The speaker's race and
the narrowing Republican
majority gave both parties
an incentive to field candidates
in races that they might
normally pass up. Almost
three-fifths of the House
seats will be up for grabs
in 2008.
INCUMBENTS
WITH PRIMARY & GENERAL
ELE CT ION OPPONENTS
John Davis (R) -- Clear
Lake Primary opponent
Jon Keeney is a former League
City council member.
Davis won with 57% in
06 vs. same opponent,
Sherrie Matula. Ds credit
the former teacher and
Clear Creek ISD trustee
with being a great candidate,
but the numbers favor
the Republican nominee.
Dora Olivo (D)
-- Rosenberg/Richmond/east Missouri City/Stafford
and City of Houston in
Fort Bend County
Primary
opponent Ron Reynolds
is a successful civil rights
attorney, former Houston
judge, owner of a title
company and Fort Bend County
NAACP President that grew
up attending in district Fort
Bend schools and
is driven to win.
Obviously something is
afoot in this race because
several Hispanic Democratic
legislators including Jessica
Farrar and others support
Reynolds, who is black
as well as Congressman
Al Green , Senator
Rodney Ellis , Missouri
City Mayor Allen
Owen, Fort Bend County
Commissioner Grady Prestage,
Fort Bend Constable
Ruben Davis, Fort Bend
ISD Trustees Steve Smelley
and Bob Broxson, Lamar
CISD Trustee Jesse Torres,
Houston ISD Trustee Carol
Mims Galloway and Paula
Harris, Houston Council
Members Sue Lovell, Ronald
Green , Jolanda Jones, Wanda
Adams and Jarvis Johnson, Houston Community
College Trustees Michael
Williams and Neeta
Sane, State Democratic
Executive Committemen Don
Bankston and Rodney Griffin
and others.
Steve
Host is the Republican
challenger. This was
a 60-40 Democratic district
in 06.
