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Good morning, Houston. If you'd like a little more Kinky in your life, you may be in luck. Erstwhile gubernatorial candidate and the bane of Chris Bell's existence Kinky Friedman said he might make another run for the office in 2010. This time, though, he's thinking about losing the independent label and running as a Democrat. Consultant Kelly Fero said, "They're going to be looking for real serious, legitimate candidates. Kinky should throw his...

Houstonist stayed up half the night glued to our television just to bring you the latest election results, locally, state-wide, and nationally. Let's look at how things went down yesterday. Locally: Much to the mayor's delight, propositions A-H all passed. This means good things for Houston's libraries, parks, police force, airports, etc. Mayor White is keeping the city moving, literally and figuratively. The Chronicle offers complete election results, but we're going to look at a...

So there's good news and bad news for Gov. Rick Perry. The good news: According to a new poll, he should easily win re-election in November if things keep going like they are. The bad news: According to the same poll, a lot of Texans think he's kind of a sucky governor. Ah, politics.

During a campaign stop in Houston yesterday, Gov. Rick Perry announced his plan for fighting crime in Houston: a $10 million effort to coordinate law enforcement efforts among more than 100 agencies in Harris, Fort Bend, Brazoria and Galveston counties. The joint operations and intelligence center will put more police officers on the streets, improve local agencies' technology and better link state and local intelligence. "We will not stand idly by as our innocent citizens...

City Council voted today to expand the city's "civility ordinance" to more neighborhoods, including Montrose and the Sixth Ward Clara Harris, the woman accused of running over her husband in a hotel parking lot, has filed an appeal and hired a new lawyer Ralph Sampson, a former Houston Rocket, has agreed to plead guilty to mail fraud related to a vehicle purchase; he will spend two months in jail in Atlanta In a campaign stop...

Today in funny, during this morning's CNN Live Today reported President Bush inserted his foot in his mouth when, during a televised press conference, he teased a reporter for wearing sunglasses when it was cloudy outside. Bush later learned the L.A. Times reporter is blind. In other news ... >> Texas: Thanks in part to a donation from a Houston oilman who died May 30, democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Bell has collected $333,212 for...

So here's the thing about this year's gubernatorial race: It promises to be intetesting. On the one hand, we have incumbent Republican Gov. Rick Perry, who has more than $9 million on hand and hair that's feathered like the wings of a majestic mockingbird, and Chris Bell, a Democrat who observers say needs to build statewide name recognition and only has $100,000 in his campaign chest at this point. And then there are the independent...

Today's gubernatorial primaries are the first real electoral step in determining who'll be the 48th governor of Texas — but it looks like most people won't bother voting. In two weeks of early voting, 3.3 percent of registered voters from both parties cast ballots in the state's 15 largest counties, the Chronicle reports, and officials expect an overall turnout of 13 percent. On the Democratic side, Chris Bell and Bob Gammage are battling it...

Anyone can make a list that looks back at the best of 2005. That’s easy. Houstonist is going to take this art to a next level and predict which Houstonians to look out for in 2006. These individuals became famous or infamous in 2005 and face possible glory, or possible defeat, in the coming months. Vince Young: In Vince We Trust. As sad as we are that he’s leaving the Forty Acres, we’re looking forward...

Musician thriller writer humorist politician (?) Kinky Friedman made his bid for governor official yesterday, filing a declaration of intent to run as an independent candidate in 2006 and promising to put "a chill up the spine of every politician." Friedman's unofficial campaign has been under way since February, when he stood in front of the Alamo and announced his intention to run for governor. (By the way, Houstonist thinks the front of the Alamo...

Monday and Tuesday morning, why not ride to work with gubernatorial candidate Chris Bell? No, he's not going to be your driver — he's not that desperate for votes yet — but he will be guest host of the Brent Clanton Show on Biz Radio 1320 AM. Tomorrow, Bell will moderate a discussion on immigration reform with Houston City Councilman Gordon Quan and International Bancshares Chairman Dennis Nixon and will talk to Dr. Ralph Dittman,...