Our Endorsements for the November 2 Election

For every election, our membership decides which candidates are most prepared and best able to serve the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. On August 4, at our membership meeting, the members heard from the Screening Committee, which interviewed each candidate, and made their decisions. The Caucus is a nonpartisan organization. We will endorse more candidates at our September 1 meeting, so this is not a complete list, but the Houston GLBT Political Caucus PAC is proud to announce our endorsement of the following candidates:

U.S. Representative, District 18: Sheila Jackson Lee

Governor: Bill White

General Land Office Commissioner: Hector Uribe

Agriculture Commissioner: Hank Gilbert

State Representative, District 134: Ellen Cohen

State Representative, District 146: Borris Miles

State Representative, District 148: Jessica Farrar

Judge, 14th Court of Appeals Place 5: Wally Kronzer

Judge, 14th Court of Appeals Place 9: Tim Riley

Judge, Judicial District 113: Christina Bryan

Judge, Judicial District 157: Shawn Thierry

Judge, Judicial District 180: Darrell Jordan

Judge, Judicial District 182: Brandon Dudley

Judge, Judicial District 183: Michael Gomez

Judge, Judicial District 184: Jay Burnett

Judge, Judicial District 185: Vivian King

Judge, Judicial District 189: Ursula Hall

Judge, Judicial District 190: Olan Boudreaux

Judge, Judicial District 230: Garland McInnis

Judge, Judicial District 232: Greg Glass

Judge, Judicial District 234: Tanner Garth

Judge, Judicial District 245: Janiece Horn

Judge, Judicial District 246: Sherri Cothrun

Judge, Judicial District 247: Mary Kay Green

Judge, Judicial District 248: Jim Sullivan

Judge, Judicial District 257: Sandra Peake

Judge, Judicial District 262: Tom Berg

Judge, Judicial District 269: Katie Kennedy

Judge, Judicial District 270: Bob Thomas

Judge, Judicial District 280: Kathy Vossler

Judge, Judicial District 281: Donna Roth

Judge, Judicial District 295: Paul Simon

Judge, Judicial District 308: Bruce Kessler

Judge, Judicial District 310: Judy Dougherty

Judge, Judicial District 311: Deborah Wright

Judge, Judicial District 312: Robert Hinojosa

Judge, Judicial District 313: Natalie Oakes

Judge, Judicial District 314: David Longoria

Judge, Judicial District 315: Keith Branch

County Judge : Gordon Quan

Judge, County Civil #1: Erica Graham

Judge, County Civil #2: Cheryl Elliott Thornton

Judge, County Civil Court #3: Damon Crenshaw

Judge, County Civil #4: Bruce Mosier

Judge, County Criminal #1: Beverly Melontree

Judge, County Criminal #2: Mary Connealy Acosta

Judge, County Criminal #3: Judith Snively

Judge, County Criminal #4: Alfred Leal

Judge, County Criminal #6: Denise Spencer

Judge, County Criminal #7: Shelia Acosta

Judge, County Criminal #9: Juanita Jackson Barner

Judge, County Criminal #11: Mark Diaz

Judge, County Criminal # 12: Cheryl Diggs

Judge, County Criminal #13: Dennis Slate

Judge, County Criminal #14: Lee Harper Wilson

Judge, Probate #1: Kathleen Stone

Judge, Probate #2: Joellen Snow

Judge, Probate #3: Priscilla Walters

District Clerk: Loren Jackson

County Clerk: Ann Harris Bennett

Tax Assessor-Collector: Diane Trautman

County Treasurer: Billy Briscoe