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Dear Fort Bend County Families, Fort Bend County is growing and changing, and Latino families are an important part of its future. We are homeowners, parents, entrepreneurs, professionals, workers and neighbors. We send our children to these schools, support local businesses and contribute every day to the communities we call home. That is one reason Houston Latino Family Magazine created this Fort Bend County Voter Guide. For the past two months, our team has spent countless hours researching, vetting and interviewing candidates. We have looked beyond campaign slogans and party labels and tried to learn as much as possible about the people asking to represent our community. We took this responsibility seriously. Our goal was to produce a voter guide specifically for Fort Bend County’s Latino community that reflects the views and values of our readers, and to provide useful information about the candidates and the races that will affect their families, businesses, neighborhoods and schools. We also believe in something very strongly: our vote does not belong to any political party. Candidates and political parties on both sides sometimes make assumptions about Latino voters. We don’t believe anyone should. Latino voters are not a political monolith, and no party or candidate should simply assume our support. That same independence guided us as we prepared this voter guide. We are not beholden to a political party. We looked at candidates individually, asked questions, reviewed their backgrounds and records, and considered the issues that matter to the families and communities we serve. Thank you for reading Houston Latino Family Magazine and for being part of the Fort Bend County community. With gratitude
DANIEL WONG Fort Bend COUNTY JUDGE INFRASTRUCTURE Built roads and bridges across Texas, ready to fix Fort Bend’s roads
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Supporting our law enforcement to keep Fort Bend families safe
LOWER PROPERTY TAXES Smart fiscal management so your tax dollars work for YOU
ENDING CORRUPTION Daniel leads with honest, transparent leadership every single day
The day Daniel Wong arrived in America he saw the Statue of Liberty, landed in Houston, and began his career. That moment, Fort Bend County became home. Today he is the CEO of Tolunay-Wong and he has spent 35 years giving back to this county.
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FEDERAL United States Senator √ Ken Paxton — Republican James Talarico — Democrat United States Representative, District 7 √ Alexander Hale — Republican Lizzie Pannill Fletcher — Democrat United States Representative, District 14 √ Randy Weber — Republican Thurman Bill Bartie — Democrat
Commissioner of the General Land Office √ Dawn Buckingham — Republican Benjamin Flores — Democrat Commissioner of Agriculture √ Nate Sheets — Republican Clayton Tucker — Democrat Railroad Commissioner √ Bo French — Republican Jon Rosenthal — Democrat TEXAS SUPREME COURT
United States Representative, District 18 √ Ronald D Whitfield — Republican Dashaun Menefee — Democrat
Chief Justice, Supreme Court √ Jimmy Blacklock — Republican Maggie Ellis — Democrat
United States Representative, District 22 √ Trever Nehls — Republican Marquette Greene-Scott — Democrat
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2 — Unexpired Term √ James P. Sullivan — Republican Chari Kelly — Democrat
STATEWIDE OFFICES
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 7 √ Kyle Hawkins — Republican Kristen Hawkins — Democrat
Governor √ Greg Abbott — Republican Gina Hinojosa — Democrat Lieutenant Governor √ Dan Patrick — Republican Vikki Goodwin — Democrat
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8 √ Brett Busby — Republican Gisela D. Triana — Democrat TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
Attorney General √ Mayes Middleton — Republican Nathan Johnson — Democrat
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3 √ Thomas Smith — Republican Okey Anyiam — Democrat
Comptroller of Public Accounts √ Don Huffines — Republican Sarah Eckhardt — Democrat
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4 √ Kevin Patrick Yeary — Republican Audra Riley — Democrat houstonlatinofamilymagazine.com
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Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9 √ John Messinger — Republican Holly Taylor — Democrat
State Representative, District 85 √ Dennis “Goose” Geesaman — Republican Lawrence Brandyburg — Democrat
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
TEXAS COURTS OF APPEALS
Member, State Board of Education, District 7 √ Julie Pickren — Republican Tiffany Perkinz — Democrat
Chief Justice, 15th Court of Appeals District √ Scott Brister — Republican Jerry Zimmerer — Democrat
