To Hold Seat, Democrats Must Vote for Late Senator
State Sen. Mario Gallegos Jr. died Tuesday after a long illness, just days before voters begin filling in ballots that include the Houston Democrat's name. So starts a cringe-inducing change of power that occurs not when an officeholder loses a re-election bid, but when one dies shortly before Election Day and only days before the start of early voting.
It's too late to replace Gallegos on the ballot. If the late senator wins next month, his party has a chance to hold his seat in the state Senate. Should voters instead turn to the live Republican on the ...
Comments (3)
gypsy314 ne
May God bless his soul. As to if he may win well he is dead and the voters need a live senator so this is silly and should go to the person that is a live. My question is why was he run with a long term illness. Now it is too late for another to run so democrats should have put someone who was not sick. I do not thin k he would have won anyway because this is a red state.
Michael B Openshaw
So the dead that vote the Democratic ticket have one of their own to vote for! How appropriate!
Sorry for the loss of the long-time public servant. But his district's voters have the opportunity to consider the power and clout electing Bray would give them. The controlling vote in the Senate could very easily be theirs. Stalwart that Gallegos was, how much was he actually able to do for his district only as a 'blocker'?
Bologna Vest
Most voters won't have to cringe because they won't even know.