Comments on: City Politics and Partisanship http://nancysims.com/cityofhouston/city-politics-and-partisanship/ by Nancy Sims. Parent, Public Relations, Professor, Pundit, Ponderer. Thoughts about my world. Fri, 16 Nov 2018 18:44:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 By: James http://nancysims.com/cityofhouston/city-politics-and-partisanship/comment-page-1/#comment-3822 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:06:20 +0000 http://nancysims.com/?p=453#comment-3822 Christie lost the 2009 runoff to Jones by 1,500 votes. That runoff featured a mayor race, which your post implies would have had the effect of increasing turnout, which have been more Dem oriented. One of the mayor candidates was an African-American, Gene Locke (your post implies that that should have produced more votes for Jones). Both of the mayor candidates were Dems (your post implies that means Reps would NOT have turned out). All of that would appear to produce a very hostile runoff environment for an Anglo Rep like Christie. But he lost by a mere 1,500 votes. I would submit that 2011 is far less hostile for Mr. Christie vs. Jones in a runoff.

Also, it is not “odd” at all that Bill White endorsed Christie. Unlike 95% of politicians, White is able to be non-partisan, just as Christie was when he headed the State School Board. Read White’s endorsement letter. It explains exactly why his endorsement is in no way “odd.”

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