Constitutional Amendment Surprises
Since the election ended, I have been focusing most of my time breaking down legislative seats. Something I have noticed is that some districts had a huge disparity between the state and their constituents.
Before I go on, I should say that I work at Equality Texas and the organization given this information out for others to look at and use.
We have come to a simply conclusion. It is time to hold the legislature accountable!
As we move into the 2006 election cycle, we have the chance to make lasting change in
If one person in either the House or the Senate had voted against HJR 6, the statute would never have been on the November 8th ballot.
Some of the legislators who voted to put Amendment #2 on the ballot clearly do not represent the wishes of their constituents.
In districts across the state, elected officials did not represent the will of their constituents who support equality, fairness, and justice. As we look at the outcome of the November 8th election, a majority of Texans voted against amendment #2 and against inequality in districts represented by Terry Keel, Todd Baxter, Martha Wong, Dan Branch, and others.
.It is time for elected officials to support equality, justice and fairness for all Texans or to step aside in 2006.
Here are the interesting numbers so far:
| | For | % For | Against | % Against | Total Votes |
| HD 134- Wong ( R) | 4,396 | 46.08% | 5,143 | 53.92% | 9,539 |
| HD 102- Goolsby (R ) | 8,616 | 58.93% | 6,004 | 41.07% | 14,620 |
| HD 107- Keffer (R ) | 11,317 | 56.43% | 8,738 | 43.57% | 20,055 |
| HD 108- Branch (R ) | 6,376 | 41.09% | 9,140 | 58.91% | 15,516 |
| HD 114- Hartnett ( R) | 9,898 | 52.82% | 8,840 | 47.18% | 18,738 |
| HD 47- Keel ( R) | 12,267 | 47.73% | 13,433 | 52.27% | 25,700 |
| HD 48- Baxter ( R) | 10,914 | 42.80% | 14,585 | 57.20% | 25,499 |
| HD 121- Straus (R ) | 14,799 | 64.74% | 8,061 | 35.26% | 22,860 |
With the Primary season about to start this could be an indication how just how vulnerable some of these seats may be. Just a few seats will make a huge difference and seven seats already look more vulnerable than they once did.
posted by Matt Glazer @ 1:05 PM
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2 Comments:
Matt, it does not take a genius to realize that the people who elected these reps were obviously not the same ones that voted in the election for the constitutional amendment. We both know that most of these Reps are incredibly safe seats, stop propagandizing and making Texans feel like things are looking good for Democrats here in Texas. Things look shitty, and if we want to change things we need find one issue and HAMMER the Republicans on it. We also need DECENT candidates, no more of these John Courages, Tony Sanchezes, or Chris Bells... thanks
In some of these areas it the turnout was actually pretty close to an off year election turnout.
In other cases, historical analysis shows some interesting things. For example, Branch's seat went against Kerry (unlike the rest of Dallas county). So the one district that went against Kerry aldo went against the amendment.
The other seats were either highlighted because they have democratic opponents or are targetted seats.
As for finding one issue, which issue would you like to highlight? They are failing on a few. We have health insurance, education, small business expansion, and a couple dozen more. If you want to just pick one, then that seems fair, but you aren't going to win a race or a state on a single issue.
I moved back to Texas a little under a year ago to make this a blue state, and I am looking forward to doing just that (in the very near future).
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