This from Paul Burka’s Texas Monthly blog:

“I learned today about a method of analyzing House races that may be able to predict winners (no warranties, expressed or implied) in close races for the Texas House of Representatives. The idea is to determine whether Democrats have a chance to win certain races, based on primary turnout of the two parties and Obama’s percentage in the presidential primary.

“Barrett-Shelton
R primary turnout (rounded) 13,000
D primary turnout (rounded) 14,000
Obama % 52.
Too close to call”

Kevin was at Joel Burns’ victory party at Sapristi Bistro last night taking pictures, so if you didn’t make it, it looked a lot like this. As you can see above, Joel is already dealing with the media demands of his new position. Joel! Call Me!

Oh, and the best part of the night for Joel had to be giving Chuck Silcox a big hug.

Bernie, Victoria, and I went out to Dan Barrett’s party as well, where the crowd got increasingly excited as they hit refresh on the laptop and the returns started coming.

All in all, it was a great night for Democracy in Fort Worth!

Outgoing District 9 rep, Wendy Davis, with her replacement.

And, of course, there was a party.