Sixty-Five Precinct One Precinct Chairs Endorse Rodney Ellis for Commissioner
Style Magazine Newswire | 6/15/2016, 5:20 p.m.
(Houston, TX) // Senator Rodney Ellis has won the public support of 65 of the 125 Precinct One precinct chairs eligible to vote in the June 25 selection process for the Democratic nominee for Harris County Commissioner, Precinct One.
Today’s announcement followed the endorsement of Ellis last week by Kaye Lee, the widow of the late Commissioner El Franco Lee, and the endorsements of many community leaders and a super-majority of Democratic elected officials representing Harris County.
Senator Ellis made the following statement:
“I am very grateful and very honored to have the support of these leaders who are tasked with the responsibility of selecting the Democratic Party’s nominee for Precinct One Commissioner.
“To the these 65 precinct chairs, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support. And to those who have yet to make a decision, I will continue to work hard to earn your vote.
“The next elected commissioner will stand on the shoulders of the late, great Commissioner El Franco Lee and must honor and build on his legacy. If selected, I look forward to working in partnership with our precinct chairs to do just that and to make Harris County a better place for all of us. Roads and bridges are important, but our increasingly urbanized county needs a Democratic commissioner who will fight for so much more.
“Going along to get along won’t stop people from dying in our jail, won’t increase the local minimum wage, won’t fix our roads or prevent flooding, won’t deliver mental health care services or bring new economic opportunity to those who have been left behind.
“If we want to make those things happen, we need to fight for them – that’s what I’ve done in the State Senate and that’s the kind of Democratic spirit I’ll bring to the Commissioner’s Court.”
The Precinct One precinct chairs who endorsed today are:
Hon. Janie Reyes, Precinct 4
Hon. Fred Ellis, Precinct 5
Hon. Tom Behrman, Precinct 14
Hon. Bruce "Michael" Holloway, Precinct 21
Hon. Willie Wright, Jr., Precinct 25
Hon. Emery "Scott" Harbers, Precinct 32
Hon. Jim Cumming, Precinct 33
Hon. Jack Valinski, Precinct 34
Hon. William "Bill" Galbraith, Precinct 37
Hon. Steven "Steve" Reilley, Precinct 53
Hon. Max Beauregard, Precinct 57
Hon. Kristopher "Kris" Banks, Precinct 60
Hon. Rhonda Belt Rhea, Precinct 68
Hon. Pearlene Jerome, Precinct 101
Hon. Gary West, Precinct 123
Hon. Jeannetta Brooks, Precinct 132
Hon. Michael Jackson, Precinct 136
Hon. Lachandra Noel, Precinct 151
Hon. Alton Arthur, Precinct 157
Hon. Willie Belle Boone, Precinct 158
Hon. Joetta Stevenson, Precinct 160
Hon. Catherine Dorsey, Precinct 169
Hon. Mary Boswell, Precinct 195
Hon. Rose Cochran, Precinct 197
Hon. Sherri Cothrun, Precinct 200
Hon. Edna Briggs Russell, Precinct 219
Hon. Melissa Young, Precinct 223
Hon. Bonnie Simpson, Precinct 224
Hon. Glenda Pouncy, Precinct 235
Hon. Willie Mae Alford, Precinct 236
Hon. Robert Glover, Precinct 240
Hon. Roy Grant, Precinct 253
Hon. LaNelle Simpson, Precinct 288
Hon. Mary Clemons, Precinct 318
Hon. Florencio Gallegos, Precinct 321
Hon. Willie Jean Jackson, Precinct 327
Hon. Herbert Sanchez, Precinct 353
Hon. Carlos Francis, Precinct 365
Hon. Betty Keller, Precinct 372
Hon. Carolyn Riggs, Precinct 380
Hon. Clara Caldwell, Precinct 392
Hon. William "Bill" White, Precinct 455
Hon. Grace Taylor, Precinct 458
Hon. Joanne Brodsky, Precinct 472
Hon. Jean Ann Carr, Precinct 474
Hon. Billy Robinson, Precinct 476
Hon. Kevin Pever, Precinct 506
Hon. Vincent Lynn Sanders, Precinct 525
Hon. Sheryl Taylor, Precinct 536
Hon. Julia Moore, Precinct 540
Hon. Joe Khan, Precinct 545
Hon. John Harrison, Precinct 554
Hon. Pretta VanDible, Precinct 555
Hon. Toni Middleton Lewis, Precinct 573
Hon. Syed Alam, Precinct 649
Hon. Sandra Peake, Precinct 652
Hon. LT Gordon, Precinct 655
Hon. Lloyd Gauthier, Precinct 660
Hon. William "Bill" Crosier, Precinct 798
Hon. Curtis Taylor, Precinct 822
Hon. Marcus Shephered, Precinct 848
Hon. Bernard Sampson, Precinct 892
Hon. Mary Flood Nugent, Precinct 895
Hon. Thomas Gederberg, Precinct 933
Hon. Randy Scott, Precinct 947
The late Commissioner El Franco Lee was the Democratic party’s nominee until he passed away in January. He was unopposed. Democratic precinct chairs in Commissioner Precinct One will select the party’s replacement nominee on June 25.