As of today there are 3 candidates who have filed to challenge Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo. The first campaign finance reports dropped yesterday. You can find the reports here. The County doesn’t make it easy to review the filings. I have summarized the numbers below.
Judge Lina Hidalgo Hidalgo raised $30,339, spent $141,460, has an outstanding loan balance of $51,400 and has a Cash On Hand (COH) total of $600,492. The COH includes a refund from various legal organizations of over $650,000. Most of her donations are small with a few at $5000.
Former Mayor Annise Parker (Democrat) Annise Parker has one of the best resumes of the bunch. She was Mayor of Houston for two terms, Controller, and a City Council Member. She has raised $96,105, spent $9,793, and has a COH of $92,755 with no outstanding loans. $40,000 came from 3 donors.
City Council Member Leticia Plummer Plummer has not filed a report for this period.
Mayor of Piney Point Aliza Dutt (Republican) Dutt is the Mayor of Piney Point Village, population 3128. She raised $132,500, spent $2337, and has a COH of $246,662 which includes a personal loan of $118,200. She has quite a number of large donations with $60,000 coming from 6 donors of $10,000 each. The Chronicle has more details.
(You can find Campaign Finance Reports at the Texas Ethics Commission’s website.)
This is getting old. He bought his House seat. He bought his Senate seat. Now he is trying to buy the Attorney General seat. He is the Oligarch of Texas politics.
Bay Area’s Senator Money Mayes Middleton is running for Texas Attorney General and he is doing exactly what he did to win his State Representative seat and his State Senate seat, self funding his campaign. According to his report Middleton has a $10 MILLION loan to himself along with a meager fundraising total of $166,308.
When he ran for his Senate seat he raised $1,685,523 with $1.6 MILLION coming from Money Mayes himself leaving just over $35,000 coming from political suckers or those who are trying to suck up to Mayes for favors. When he ran for the House he raised $3.2 MILLION, with $2.4 MILLION coming from his own pocket. He won 56-43. His opponent raised $4000. Now he vowed to use $10 MILLION of his money to buy the AGs office.
$140,662 of the remainder of his fundraising totaling $166,308 came from 15 individuals/PACs giving $5000 or more. You can see the list below.
After 10 years sitting on the Insurance Committee in the Texas House Dennis Paul is moving on to run for the Texas Senate. Like his fundraising for State Representative his fundraising for State Senate isn’t impressive. His acceptance of $5000 from the PAC of Independent Insurance Agents of TX is troubling.
During this last period Paul raised $132,300, most of it coming from out of the district. 92% of all his donations, $121,750, came from out of the district including $12,000 from California, Washington DC and Georgia leaving only 8% coming from his constituents. 58% of his donations, $76,250, came from PACs. His largest contribution, $25,000, came from the Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC which works to limit the rights of consumers. The complete list of donors are below:
After 6 years of controversy on the CCISD School Board ending in a much deserved ass kicking, Bowen has filed to run for State Representative for the Bay Area. Today was his first campaign finance report for this seat.
Bowen raised $30,182, spent $6,605, has a Cash on Hand of $48,576. As with his CCISD campaign he loaned himself $25,000. Of the $30,182 raised, $18,664 was donated by just 10 people giving $1000 or more. Of the $30,182, $26,592 came from outside of the district.
Some notable donations include $2,500 from League City Mayor Nick Long, failed candidate for State Representative Thomas McNutt gave $5,000. McNutt lives in Corsicana. Christopher Russo gave $1041.02. As was posted before:
Chris Russo. (More on Chris below) Director of Texans for Strong Borders. Was seen chauffeuring Fuentes to and from the meeting at Pale Horse Strategies this month. Multiple people, who asked not to be named to avoid drawing the attention of white nationalists, told the Tribune that Russo has ties to Fuentes’ so-called “groyper” movement.
