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Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Biden nabs Klobuchar, Buttigieg backing on Super Tuesday eve
Where to
BAYTOWN COUNCIL BRIEFS
to BAHA, visit https:// er, while Sanders is by far
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the most favored candidate
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Jacqueline
(Jackie)
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year. It also services 352
that came through the shel-
ter in 2019.
To make
Eckert said the organiza- voters under 40 (34%),
tion helped more than 70 followed at some distance
adults obtain employment by Warren (13%). (The top
in the Baytown area last choice of voters over 40
Brown Bag Lunch concerts
return this week
The fourth season of the Brown bag
Lunch Concerts will kick off Friday and
continue each Friday throughout March.
The concerts are from 11:45 a.m. to
1:15 p.m. at Town Square, located at 213
W. Texas Avenue. Wazabi, Sabor of Mex-
ico, and Roosters are serving as sponsors
and offer reduced price meals. Or you can
bring your own lunch and enjoy the music.
Bring a picnic blanket and/or lawn chairs
since there are a limited number of chairs.
The concert schedule is:
• Jennifer B & the Groove, Thursday
• Gary Michael Dahl, March 13
• Brenda Guy, March 20
• Free Radicals, March 27
was Joe Biden.)
Biden continues to lead
Sanders in Texas among
to just five, the choice for primary voters
is becoming clearer.
On one side stands Biden, a 77-year-
old lifelong politician who represents a
pragmatic approach to governing that em-
phasizes bipartisanship and more modest
change. On the other stands Sanders, a
78-year-old democratic socialist who has
for decades demanded aggressive liberal
shifts that seek to transfonn the nation’s
political and economic systems.
Yet the primary isn’t a two-man race.
New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg,
in particular, could create problems for
Biden’s establishment appeal. The fonner
Klobuchar suspended her campaign and
endorsed Biden just a day after Buttigieg
announced his exit. Both Klobuchar and
Buttigieg, who had been Biden’s chief
competition for their party’s pool of more
moderate voters, declared their public
support for Biden on Monday evening at
a rally in Dallas.
The sweeping shifts come at a key
crossroads in Democrats’ turbulent prima-
ry season as the party struggles to unify
behind a clear message or messenger in
its urgent quest to defeat President Donald
Trump. Yet as a field that once featured
more than two dozen candidates shrinks
edition.
For statewide Texas races, the official
up-to-date source is the Secretary of State,
available at the votetexas.gov website.
For Harris County offices, the site to
watch is harrisvotes.com, which reports
votes as they come in to the county clerk’s
office. Last November’s election results
were chaotic, with results not available
until the next day, many hours after all
other Texas counties had announced final
numbers.
For Chambers County results, go to the
county website at co.chambers.tx.us and
select the “Elections” tab at the top of the
page.
In Chambers County, 544 people voted
early in the Democratic Primary and 4,854
voted early in the Republican Primary.
For Harris County, there were 139,256
early voters in the Democratic Primary
and 104,787 in the Republican Primary.
SANDERS
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BALLOT
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While months remain before the two
major political parties formally name
their presidential candidates for the Nov.
3 election, today’s voting has the potential
to detennine the Democratic nominee —
or at least narrow the field.
The Republican Party is expected to
nominate Donald Trump as its candidate
— not nominating a sitting president is al-
most unheard of.
While you have lots of options to hear
the latest on the presidential race (it’s hard
to avoid), down-ballot races are a little
more difficult to find.
The Baytown Sun will publish results
for local races online as they become
available; those that are reported in time
will be in the Wednesday print edition
with the remainder in the Thursday print
MANE
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Chambers County
Chambers County
Election Day voters,
unlike early voters, must
vote in their assigned
precinct. If you are
unsure what precinct you
live in, refer to you voter
registration card or go to
votetexas.gov, which al-
lows you to look up your
particular polling place
and sample ballot.
Baytown residents
who live east of Cedar
Bayou live in Chambers
County.
