[bgill]

You’ll get a kick out of this http://www.theroot.com/articles/Breaking/2013/11/white_texas_man_elected_after_leading_voters_to_believe_he_was_black.html .

[pierrem15]

Interesting: I suspect many black voters knew he was white-- his anti "gay marriage" platform carried more weight than the press would like to admit.

My brief acquaintance with the city also makes me suspect that being "liberal" here doesn't quite mean the same thing as "liberal" in Chicago or even Austin.