Missing from his list of donors is Senator Money Mayes Middleton. Here is a list of all his donations for this period:
LOL. Just like Ken Paxton and his mistress, I nailed it.
Yesterday I said “if anyone thinks his divorce, or his mistress, or his impeachment, or his indictments make him unfit for his office or for the nomination for Senate they need to think. Again” and sure enough from the Houston Chronicle this morning a comment from the former Texas Republic Party Chair:
“I’m a Catholic and I don’t believe in divorce,” Rinaldi said. “But I think the political climate we’re in right now is one where Christians, conservatives believe they’re in an existential battle for their country, and I think in this battle, they’re choosing the candidates time and time again that will help them win this fight for the values of America.”
He continued “As a devout conservative Catholic I must put aside my christian values concerning adultery, f*cking a porn star, paying her off, and being convicted for it, stealing secret documents, stealing from veterans, lying, cheating, dehumanizing Mexicans, separating children from their mothers, mocking the disabled, making racist comments, inciting a riot on our Capitol, pardoning those who stormed our Capitol, spreading false information about COVID, ignoring judges orders, and pardoning child sex offenders.”
Ok, that last part he didn’t say out loud. Republican “Christians” are truly fucked up people. They will flock to the fucker and nominate him to represent the State of Texas in the United States Senate. This is who they are.
“As a conservative republican I think Paxton getting a divorce because he was caught screwing a hot blonde chick makes him even more worthy of my vote.”
Ok. I made that up but if anyone thinks his divorce, or his mistress, or his impeachment, or his indictments make him unfit for his office or for the nomination for Senate they need to think. Again. Republicans consider these to be badges of honor. Paxton is just following the values set by Trump and his party and he will be rewarded in March 2026.
Senator John Cornyn was direct in his criticism of the situation: “The sanctity of marriage is a pillar of our republican conservative values. Anyone who violates this should never be considered for higher office.”
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is dropping his appeal of a $6.7 million judgment for four whistleblowers who were fired after they reported him to the FBI for alleged corruption.
Last year Texas Attorney General settled a whistleblower case against him for about $3 Million. He expected the taxpayers to pay the bill but the Texas House had questions and demanded answers. They investigated and released a pretty damning report that led to his impeachment with an overwhelming vote against him. You can read the CliffNotes of the report here. Take a minute. It really is bad including his affair.
Paxton’s mistress
The republican cowards in the Senate, except for one, let him off the hook but they still didn’t pay the $3M settlement so it went back to trial. The 4 whistleblowers were awarded $6.7M over twice the previous amount. Paxton has dropped the appeal.
And guess what suckers have to pay the $6.7M? You guessed it. This settlement and his love affair should solidify his election in the Republic Party primary for Senate.
Garrett W. Fulce of Sugar Land hosts “Seeing Red,” a right wing podcast. He claims he is a conservative and is not very happy about Fort Bend Judge KP George announcement about switching to the Republic Party. Fulce wrote an op-ed in the Houston Chronicle titled “KP George needs to say the magic words: ‘I resign'”. It’s a short, funny read. From the OP-ED:
Rejecting George as a Republican isn’t about ideology. It’s about character. George’s party affiliation may have changed, but his character remains consistent: self-serving, manipulative, and deceitful.
Yeah. Right. “self-serving, manipulative, and deceitful” sounds like someone else who is the leader of the GOP. Anyone in the republic party speaking out against KP George is like Osama bin Laden speaking out against terrorism. Give us a break. That in itself is “self-serving, manipulative, and deceitful”.
KP George is the Fort Bend Judge and has been caught up in multiple serious controversies leading to a number of indictments and the Democratic Party calling for his resignation. Instead of resigning KP switched to a party that would welcome him and they did. Why not? Their great leader is a convicted lying, cheating, self-serving, manipulative, and deceitful, felon. Their Texas AG was impeached by an overwhelming number of republicans in the House. They are worshipping convicted felons who stormed the capitol on January 6 some who beat law enforcement. They have no respect for the rule of law or decisions by judges. To them “Law and Order” is the new LOL.