Precinct 1 - Wallisville
Community Building,
524 Number 9 Road,
Wallisville
Precinct 2 - Hankamer
Community Building,
9511 Highway 61,
Hankamer
Precinct 3 - Pine
Island School Building,
9310 FM 562, Anahuac
Precinct 4 - Mont
Belvieu Senior Dining
Hall, 11607 Eagle Drive,
Mont Belvieu
Precinct 5 - Beach City
Community Building,
12723 Tri City Beach
Road, Beach City
Precinct 6 - American
Legion Hall, 1704 S.
Main St., Anahuac
Precincts 7 and 12 -
Winnie Stowell Commu-
nity Building, 335 Park
St., Winnie
Precinct 8 - Cove
Community Building,
5757 FM 565, Cove
Precinct 9 - Oak Island
Community Building,
1126 W. Bay shore Road,
Oak Island
Precinct 10 - West
Chambers County Court-
house Annex, 10619 Ea-
gle Drive, Mont Belvieu
Precincts 11 and 15
- Cedar Bayou Com-
munity Building, 7711
Highway 146, Baytown
Precinct 14 - Ana-
huac Airport, Road and
Bridge Office, 201 Air-
port Road, Anahuac
OBITUARIES
Forinformation, call 281-422-8302
vote today
Harris County
Voters in Harris Coun-
ty can vote in any Harris
County voting location
today. Since voters no
longer have to vote in
their designated precinct
locations, the Baytown,
Highlands and Crosby
locations are listed here,
alphabetically by facility
name. For other Harris
County Voting locations,
go to harrisvotes.com.
Baytown residents
who live west of Cedar
Bayou are in Harris
County.
Baytown
Cedar Bayou Junior
School, 2610 Elvinta St.
Coady Baptist Church,
5606 Wade Road
Comfort Suites, 7209
Garth Road
Gentry Elementary
School, 1919 E. Archer
Road
Greenwood Harris
County Courthouse An-
nex, 701 W. Baker Road
Saint James House,
5800 W. Baker Road
Wyndham Park Apart-
ments, 270 Rollingbrook
Drive
Highlands
Highlands Elementary
School, 200 E. Wallis-
ville Road
San Jacinto Communi-
ty Center, 604 Highlands
Woods Drive
Crosby
Indian Shores Com-
munity Center, 20700
Appaloosa Trail
Newport Elementary
School, 430 N. Dia-
mondhead Blvd.
In Harris Co., Dems out-vote
GOP in early voting by 35,000
BY MARK FLEMING
mark.fleming@baytownsun.com
more liberal over the last
decade. Data from the
most recent University of
Texas/Texas Tribune poll
reveal the splash Sanders
makes in the ideological
currents defining Texas’
Democratic Party, while
a larger body of UT/TT
Poll data over the last 10
years shows the share of
a donation Democrats age 45 and old-
New York City mayor, who will appear on
a 2020 ballot for the first time on Tuesday,
has invested more than a half billion dol-
lars into his presidential bid and wracked
up many high-profile endorsements of his
own.
And Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth
Warren, who has struggled for delegates
and momentum over the last month, has
vowed to stay in the race until the party’s
national convention in July.
On the eve of Super Tuesday, however,
Biden received a significant boost follow-
ing his resounding victory over the week-
end in South Carolina.
of Democratic primary
race.
Senate
On the Republican side,
incumbent John Cornyn is
facing five challengers.
A dozen Democrats are
competing to represent
their party in the race, in-
cluding Anahuac resident
Jack Daniel Foster Jr. and
Dwayne Stovall of Liberty
County.
U.S. House
District 36 incumbent
Brian Babin, who rep-
resents much of east Harris
County and all of Cham-
bers and Liberty coun-
ties, is being challenged
in the Republican primary
by R.J. Boatman, a Clear
Lake City business owner.
State and county
While dozens of state
and county races appear
on the ballot, attention lo-
cally has focused on three:
Texas House District 128,
Chambers County Sheriff,
Chambers County Precinct
3 Commissioner and Har-
ris County Precinct 3 Con-
stable.
• In House District 128,
incumbent Briscoe Cain
is being challenged in the
The organization itself
was also the recipient of a
surprise.
Thanks to board mem-
ber Roger Elswick and
his wife, Kim, the home-
less shelter organization
received a $50,000 check
to help retire debt on the
Britton-Fuller Family Cen-
ter, which was opened in
March 2016.
