We had a blast in Houston over the weekend as media partners of the Harris County Democratic Party Convention! Later this week, watch for a recording of all the speeches given in the convention hall - but we start with all of the interviews with lawmakers, thought leaders, candidates and more that we gathered over the course of the day! These are presented in the order we recorded them, between 9am and about 4pm on Saturday March 21.

00:40 - Ann Johnson, Houston State Representative, District 134

09:53 - Annise Parker, former Houston mayor and candidate for Harris County Judge

15:59 - Gene Wu, Houston State Representative for District 137 and Texas House Minority Leader

23:49 - Dr. Wil Jeudy, Secular Houston co-founder and Progress Texas board member

30:35 - Alejandra Salinas, Houston City Council Member At-Large

35:28 - Stephanie Bord, State House District 126 Democratic Nominee

40:52 - Tyler Smith, State House District 138 Democratic Nominee

45:54 - Josh Wallenstein, State House District 133 Democratic Nominee

49:28 - Sara McGee, State House District 132 Democratic Nominee

55:46 - Odus Evbagharu, State House District 135 Democratic Nominee

1:00:40 - Lauren Ashley Simmons, State Representative for District 146

1:07:11 - Lesley Briones, Harris County Commissioner, Precinct 4

1:10:24 - Beto O'Rourke, former U.S. Congressman and founder of Powered By People

1:19:20 - Marquette Greene-Scott, State House District 22 Democratic Nominee

1:26:39 - Melissa McDonough, U.S. Congressional District 38 Democratic Nominee

1:31:00 - Benjamin Flores, Texas Land Commissioner Democratic Nominee

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