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June 2008
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Kevin Reece: March 2008 ArchivesWith his wife and his young children at his side Charles Bacarisse has officially conceded the race to Ed Emmett for the Republican nomination for County Judge. ...
Charles Bacarisse is waiting for the next round of numbers from Harris County before he makes a public statement about his run for the Republican County Judge nomination. He's left the victory party temporarily while he waits for those numbers. One of his campaign staff, however, took the podium a few moments ago and said "mathematically he's not eliminated so at this point mathematically he's not going to concede." Kevin Reece ...With 44 percent of the votes in in the Republican race for Harris County Judge, Charles Bacarisse is still waiting for better news. The absentee and early vote totals were going 58 to 42 percent in Ed Emmett's favor. He was hoping for a better election day total. And he got it. But with an election day split of 53 to 46 percent, still in favor of Emmett, it doesn't appear to be enough to turn the tide. Here at the campaign party in West Houston, however, there is no concession speech at this point. The faithful are still here waiting for that change in numbers - with more than half of the vote s... Harris County Judge Republican candidate Charles Bacarisse made his first appearance at his victory party tonight at 8:20. We're on the second floor of a Cafe Adobe Restaurant on Houston's West Side. The early numbers don't look good: 58 to 42 percent in Ed Emmett's favor. But those are just the numbers from early voting. Mr. Bacarisse is still wearing a smile, shaking hands with his supporters, and hoping the numbers will tighten as predicted in some recent polls. We'll report back from that second floor bar later tonight as the rest of the numbers come in: a bar for drowning sorrows or for t... |
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