The GOP is the Gang of Phelons and KP George has found a new welcoming home. Good luck and don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
FILE PHOTO: ear gas is released into a crowd of protesters, with one wielding a Confederate battle flag that reads “Come and Take It,” during clashes with Capitol police at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
The Attorney General of Hawaii has filed charges against HCDE Trustee Eric Dick for the unauthorized practice of law. The four charges concern the devastating fires in Maui back in 2023. Hawaii News Now reported on the allegations at that time. You can read the complaint here. As I said a few months ago:
This Ethics Commission investigation involves City Council Member Nan Huffman, Tony Buzbee, The Houston Hispanic PAC, The Harris Progressive PAC and an unknown candidate for office, Enyinna Isiguzo. The Houston Chronicle wrote a detailed article prior to the election.
Background During the city election of 2023 Buzbee, Huffman, and Isiguzo ran for City Council District G, the River Oaks area. Isiguzo had no money, no background, and no business running, but he did. Someone sent out glossy mailers supporting him. Other mailers attacked Huffman in an attempt to draw enough votes away from her. Isiguzo drew 11% of the vote and forced a runoff which Huffman later won. An ethics complaint was filed and the Texas Ethics Commission investigated and assess a fine of $12,500.
Who sent the mailers? The mailers were printed by Long Printing and paid for by the Houston Hispanic PAC and the Harris County Progressive PAC. Neither PAC filed with the Texas Ethics Commission. They spent over $29,000 on the mailers. An ethics complaint was filed and the registered agent was fined $12,500. The mailers also had a fake Union logo which could lead to a fine of up to $10,000.Falsifying a union label is consider a breach of federal trademark registration and copyright, according to the Houston Chronicle.
Falsifying a union label is considered a breach of the federal trademark registration and copyright laws, said Oscar Lopez, president of Houston’s Printing, Packaging, Production Workers Union Local Chapter 4535M.
Who is the Houston Hispanic PAC and the Harris County Progressive PAC The HHPAC was created in 2016 according to the Secretary of State. I found no information about the Harris County Progressive PAC. Both are not registered with the Texas Ethics Commission. Neither have any association with the Harris County Democratic Party. Isiguzo ran as the “progressive” candidate in the deep red district.
Who is Daysi Marin? Daysi Marin is the registered agent of the HHPAC and is good friends with Gilbert Garcia. Garcia ran for Mayor in 2023. He was also the treasurer for Tony Buzbee. Marin has been featured on Garcia’s talk show in the past. Marin was the Vice President of the Texas Democratic Women’s organization but was removed from her position. According to the TEC, Marin ignored the Ethics Commission’s complaint. She did not respond to the complaint and failed to attend the informal or formal hearings. The hearing video concerning this complaint is available here starting at 3:50:22. In short, she ignored the complaint, she hindered the investigation, and the TEC fined her $12,500. You can read all of the details in the Order and Agreed Resolution here.
Who is Enyinna Isiguzo? Good question. Little is known about Enyinna. A google search reveals little. His campaign finance reports shows he spent just $150 of his own money. Buzbee spent millions in his losing effort while Huffman spent a couple hundred thousand. His treasurer was Heather Riley of Houston. According to the Chronicle he knew nothing about the expenditures in his favor.
“I don’t even know who those people are,” Isiguzo said. “I would definitely like to find out who paid for that, too, because they didn’t tell me anything.”
Conclusion I am sure everyone can connect the dots between Marin, Garcia and Buzbee. Marin will probably never pay the $12,5000 fine just like Harris County Department of Education Trustee, Eric Dick. The Texas AG will write a sternly written letter threatening legal action and then will do nothing. The TEC does not have enforcement authority so this will be just another of many unpaid fines. The entire event almost succeeded and could lay the foundation for others interested in swaying an election.
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