Bayou Blue Democrats

Bayou Blue Democrats hold an online club meeting for July 2020 featuring Sima Ladjevardian running for TX CD 02, Ann Johnson running for TX House 134, David Lee from The Texas Signal and representatives from Lizzie Fletcher's campaign as well as Joe Biden's presidential run.Support the show (https://secure.actblue.com/donate/texasblue2018)

Welcome to another virtual monthly meeting from the Bayou Blue Democrats. In this episode we welcome Houston City Council Member Sallie Alcorn to discuss local efforts and preparations to combating COVID19 followed by Mike Collier who will speak to state issues and the effect this virus has had and is having on our Texas state government.Support the show (https://secure.actblue.com/donate/texasblue2018)

In our club's first virtual meeting, Rice University Robert Stein joins us to discuss the upcoming 2020 elections in Houston, the state of mail in voting, including both pros and cons and tries to theorize what might or might not occur due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.Support the show (https://secure.actblue.com/donate/texasblue2018)

This podcast episode is a recording from our May club meeting. At this meeting we co-hosted, with Meyerland Democrats, a Houston City Council Forum with five progressive candidates running to represent District C. We were lucky enough to also have Jaime Rodriguez serve as moderator and serve up questions about each candidate's philosophy about governance in general, Houston area questions and more specifically District C questions.Support the show (https://secure.actblue.com/donate/texasblue2018)

This podcast episode is a (really bad) recording from our April club meeting. We had a special guest, Rice University Professor Robert Stein join us and share his views and insights on what we might expect when straight ticket voting is eliminated in Harris County voting based upon years of research in voting behaviors of the general public.Support the show (https://secure.actblue.com/donate/texasblue2018)

This podcast episode is a recording from our November club meeting held the week after the 2018 midterm elections. We had a special guest, TSU Politics And Policy Professor Jay Aiyer, join us and share his views and insights on the recent results and what it means for Houston, Texas and the entire country, now and going forward.Support the show (https://secure.actblue.com/donate/texasblue2018)

Kim Olson, the Democratic Candidate of Texas Commissioner for Agriculture sits down with The Bayou Blue Democrats to discuss her campaign and policy positions and why it is so important to have a Commissioner for Agriculture who can work with all interest groups across this great state of ours.Support the show (https://secure.actblue.com/donate/texasblue2018)

Jim Blackburn, Baker Institute Rice Faculty Scholar, was the guest speaker at the Bayou Blue Democrats monthly meeting on October 3rd to discuss flooding issues in Houston and reflect on the past twelve months of preparations, or lack thereof, since Hurricane Harvey hit.Support the show (https://secure.actblue.com/donate/texasblue2018)

We were lucky enough to have Democratic Congressional candidate Lizzie Pannill Fletcher stop by to answer a few questions and give us an update on her campaign at our September monthly club meeting.Support the show (https://secure.actblue.com/donate/texasblue2018)

We were lucky enough to have Democratic Congressional candidate Todd Litton stop by to answer a few questions and give us an update on his campaign at our September monthly club meeting.Support the show (https://secure.actblue.com/donate/texasblue2018)

Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg addresses the Bayou Blue Democrats and gives updates on the state of the county's facilities since Hurricane Harvey in 2017 as well as some of her offices accomplishments since being elected 18 months ago...Support the show (https://secure.actblue.com/donate/texasblue2018)