Other Names on the Ballot
The run-off ballots on both sides of the aisle are brief, but there are a couple of additional races worth noting on the Democratic side.
• For U.S. senator, Houston lawyer Barbara Ann Radnofsky faces off against perennial self-appointed candidate San Antonian Gene Kelly, in a race that could determine if the state Democratic Party can inform – let alone motivate – enough voters to nominate an actual candidate against incumbent Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison.
• The lieutenant governor race features two relative unknowns vying for the right to get steamrolled by incumbent David Dewhurst. Former state Rep and Texarkana Court of Appeals Judge Ben Z. Grant runs against novice candidate Maria Luisa Alvarado, an Air Force veteran and sociologist without political experience, who yet led in the initial balloting, apparently on the growing statewide strength of the Hispanic vote. With little additional campaigning (and a third contender, Adrian de Leon, out of the race), Alvarado should be heavily favored on Tuesday. – M.K.
This article appears in April 7 • 2006.