Eckert said the donation
was in addition to its nor-
mal donations for operat-
ing accounts.
“It was wonderful,” Eck-
ert said. “We are soliciting
other funds to help match
it. We hope to have the
debt retired within a couple
of months.”
Elswick said the dona-
tion will go a long way in
helping retire the family
center’s debt, but there is
still much ground to cover.
“There was $90,000 of
our clients.”
outstanding debt related
to that project,” Elswick
said. "And I was hoping
that with the donation, we
could get some folks to
join in so we can retire the
debt completely.”
Elswick added the or-
ganization had received
$8,000 in matching funds,
but that is still some
$32,000 short of the goal.
“A lot of the community
members are committed to
helping reduce that debt
even more,” Eckert said.
Elswick said he was
more than happy to pro-
vide the donation.
“We’ve been longtime
supporters of them, and we
want to see them continue
to serve the community
with the services they pro-
vided,” Elswick said. “It
has made a lot of differenc-
es in a lot of lives.”
Daryl Fontenot and Da-
vid Bernard were also
honored at the event for
their contributions to the
success of BAHS and its
Republican Primary by
Baytown City Council
member Bob Hoskins. Two
people are also vying to be
the Democratic candidate
in that race: Josh Markle of
Deer Park and Mary Wil-
liams of Baytown.
• Chambers County
Sheriff Brian Hawthorne
is facing two challengers
for the Republican nom-
ination: Wes King Jr., a
fonner Chambers County
deputy, and Bert Whitting-
ton, a Harris County Pre-
cinct 3 deputy.
• Chambers County
Precinct 3 Commission-
er Gary Nelson has three
challengers in the Repub-
lican Primary for his posi-
tion: James Fanell, Tom-
my Hammond and Ricky
Shelton
• Hanis County Precinct
3 Constable Sherman Ea-
gleton is facing five chal-
lengers for the Democratic
nomination: Deborah Flo-
nis, Ken Jones (the former
longtime constable who
Eagleton replaced), Michel
(Poppy) Pappillion, John
Jay “JP” Portillo and Eric
Reed.
Democratic or Republican
primary ballot.
But after choosing a side
in the primary, you have to
stay in that lane through
the runoff. You can’t vote
Republican in the primary
election and then partic-
ipate in a runoff election
between top Democratic
candidates.
That said, voting in a
primary does not commit
you to vote for a particu-
lar candidate in the general
election. You can vote for
either party’s candidate in
the November election.
President
You’re likely to see a lot
of names you don’t recog-
nize on your party’s bal-
lot—quite a few people are
running in addition to the
frontrunners who dominate
the news. Also, candidates
who dropped out of the pri-
mary after the deadline to
remove their name remain
listed, which is especially
significant in the highly
competitive Democratic
Spray parks opening for
2020 season on Saturday
The city’s six spray parks will open for
the summer season at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The spray parks are located at Roseland
Park, Bergeron Park, McElroy Park, Pel-
ly Park, Central Heights Park and Jenkins
Park. All six spray parks will remain open
through Sunday, Nov. 1. - Matt Hollis
Brown and Root. Upon
her retirement, Jackie
and Art began to make
numerous friendships at
Max Bowl East where
they bowl on a team she
renamed “Just For Fun”.
Throughout Jackie’s
life (aka Jake, Jack, Ace,
and Ms. Wonderful),
she always sought out
opportunities to make
other peoples’ lives bet-
ter. She volunteered at
Texas Children’s Hos-
pital cancer ward, shar-
ing her love for arts and
crafts with patients and
their families. In her idle
time she knitted caps and
scarves for the homeless,
friends and family, even
while ill.
Always imaginative,
Jackie loved collaborat-
ing her craft skills and
learning new ones from
others. As a member of
the Baytown Art League,
she was extremely in-
strumental in influencing
close friends to create a
central location where
new people can experi-
ence her same passion.
She also never turned
down a chance to dance
and would always en-
courage anyone in anns
reach to boogie with her.
She was active at Trin-
ity Episcopal Church
making and sending
prayer blankets to vari-
ous friends and family,
never meeting a stranger
along the way.
