of support. Unfortunately for him, I suspect there will be more disaffected Bill King and Boykin voters staying home for the runoff than potential Turner voters. Regardless, I predict a very tight race.
Sylvester Turner 46.87%
Tony Buzbee 28.36%
Bill King 13.81%
Dwight Boykins 6.05%
Victoria Romero 1.21%
Sue Lovell 1.20%
Demetria Smith 0.71%
Roy J. Vasquez 0.64%
Kendall Baker 0.41%
Derrick Broze 0.28%
J. T. Taylor 0.23%
Naoufal Houjami 0.23%
Turner needs <4% and he is going to pick up Victoria Romero, Sue Lovell, Demetria Smith, etc. voters. Buzbee's only path to victory is greater turnout for the runoff from his bases of support. Unfortunately for him, I suspect there will be more disaffected Bill King and Boykin voters staying home for the runoff than potential Turner voters. Regardless, I predict a very tight race.
"[When I was a kid,] I wanted to be a pirate. Thank God no one took me seriously and scheduled me for eye removal and peg leg surgery."- Bill Maher
The FFs will vote for Buzbee as will all of their supporters, I imagine that will translate to a closer race than most of the past.Mr. AGSPRT04 said:
I'll grant you Buzbee takes all of King's votes that show up, and all anti-Turner votes, but I doubt that translates 1-for-1 when it comes to Boykins. But even so, Buzbee still falls short if turnout is the the same. Where does the last 2% come from?
Turner is going to pick up Victoria Romero, Sue Lovell, Demetria Smith, etc. voters. Buzbee's only path to victory is greater turnout for the runoff from his bases of support. Unfortunately for him, I suspect there will be more disaffected Bill King and Boykin voters staying home for the runoff than potential Turner voters. Regardless, I predict a very tight race.
Maybe. That's still primarily Boykins voters though.
"[When I was a kid,] I wanted to be a pirate. Thank God no one took me seriously and scheduled me for eye removal and peg leg surgery."- Bill Maher
Interestingly,
48,000 less people voted in the runoff than general in 2015
16,000 less voters in general in 2019 than 2015
Turner got more votes in this general than he did last runoff.
Hope I'm wrong, but don't see a path to
Victory for Buzbee
48,000 less people voted in the runoff than general in 2015
16,000 less voters in general in 2019 than 2015
Turner got more votes in this general than he did last runoff.
Hope I'm wrong, but don't see a path to
Victory for Buzbee
I don't think you're wrong. History is not on the side of the challenger. But we'll see. That's why they play the game.
I bet tony Didn't really wanna deal with the CoH cesspool and firefighter pension mess anyway. He has probably elevated the quality of his call girl game though. That's something.
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Tony promised a bombshell. Don't think the airport intern/fluffer was all he had. Hopefully he has a nuke up his sleeve and will drop it soon.
Judging from his Instagram, pretty sure he's dating some 20 something Houston socialite.Shife said:
I bet tony Didn't really wanna deal with the CoH cesspool and firefighter pension mess anyway. He has probably elevated the quality of his call girl game though. That's something.
She just graduated from SMU, according to my stalking.
I bet she gives good helmet...Body By Fisher said:
She just graduated from SMU, according to my stalking.
i'm guessing by her last name her family comes from some $$$
how quick will she ghost him for a pooping raghead prince when he loses?IrishTxAggie said:Judging from his Instagram, pretty sure he's dating some 20 something Houston socialite.Shife said:
I bet tony Didn't really wanna deal with the CoH cesspool and firefighter pension mess anyway. He has probably elevated the quality of his call girl game though. That's something.
sts7049 said:
i'm guessing by her last name her family comes from some $$$
Yeah, I think she is one of those. Though I don't know if they have like major and cadet branches. But I did see a picture of her posing in front of Moody arena or whatever at Smoo. There's probably enough crazy in that family to make Buzbee seem like a standard fling.
I thought this thread was actually going be about the runoff till y'all decided Buzbee's gf was important.
Who cares who his side piece is this week. I care if Buzbee can beat Turner. Go gossip in another thread.
Who cares who his side piece is this week. I care if Buzbee can beat Turner. Go gossip in another thread.
you sound like a fun person.Zemira said:
I thought this thread was actually going be about the runoff till y'all decided Buzbee's gf was important.
Who cares who his side piece is this week. I care if Buzbee can beat Turner. Go gossip in another thread.
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many years ago she missed a nap. Still bitter.BMX Bandit said:you sound like a fun person.Zemira said:
I thought this thread was actually going be about the runoff till y'all decided Buzbee's gf was important.
Who cares who his side piece is this week. I care if Buzbee can beat Turner. Go gossip in another thread.
We need pics of this girlfriend.
Zemira said:
I thought this thread was actually going be about the runoff till y'all decided Buzbee's gf was important.
Who cares who his side piece is this week. I care if Buzbee can beat Turner. Go gossip in another thread.
Welcome to the Tine board. Feel free to visit the East Texas board as well.
I apologize for being cranky last night. Gossip away.BMX Bandit said:you sound like a fun person.Zemira said:
I thought this thread was actually going be about the runoff till y'all decided Buzbee's gf was important.
Who cares who his side piece is this week. I care if Buzbee can beat Turner. Go gossip in another thread.
It's actually fairly tame these days. But y'all do gossip a lot.
I don't think there are too many in that family. She's 26 so she's probably got a trust fund at least.Body By Fisher said:sts7049 said:
i'm guessing by her last name her family comes from some $$$
Yeah, I think she is one of those. Though I don't know if they have like major and cadet branches. But I did see a picture of her posing in front of Moody arena or whatever at Smoo. There's probably enough crazy in that family to make Buzbee seem like a standard fling.
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