Bay Area Houston

It’s a good question and I don’t have any answers. Yet.

BTW. This has nothing to do with the qualifications of Judge Elect Erica Hughes. Her qualifications are impressive. Take a moment and read them. But the question remains “Why in the hell would anyone recruit and finance someone to challenge a great Democratic Judge who has served the Courts and the County honorably?”. Seriously there are judges who NEED to be challenged. Judge Engelhart was not one of them.

So, who recruited Ms Hughes? Who funded her campaign? According to her campaign finance reports it is clear she must have had help. It is very difficult to search the Texas Ethics Commission for organizations or donors that support candidates. There is no search function titled “Who supported [fill in the blank] and I don’t have a clue on how to start that type of search, but I do know this. Hughes must have had help.

According to her campaign finance reports Hughes only spent $23,125. Her largest expenditures was for signs $2641, and for mailers to the Houston Black American Democrats for $1750. She spent $5282 on fees, food, and fundraisers as well as $240 for hair and makeup. She also spent $4300 for poll workers. (which by the way, statistically, is NOT a great investment)

Hughes raised $55,000 with $38,000 coming from $1000 donations or more from about 26 donors. This includes $4100 for legal fees.

Democrats need to have a difficult conversation about what happened this past Tuesday. Judge Engelhart is a fantastic individual, a great Judge, and an asset to the community and our party. We did not deserve this.

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