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Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2019)

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2019 Harris County elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: August 19, 2019
General election: November 5, 2019
Runoff election: December 14, 2019
Election stats
Offices up: Houston Community College Board of Trustees
Total seats up: 3
Election type: Nonpartisan
Other municipal elections
U.S. municipal elections, 2019

Harris County, Texas, held general elections for three community college board seats on November 5, 2019. A runoff election was scheduled for December 14, 2019. The filing deadline for this election was August 19, 2019.

Elections

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Candidates and results

Houston Community College Board of Trustees general runoff

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Candidates
District II

Kathleen Lynch-Gunter 
Green check mark transparent.pngRhonda Skillern-Jones 

Houston Community College Board of Trustees general election

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
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Office Candidates
District I

Green check mark transparent.pngMonica Richart  Candidate Connection
Dakota Stormer  Candidate Connection
Green check mark transparent.pngDave Wilson 
District II

Green check mark transparent.pngKathleen Lynch-Gunter 
Linda Murray 
Brendon Singh 
Green check mark transparent.pngRhonda Skillern-Jones 
District VII

Green check mark transparent.pngCynthia Lenton-Gary 

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Our Revolution Harris County endorsed Monica Richart for District 1.[1]

Ballot measures

See also: November 5, 2019 ballot measures in Texas

Proposition A: Harris County Metro Transit Authority Bond Issue Approveda

A yes vote was a vote in favor of authorizing the Harris County Metro Transit Authority to issue up to $3.5 billion in bonds to be repaid through sales tax revenue.
A no vote was a vote against authorizing the Harris County Metro Transit Authority to issue up to $3.5 billion in bonds to be repaid through sales tax revenue.

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Texas elections, 2019

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About the county

See also: Harris County, Texas

The county government of Harris County is located in Houston, Texas. The county was first established in 1836. It covers a total of 1,703 square miles of land on the upper Gulf Coast in the southeastern part of Texas.[2]

County government

See also: Government of Harris County, Texas

Harris County is overseen by a five-member commissioners court. Four commissioners are elected by district to four-year terms. The head of commissioners court, the county judge, is elected county-wide. Residents also elect a county attorney, district attorney, county clerk, district clerk, county sheriff, county tax assessor-collector, county treasurer, eight constables, and 16 justices of the peace.

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Harris County, Texas
Harris County Texas
Population 4,092,459 25,145,561
Land area (sq mi) 1,707 261,266
Race and ethnicity**
White 62.5% 74%
Black/African American 19% 12.1%
Asian 7% 4.8%
Native American 0.4% 0.5%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.1%
Other (single race) 8.5% 5.8%
Multiple 2.4% 2.7%
Hispanic/Latino 42.9% 39.3%
Education
High school graduation rate 81.4% 83.7%
College graduation rate 31.5% 29.9%
Income
Median household income $61,705 $61,874
Persons below poverty level 15.7% 14.7%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

One of 254 Texas counties—0.4 percent—is a Pivot County. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Jefferson County, Texas 0.48% 1.61% 2.25%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Texas with 52.2 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 43.2 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Texas cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 66.7 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Texas supported Democratic candidates slightly more often than Republicans, 53.3 to 46.7 percent. The state, however, favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Texas. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[3][4]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 54 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 37.4 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 65 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.4 points. Clinton won 10 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 96 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.2 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 85 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 34.5 points.

See also

Harris County, Texas Texas Municipal government Other local coverage
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