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Schechter says she’s ‘considering’ run for Houston council
By CHARLOTTE AGUILAR
Former Harris County Democratic Party Chief Sue Schechter confirmed Tuesday night (Jan. 6) that she is considering a run for Houston’s At-Large Position 1 City Council seat this year.
The seat has been held for two terms by Peter Brown, who has had a support committee operating for a year to raise money and garner endorsements in a possible bid to become Houston’s mayor.
“We don’t even know if Peter Brown is going to run,” said Schechter, “so it’s not clear whether there’s even a seat available.”
David Mincberg, another former county Democratic chair and recent unsuccessful candidate for county judge, is the driving force behind her candidacy, Schechter told the Examiner.
Mincberg, in fact, sent out an ebullient e-mail to Democratic activists Tuesday afternoon saying he had met Schechter for lunch earlier in the day and urged her to run, promising to serve as her campaign manager.
“Sue would be an outstanding candidate and an even more outstanding City Council member,” Mincberg wrote.
He urged recipients to e-mail, call or text her.
“My phone started ringing off the hook so furiously, I was sure someone had died,” Schechter said. She said callers are “pretty much unanimous” in supporting her candidacy.
She said she had put in a call to Brown to discuss his plans.
Schechter is an attorney by profession and served as state representative in southwest Houston’s District 134 for two terms, 1991-’95, before stepping down and taking on the party chair position.
More recently, she managed Democrat Rick Noriega’s U.S. Senate primary campaign and briefly served as interim president of the Greater Southwest Houston Chamber of Commerce. She left that position when Hurricane Ike dealt serious damage both to the Chamber office and to her home in the Hermann Park/Medical Center area.
The residence is repaired now, and she said she’s been “looking for the right challenge.”
The seat has been held for two terms by Peter Brown, who has had a support committee operating for a year to raise money and garner endorsements in a possible bid to become Houston’s mayor.
“We don’t even know if Peter Brown is going to run,” said Schechter, “so it’s not clear whether there’s even a seat available.”
David Mincberg, another former county Democratic chair and recent unsuccessful candidate for county judge, is the driving force behind her candidacy, Schechter told the Examiner.
Mincberg, in fact, sent out an ebullient e-mail to Democratic activists Tuesday afternoon saying he had met Schechter for lunch earlier in the day and urged her to run, promising to serve as her campaign manager.
“Sue would be an outstanding candidate and an even more outstanding City Council member,” Mincberg wrote.
He urged recipients to e-mail, call or text her.
“My phone started ringing off the hook so furiously, I was sure someone had died,” Schechter said. She said callers are “pretty much unanimous” in supporting her candidacy.
She said she had put in a call to Brown to discuss his plans.
Schechter is an attorney by profession and served as state representative in southwest Houston’s District 134 for two terms, 1991-’95, before stepping down and taking on the party chair position.
More recently, she managed Democrat Rick Noriega’s U.S. Senate primary campaign and briefly served as interim president of the Greater Southwest Houston Chamber of Commerce. She left that position when Hurricane Ike dealt serious damage both to the Chamber office and to her home in the Hermann Park/Medical Center area.
The residence is repaired now, and she said she’s been “looking for the right challenge.”
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