Want to Know More About the Mayoral Runoff Candidates?

I guess I'm a little surprised that anyone would think that Gene Locke and Annise Parker should drop everything once a week and answer social media questions. If you think it's a great idea - or a silly one - let us know in the comments. Below are some resources to get acquainted with the candidates, if you haven't been paying attention and you have a burning desire to figure out who to vote for in the runoff. These are links to places where you can hear Parker and Locke - in their own words:

Kuff's interview with Gene Locke where his first remark is "I have two personalities"and then he goes on to clarify that one of those personalities is enjoying the trappings of being a lawyer (and a $640/hour one).

Kuff's interview with Parker.

Here's ABC13's mayoral debate in full:

KUHF had conversations with the candidates. Listen to Parker here and Locke here.

Ch. 2 held a mayoral debate in partnership with the League of Women Voters and you can watch that at this link.

Here's the Chronicle's live chat with Annise Parker and here is the live chat with Gene Locke. Readers chatted with the candidates in real time.

And, you can watch the Fox 26 mayoral debate here:

(I can't find a link to the Ch. 11 debate - if you have it, please leave it in the comments.)

As far as social media goes, @AnniseParker on Twitter makes it clear that it's actually her tweeting when the tweet ends in "-A". She is also featured talking to voters on Twitter via short twit vids (here's an example).

My guess is that voter interest in the runoff is very low right now - and will continue to be that way - except for those who are very passionate about their particular candidate. I think Republicans are fairly ho-hum right now (but I do believe they will lurch into action and vote, because nothing stir R's into action more than a Saturday runoff election in December - I'm actually not kidding). I believe those who didn't vote the first time couldn't care less. I think those few who voted in Round 1 were very informed.

But, anyway, here you go - this is your resource post if you are just now starting to pay attention. My understanding is that there will be four televised debates for the runoff - Ch. 2, 11, 13 and 26. That may be just supposition on the part of the person who told me that, so stay tuned.

Again, early voting begins in three weeks on November 30th, and Election Day is December 12th.