| I spent the night watching three Dallas county House races. Two of them we had prepared and expected to be competitive for the entire cycle: Kent-Goolsby and Miklos-Anderson. In defeating two incumbent Republicans, Miklos won by 533 votes and Kent won by well over 2,000 votes.
But then there was something else. Who is Bob Romano, again? Bob Romano is a former councilman from Irving. None of here knew much or anything of who he was before tonight. And who would have thought Irving would consider Democrats? He lost the final count of the night by 25 votes, and when the dust settles in the legal battles, it could be even less -- or even a victory.
But the dust that did settle last night showed us that the Dallas County Democrats weren't going to settle with county government. Going into the next legislative session, a clear majority of Dallas County's representatives will be Democrats.
I really cannot say how they've done it. I haven't been to Dallas to witness any of their campaigning. But it's clear that they have discovered a working plan for growth, and other metropolitan counties should be keen to follow it.
That's what the Democrats decided must be done in Harris County, and while Harris's seats were not swept by the Ds tonight, the blue team captured a significant majority. Harris county's representatives are already majority D, and maybe by 2010 the two counties can overwhelmingly win for our side so we can continue the change that will begin from this country's top office on January 20. |