Member, State Board of Education, District 8 √ Audrey G. Young — Republican Dana Van de Walker — Democrat
Justice, 15th Court of Appeals District, Place 2 √ Scott K. Field — Republican Tom Baker — Democrat
TEXAS SENATE
Justice, 15th Court of Appeals District, Place 3 √ April Farris — Republican Marc M. Meyer — Democrat
State Senator, District 13 √ Borris L. Miles — Democrat State Senator, District 18 √ Lois W. Kolkhorst — Republican Erica Gillum — Democrat TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State Representative, District 26 √ Matt Morgan — Republican Elizabeth “Eliz” Markowitz — Democrat State Representative, District 27 √ Max Alalibo — Republican Ron Reynolds — Democrat State Representative, District 28 Gary Gates — Republican √ Sandy Ibanez — Democrat State Representative, District 76 √ Linda Howell — Republican Suleman Lalani — Democrat 6
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Chief Justice, 14th Court of Appeals District √ Kevin Jewell — Republican Sarah Beth Landau — Democrat Justice, 1st Court of Appeals District, Place 3 √ Todd Frankfort — Republican Veronica Rivas-Molloy — Democrat Justice, 1st Court of Appeals District, Place 4 — Unexpired Term √ David Gunn — Republican Julie Countiss — Democrat Justice, 1st Court of Appeals District, Place 5 √ Jessica Caird — Republican Amy Guerra — Democrat Justice, 14th Court of Appeals District, Place 7 √ Ken Wise — Republican William Demond — Democrat
FORT BEND COUNTY DISTRICT COURTS District Judge, 240th Judicial District √ Asha Reddi — Republican Surendran K. Pattel — Democrat District Judge, 268th Judicial District √ Steve Rogers — Republican Brendetta Scott — Democrat District Judge, 328th Judicial District √ Richard Lybarger — Republican Monica Rawlins — Democrat District Judge, 458th Judicial District √ Maggie Jaramillo — Republican Tameika Carter — Democrat District Judge, 501st Judicial District √ Richard T. Bell — Republican Latosha McGill Clayton — Democrat District Judge, 502nd Judicial District √ Mark H. Hanna — Republican Tamecia Glover — Democrat
Judge, County Court at Law No. 1 √ Chris Morales — Republican Nireasha Murray — Democrat Judge, County Court at Law No. 2 Jorden Maljovec — Republican √ Tyra McCollum — Democrat Judge, County Court at Law No. 3 √ Jessica Jaramillo — Republican Juli A. Mathew — Democrat Judge, County Court at Law No. 4 Michael Cody Moore — Republican √ Toni Wallace — Democrat Judge, County Court at Law No. 6 Dean Hrbacek — Republican √ Stephen Longoria — Democrat District Clerk √ Audrey Lee — Republican Beverley McGrew Walker — Democrat
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
County Clerk √ Tamara McFarlane — Republican Sonya Jones — Democrat
District Attorney, 268th Judicial District √ Shawn McDonald — Republican Brian M. Middleton — Democrat
County Treasurer √ Bill Rickert — Republican Jeffrey L. Boney — Democrat
FORT BEND COUNTY OFFICES
FORT BEND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
County Judge √ Daniel Wong — Republican Dexter L. McCoy — Democrat
County Commissioner, Precinct 2 √ Tony Aranda — Republican Grady Prestage — Democrat
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County Commissioner, Precinct 4 Ken Mathews — Republican √ April L. Jones — Democrat
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3, Place 2 √ Ken Cannata — Republican Rachelle Carter — Democrat
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
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Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 1 √ Kelly Crow — Republican Martin B. Sanchez — Democrat
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Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 2 √ Tricia Krenek — Republican Hortencia Sanchez — Democrat Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2, Place 1 √ Ninh Truong — Republican Roderick C. Garner Sr. — Democrat Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3 √ William Ferguson — Republican Sonia Rash — Democrat
Trustee, Position 1 Angie Hanan √ Pedro Valencia Trustee, Position 4 √ Dan Mathews Eric Pursley Shirley Rose-Gilliam Rob Dominguez Robert Dombrowski Shirisha Mudhireddy
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Lt. Colonel (ret.) Dennis “Goose” Geesaman graduated from the US Air Force Academy with a degree in engineering. He then served 21 years as a fighter pilot throughout the US, Europe, and the Far East. After retiring from the Air Force, Goose spent 22 years flying for Southwest Airlines, based out of Houston Hobby. At the same time, he built a life of service in Flatonia, Texas, running a cattle and hay operation, restoring a historic hotel with his wife (also an Air Force veteran), raising a family rooted in patriotism and purpose, and serving as Mayor. Two of his grandsons now serve as USAF fighter pilots, continuing the Geesaman legacy.
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