Election Night 2014
Join us Tuesday on Election Night 2014Our coverage begins at 7 pm, with updates on local, statewide and national races from the Houston Public Media news team and NPR, plus analysis from Houston Matters host Craig Cohen.
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Brandon, how conservative of a lieutenant governor do you think Dan Patrick will be? We're just now receiving a statement from him saying "today Texas voters sent a powerful message to the rest of the country – the liberal, Washington-style agenda my opponent so proudly boasted simply has no place in Texas." -
Another update for our election story, includes details on bonds and extent of Harris County GOP sweep.
GOP win big statewide, expect to do the same in Harris County
Houston ChronicleGreg Abbott for governor, Dan Patrick for lieutenant governor and Ken Paxton for attorney general, George P. Bush for land commissioner and Glenn Hegar for controller. Floor space filled quickly, with supporters in sport jackets and party dresses mingling alongside others in cowboy hats and T-shirts with slogans like "Keep it Right, Keep it Red." The defeat was pronounced for Wendy Davis, the North Texas state senator, in her long-shot bid to defeat Abbott, the sitting attorney general, in the race to succeed Gov. Rick Perry. In the race for lieutenant governor's race, Democrat Leticia Van de Putte, a longtime state senator from San Antonio, thanked her supporters and congratulated Patrick, a state senator from Houston since 2007, in a news release shortly after the Associated Press called that and other races. Harris County GOP chairman Paul Simpson said his party's expected sweep indicated the state's largest county was solidly Republican without threat of swinging Democratic some years. Simpson, darting to various victory parties, said that after election night Republican leaders must turn their attention to the White House. Republican Paul Bettencourt, vying for Dan Patrick's open state Senate seat, expressed confidence early, bolstered by a large margin in early vote tallies. Early voting in Harris and Fort Bend counties showed the controversial $748 million Katy Independent School District bond issue leading. In most areas of the city, clouds failed to deliver on their threat of rain as voters visited more than 1,000 polling sites. At Harris County Democratic Party headquarters, where a light crowd munched pizza and barbecue to a backdrop of red, white and blue balloons tied to tables covered in blue cloths, county clerk candidate Ann Harris Bennett told the gathering to be optimistic. -
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TX GOP sweeps statewide elections, extending winning streak to 24 yrs; most Houston incumbents in good shape-chron.com/news/houston-t… #txvotesby Brian M. Rosenthal via twitter 11/5/2014 2:54:55 AM -
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Nationally, voters aren't happy with anyone.
Exit poll: Party leaders a drag on both sides
Houston ChronicleWASHINGTON (AP) â" Republican and Democratic candidates alike had to overcome voters' displeasure with their party leaders Tuesday as glum Americans expressed little faith that either side could get the U.S. back on course. More than a third of those who voted for a Republican House candidate were dissatisfied or angry with GOP leaders in Congress, according to preliminary exit polls. Voters' biggest concern is still the economy, the surveys of people leaving polling places showed, six years after the 2008 financial crisis helped propel Obama to his first term in office. Preliminary poll results show voters embracing some Republican ideas. Nearly two-thirds think the U.S. economic system favors the wealthy, a common theme among Democratic candidates. Two issues that have dominated headlines and unsettled Americans â" the Ebola virus and the Islamic State militant group â" looked like a wash. About half of voters disapproved of the federal government's response to the arrival of Ebola in the United States. On the economy, the direction the country's headed and life in general, the majority who took the pessimistic view was more likely to vote for Republican congressional candidates, while optimists strongly favored Democrats. Nearly 8 in 10 disapprove of the way Congress, currently divided between Republicans and Democrats, is doing its job, according to preliminary exit polls. -
HARRIS COUNTY DA w/ 30% precincts reporting: Republican @DADevonAnderson 26K-vote lead at 53% v. Democrat @kimoggforda 47% #txvotesby Houston Chronicle via twitter 11/5/2014 2:59:33 AM
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New Harris County update posted online w/ 30% of precincts reporting harrisvotes.com/ElectionNight/… #txvotesby Houston Chronicle via twitter 11/5/2014 2:59:39 AM
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Here at @DanPatrick HQ, the mood is subdued. Very few people surprised. Thought that win always in the cards, and now it's real. #txvotesby Teddy Schleifer via twitter 11/5/2014 3:00:24 AM -
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The latest Bush to take office: George P Bush, son of Jeb, grandson of George HW Bush 41 #txvote http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1pVtAaIAAAG92R.jpg
by Laura Isensee via twitter 11/5/2014 3:03:15 AM -
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CORRECTION in #TXHouse137 — Democrat @GeneforTexas Wu has been ahead all night against Morad @fikifortexas; Wu now has 1K-vote lead #txvotesby Houston Chronicle via twitter 11/5/2014 3:04:54 AM
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Democrat @LeticiaVDP says she called Republican @DanPatrick a few minutes ago to concede the race for Texas lieutenant governor. #txvotesby Brian M. Rosenthal via twitter 11/5/2014 3:05:05 AM
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.@LeticiaVDP is conceding the race for TX lieutenant governor. Follow @DavidSRauf for updates, watch here: click2houston.com/news/voters-se… #txvotesby Brian M. Rosenthal via twitter 11/5/2014 3:05:29 AM
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.@GovernorPerry takes stage at GOP victory party, calls it a "little bittersweet for me" #txvoteby Laura Isensee via twitter 11/5/2014 3:06:01 AM
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New numbers in Harris County elections w/ more than half of precincts reporting harrisvotes.com/ElectionNight/… @HarrisVotes #txvotesby Houston Chronicle via twitter 11/5/2014 3:29:45 AM
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More Election Day returns for Fort Bend County are in! 22 of 143 precincts reported. No big changes results.enr.clarityelections.com/TX/Fort_Bend/5… #txvotes #fbvotesby Jayme Fraser via twitter 11/5/2014 3:30:05 AM -
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Education and politics: Sen Ted Cruz says need to repeal the Common Core #txvote #edpoliticsby Laura Isensee via twitter 11/5/2014 3:30:25 AM
