Chronicle local politics columnist Kristen Mack profiled political consultant Mustafa Tameez in Friday’s Chronicle.
Tameez is the consultant who helped engineer the victory for Mayor White’s referendum to change the municipal employees’ pension plan earlier this year, as well as Proposition 1 in this most recent election. He also managed the campaign of Hubert Vo (D), who narrowly leads incumbent Talmadge Heflin (R) in votes counted so far (with some absentee and provisional ballots outstanding). That’s a nice recent track record.
Tameez may well represent the future of politics in Texas for Democrats, if they are to have one any time soon. His ability to reach across the aisle on specific issues — for example, he had the KSEV crew eating out of his hand on the pension plan referendum — is the sort of coalition-building his party will need to do while it is the minority party in this state. That he knows how to do so definitely makes him a consultant to watch (and makes Mayor White someone to watch as well).
