HD 146: Edwards Beats Miles
By Vince Leibowitz on Mar 5, 2008 in 2008 Texas Elections
This is so depressing it makes me want to vomit:
| RACE | NAME | EARLY VOTES | PERCENT | TOTAL VOTES | PERCENT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Representative District 146 | ||||||||
| Al Edwards | 7,278 | 62.31% | 13,727 | 61.16% | ||||
| Borris L. Miles - Incumbent | 4,402 | 37.68% | 8,714 | 38.83% | ||||
| ———– | ———– | |||||||
| Race Total | 11,680 | 22,441 | ||||||
| Precincts Reported | 42 | of | 43 Precincts | 97.67% | ||||
I wonder how much of this is the result of uneducated presidential race voters who come into races knowing only who they’ll vote for in a presidential race and then just pick a familiar name or flip a coin?
What makes me vomit is that respectable Democrats actually went out of their way to endorse the gun-slinging, womanizing, Cristal-drinking thug called Borris Miles. Does the House Dem leadership not care about the constituents who have to put up with having a rep who exhibits this type of behavior? Perhaps they voted for a familiar name because they were sick of Borris - he had his chance and blew it. The contempt you’ve shown for the voters of this district is arrogent and is part of the reason why anti-Craddick Dems did not do well last night. The other reason is because Eppstein has no idea what he’s doing.