Jackie’s favorite char-
ity is St. Jude Children’s
Hospital. Donations can
be made in her name in
lieu of flowers at: St. Jude
Children’s Hospital, Box
1000 Dept. 142, Mem-
phis, TN, 38148 (memo
Jacqueline Ashford) or
online at St.Jude.org.
A “Celebration of Life”
service and reception will
be held at Trinity Episco-
pal Church, 5010 North
Main Street, Baytown,
Texas 77521, March 14,
2020 at 12 p.m.
Jacqueline (Jackie)
Kearns Ashford passed
away peacefully at her
home in Baytown, Texas
on January 13, 2020 at
the age of 74. She was
bom on St. Patrick’s Day
in Portland, Maine to
William F. and Anna E.
Kearns.
She is preceded in
death by her parents, her
sister, Kathleen A. Stew-
art, sisters-in-law, Eliza-
beth Kearns and Barbara
J. Hartlerode, and broth-
er-in-law, Stephen W.
Ashford.
She is survived and
very much loved by her
husband of 47 years,
Arthur W. Ashford, son,
Scott A. Ashford, broth-
ers, William F. Kearns
and wife Karen, and
David Kearns, sister,
Christine M. Cook and
husband Robert, brother-
in-law James H. Stewart,
and sister-in-law Cathy
Ashford, along with her
extended family of nu-
merous nieces and neph-
ews.
Jackie started working
at AT&T and GTE. The
following two decades
she worked at Hutchi-
son-Hayes and Westing-
house. She finished her
work career as an Exec-
utive LT. Assistant for
HOUSTON (AP) — Rivals no more,
Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg unit-
ed behind Joe Biden’s presidential bid on
Monday as the Democratic Party’s mod-
erate wing scrambled to boost the former
vice president just hours before voting be-
gan across a series of high-stakes Super
Tuesday states.
The urgency of the moment reflected
deep concerns from the Democratic es-
tablishment that Bemie Sanders, a polar-
izing progressive, was positioned to seize
a significant delegate lead when 14 states,
one U.S. territory and Democrats abroad
vote today.
among voters under 30.
Even as Democrats vow
yet again to tip the partisan
balance by bringing new,
young voters to the polls,
those voters remain a small
share of overall turnout,
even as they become a larg-
er part of the electorate. Of
course, should Sanders fal-
ter or have the nomination
wrested from him, the fear
that his young followers
will turn out for another
candidate is real — as is
the expectation that they
will turn out in droves if he
is in fact the nominee.
Sanders has well less
than majority support in a
crowded field in which the
votes for Democratic mod-
erates are divided among
several candidates.
In the UT/TT poll, Biden
ran first among moder-
ates (27%) followed by
Michael Bloomberg with
16% —with Sanders in
third with 12%. Howev-
er, trend data over the last
ten years shows the share
of moderates in the Texas
Democratic Party declin-
ing at the same time as the
share of liberals increased.
In the most recent UT/TT
Poll, 64% of Democrats
identified as liberal, com-
pared to only 27% who
identified as moderate. In
October 2012, right before
Barack Obama’s reelection
(in which he lost Texas
by 12 percentage points),
43% of Texas Democrats
identified as liberal, 45%
as moderate.
self-identified liberals
programs. gradually, but steadily, in-
Eckert said Fontenot creasing as Texas Demo-
has been on the organiza- crats increasingly reflect
tion’s finance committee the national ideological
for years, while Bernard sorting of voters between
recently resigned from the the two major parties,
board. Support for the most
“He was recognized progressive candidates in
for service on the board the most recent poll comes
and for efforts on behalf,” from expected constituen-
Eckert said. “He has been cies among Texas Dem-
instrumental in getting us ocrats. Among self-iden-
additional donations.” tified liberals, 31% of
Eckert said for the future Democrats preferred Sand-
of the homeless shelter ers, while 22% preferred
organization, there is no- Elizabeth Warren. Among
where to go but up. those who identified as
“We look forward to ex- “extremely liberal,” most
panding our services,” he preferred either Sanders
said. ‘We look forward to (45%) or Warren (30%).
improving our services to Sanders was the top choice
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