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A couple of familiar faces in District C will likely square off again in Houston’s next City Council race, this time seeking an at-large seat...
District C rivals, Part 2
A couple of familiar faces in District C will likely square off again in Houston’s next City Council race, this time seeking an at-large seat.
Meyerland’s Brian Cweren and Braeswood Place resident George Hittner both indicated recently they have been weighing their political options and have set their sights on the at-large Position 4 to be vacated by term-limited Ron Green.
“I haven’t made a firm decision, but I’m leaning toward doing it,” said Cweren, an attorney. “Green has done a good job. It will be hard to fill his shoes.”
Hittner, also an attorney, who has been in Washington D.C. working for the Department of Labor, said he will return home “in the next couple of months” and make his decision before the end of the year.
“I am making phone calls and gathering support, should I decide to run,” Hittner said.
The pair of likely candidates. of course, will not be strangers to each other. Both opposed Councilwoman Anne Clutterbuck in a crowded field in 2005 that saw Hittner making it to a runoff ballot, trailing Clutterbuck by just 42 votes. Clutterbuck swept to victory in runoff with 58 percent of the vote.
The two local entries will likely not be the only candidates for Green’s seat. The mayor’s deputy of staff, who resides in south Houston has also expressed interest in the office.
The former Continental pilot has been part of Mayor Bill White’s team for six years.
His own polling is showing him with a 34-point lead over three Republican opponents, Chris Bell’s campaign boasted last week.
A Bell curve
Democrat Bell is seeking the District 17 State Senate seat vacated by Kyle Janek.
Some 400 eligible voters who said they were likely to cast ballots in the November special election were asked their pick, with 42 percent saying they were in Bell’s corner, and Republicans Joan Huffman at 8 percent, Austen Furse at 5 percent and Grant Harpold at 4 percent.
The candidate called the results “tremendously encouraging.”
Cooper and Secrest out of Virginia, a favorite of Democratic campaigns, conducted the poll.
Dogged determination
After reports that the children of Barack Obama were promised a dog come November — no matter what happens — the American Kennel Club set up website for Americans to offer a breed for the Democratic nominee’s family to consider.
The winner of the seven-week Obamapup Poll is: the Poodle.
More than 42,000 Americans cast ballots in the AKC’s “election.”
Republican nominee John McCain already has four dogs in his menagerie of 24 pets. That may account for why McCain is is reportedly leading Obama, at least among pet owners. A survey of pet owners showed that McCain was favored by 42 percent, compared to 37 percent who liked Obama.
From Examiner staff reports
District C rivals, Part 2
A couple of familiar faces in District C will likely square off again in Houston’s next City Council race, this time seeking an at-large seat.
Meyerland’s Brian Cweren and Braeswood Place resident George Hittner both indicated recently they have been weighing their political options and have set their sights on the at-large Position 4 to be vacated by term-limited Ron Green.
“I haven’t made a firm decision, but I’m leaning toward doing it,” said Cweren, an attorney. “Green has done a good job. It will be hard to fill his shoes.”
Hittner, also an attorney, who has been in Washington D.C. working for the Department of Labor, said he will return home “in the next couple of months” and make his decision before the end of the year.
“I am making phone calls and gathering support, should I decide to run,” Hittner said.
The pair of likely candidates. of course, will not be strangers to each other. Both opposed Councilwoman Anne Clutterbuck in a crowded field in 2005 that saw Hittner making it to a runoff ballot, trailing Clutterbuck by just 42 votes. Clutterbuck swept to victory in runoff with 58 percent of the vote.
The two local entries will likely not be the only candidates for Green’s seat. The mayor’s deputy of staff, who resides in south Houston has also expressed interest in the office.
The former Continental pilot has been part of Mayor Bill White’s team for six years.
His own polling is showing him with a 34-point lead over three Republican opponents, Chris Bell’s campaign boasted last week.
A Bell curve
Democrat Bell is seeking the District 17 State Senate seat vacated by Kyle Janek.
Some 400 eligible voters who said they were likely to cast ballots in the November special election were asked their pick, with 42 percent saying they were in Bell’s corner, and Republicans Joan Huffman at 8 percent, Austen Furse at 5 percent and Grant Harpold at 4 percent.
The candidate called the results “tremendously encouraging.”
Cooper and Secrest out of Virginia, a favorite of Democratic campaigns, conducted the poll.
Dogged determination
After reports that the children of Barack Obama were promised a dog come November — no matter what happens — the American Kennel Club set up website for Americans to offer a breed for the Democratic nominee’s family to consider.
The winner of the seven-week Obamapup Poll is: the Poodle.
More than 42,000 Americans cast ballots in the AKC’s “election.”
Republican nominee John McCain already has four dogs in his menagerie of 24 pets. That may account for why McCain is is reportedly leading Obama, at least among pet owners. A survey of pet owners showed that McCain was favored by 42 percent, compared to 37 percent who liked Obama.
From Examiner staff reports
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