ENDORSEMENTS
BADM Candidate Endorsement
Screening Process
•Questionnaires are sent to the candidates with a completion date & notice that an interview appointment will be scheduled.
•A diverse screening team of 4-7 club members meet and interview candidate(s) in-person (preferred); phone interviews/zoom are allowed in certain situations. This same team must interview all candidates in a particular race for consistency in scoring.
•Teams review candidates websites, financial viability, social media sites, professional organization memberships and involvement, community involvement etc.
•At the end of each screening interview, team members individually fill in score sheets and write up a summary review of each candidate.
•Interviews are 30-45 minutes.
•After completion of all candidate interviews for a race, scores from the individual score sheets are entered on a spreadsheet. The candidate with the top numerical score receives the screening committee endorsement for that particular race.
•If two candidates have a score within 1.5% of each other, we then look at positions each candidate was placed in rank order by each screener. If a candidate received both the high score and the most #1 rankings they receive BADM endorsement. If one candidate receives the highest score but another candidate received the most #1 rankings, the endorsement team can recommend a dual endorsement.
•We then bring our selected candidates to the BADM membership at our general meeting for a vote.
2020
General Election Endorsements
U.S. Senate: M.J. Hegar
U.S. Representative District 22: Sri Preston Kulkarni
Texas Railroad Commissioner: Chrysta Castaneda
Texas House Of Representatives District 129: Kayla Alix
Harris County Attorney: Christian Menefee
District Attorney: Kim Ogg
Harris County Constable Precinct 2: Lt. Jerry Garcia
Harris County Sheriff: Ed Gonzalez
Tax Assessor-Collector: Ann Harris Bennett
Justice,Texas 14th Court Of Appeals Place 7:Cheri Thomas
District Judge, 164th Judicial District: Cheryl Thornton
District Judge, 339th Judicial District: Te’iva Bell
2019
Municipal Election Endorsements
Houston Mayor: Sylvester Turner
City Council At-Large 1: Raj Salhotra
City Council At-Large 2: David Robinson
City Council At-Large 3: Janaeya Carmouche
City Council At-Large 4: Nick Hellyar
City Council At-Large 4: Letitia Plummer
City Council At-Large 5: Sallie Alcorn
City Controller: Chris Brown
Questionnaires:
BADM
2020 Endorsement Questionnaire for Federal Offices
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2020 Endorsement Questionnaire for State Offices
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