By Lee Ann O'Neal

Early voting in the Nov. 8 election, which includes a contest for mayor of Houston, started Monday. If you care about water resources and Houston’s public schools, if you hate the new Houston drainage tax, or if like me you were moved by the fact that 9 out of 10 Tunisians turned out for their weekend election, vote.

Here are some links to learn more:

Hear interviews with candidates at the liberal blog Off the Kuff, where you can also check out an aggregated list of endorsements from various interest groups. We have not seen a similar interview presentation from a conservative outlet, so to our readers, please post a link in the comments if you know of such.

See endorsements by the Houston Chronicle .