SAY WHAT NOW?
THE TERM
#FireStanStanart
WHO'S USING IT:
No one, anymore
Ever since the tea party wave of 2010, a mustachioed specter has haunted Harris County elections. bedeviled Texas politicos during his nearly eight years as county clerk. On election nights, early-voting totals flooded in from other urban counties: Dallas, Tarrant, Travis. But The frustration even led a Houston digital strategist in 2012 to create a hashtag, , that became a recurring theme. In an interview with the ’s editorial board in October, Stanart ventured an answer for his office’s lethargy: “There’s really not too much we can do,” he said. The paper endorsed his opponent.
