Dems Elect New Chairman In Marathon Vote

Well, the Texas Democratic Party chose a new chairman in what turned out to be a long and exhausting vote. There were four original candidates for the post that were approved by the Nominations Committee - Boyd Richie, Glen Maxey, Charlie Urbina-Jones, and Keisha Rodgers [nominated by the LaRouche faction].

The voting and counting of votes took over an hour and a half for this step of the competition. The vote totals for this round were - Richie 3020.89, Maxey 2445.56, Urbina-Jones 846.43, and Rodgers 98.18. Since no one had over 50% of the vote, a second vote was called. The district breakdown of that vote is as follows:

SD 01 - Richie 171.42, Maxey 53.58

SD 02 - Richie 140.29, Maxey 47.10

SD 03 - Richie 178.08, Maxey 29.91

SD 04 - Richie 100.00, Maxey 83.00

SD 05 - Richie 74.07, Maxey 115.93

SD 06 - Richie 60.66, Maxey 101.10, abstain 1.00

SD 07 - Richie 59.80, Maxey 78.20

SD 08 - Richie 61.85, Maxey 89.15

SD 09 - Richie 79.50, Maxey 69.50

SD 10 - Richie 151.00, Maxey 100.00

SD 11 - Richie 88.04, Maxey 91.96

SD 12 - Richie 83.87, Maxey 84.13

SD 13 - Richie 191.65, Maxey 127.77, abstain 9.58

SD 14 - Richie 61.00, Maxey 229.00

SD 15 - Richie 123.69, Maxey 66.31

SD 16 - Richie 103.56, Maxey 82.42

SD 17 - Richie 74.49, Maxey 116.51

SD 18 - Richie 49.01, Maxey 152.99

SD 19 - Richie 97.18, Maxey 134.82

SD 20 - Richie 146.50, Maxey 90.50

SD 21 - Richie 161.60, Maxey 130.96

SD 22 - Richie 157.69, Maxey 27.31

SD 23 - Richie 224.99, Maxey 96.88, abstain 3.12

SD 24 - Richie 79.16, Maxey 90.85

SD 25 - Richie 50.31, Maxey 173.69, abstain 1.00

SD 26 - Richie 40.00, Maxey 167.00

SD 27 - Richie 196.00, Maxey 0.00

SD 28 - Richie 85.04, Maxey 124.96

SD 29 - Richie 79.61, Maxey 129.38

SD 30 - Richie 147.30, Maxey 37.70

SD 31 - Richie 98.07, Maxey 63.93

At 5:03pm, with districts 24 & 28 still not counted, Glen Maxey stepped up to the podium and delivered a short and gracious speech of congratulations to the winner. The party has a new chairman, and it is Boyd Richie. Mr. Richie has the task of leading the party for the next two years. I wish him luck!