Lubbock Left

I’m very pleased with how Election Night went tonight.

My Precinct Convention went smoothly — we had 3 attend and passed 2 resolutions and 4 delegates on to the County Convention. The Republican Precinct Convention in my Precinct had one lonely attendee. (I’ve been in that situation myself in my old precinct, but there was also only one Republican there at the time, so I consider it a tie.)

Local races went pretty much as I expected. Pam Brink will continue as Lubbock County Democratic Party Chair, thank goodness. On the Republican side, runoffs are where I expected them to be, and incumbents kept their place where I expected they would (and one judge that really needed to go, went).

My Predictions for the Republican State House District 83 and 84 runoffs: Jones and Frullo.

And remember, the race for Lubbock County Judge is not over yet. John Miller plans to run as an independent if he can get the signatures, and I believe he can.

Statewide, I’m not surprised that Perry got the GOP nod without a runoff, since he’s been playing to the Republican base for over a year with all kinds of outrageous stunts and sound bytes. For me, this is great news, because I think Bill White can mop the floor with Rick Perry in November.

Lastly, as of this writing, it looks like Hank Gilbert will win out over Kinky Friedman, which is a relief. We have a serious, strong ticket from top to bottom in 2010.

What are your thoughts about the outcome of Primary 2010?