While contest is non-partisan Turner Garcia & Bell all identify as Ds
Texas Insider Report: HOUSTON Texas Well we finally have a poll of Houstons
Novembers open-seat mayoral contest courtesy of the University of Houston & Rice University. And
it does seem to confirm the conventional wisdom that Sylvester Turner & Adrian Garcia
are the frontrunners.
The University of Houston & Rice University Poll includes
two separate 500-person samples one of registered voters and one of likely voters.
The results of
the likely voter sample are:
Turner State Rep. Sylvester (at right) : 16- Garcia Ex-Harris County Sheriff Adrian : 12
- Bell Ex-Cong. Chris : 8
- King Former Kemah Mayor Bill : 3
- Hall Ex-City Attorney & 2013 candidate Ben : 3
- Costello Councilor Stephen : 2
- McVey Businessman Marty : 0
The
poll of Registered Voters is slightly different.
- Garcia edges Turner 15-13
- with Bell down to 4.
If no one takes a majority of the vote the top two contenders will advance to a December runoff.
While the contest is non-partisan Turner Garcia and Bell all identify as Democrats.
One major caveat is that this survey was conducted over the space of a month which is an incredibly long time for a poll to stay in the field.
However
