Elections

Latest reporting from the Elections desk.

Elections

Latest reporting from the Elections desk.

Elections

Latest reporting from the Elections desk.

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    Stafford early voting opens Oct. 19 at City Hall

    Stafford City Hall will serve as an early voting site from Oct. 19 through Oct. 30 and as an Election Day polling location on Nov. 3, with voter registration closing Monday, Oct. 5.

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    Hanan seeks third term on Fort Bend ISD board

    Angie Hanan, vice president of the Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees, is seeking a third term in the nonpartisan Position 1 race on Nov. 3, citing her 29 years in public education and commitment to the district's students and community.

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    Judge Juli Mathew seeks re-election to Fort Bend Court-at-Law 3

    Juli Mathew, the Democratic incumbent on Fort Bend County Court-at-Law No. 3, is running for re-election in the Nov. 3 general election, citing her court's 135% clearance rate and the juvenile specialty court she founded.

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    Fort Bend clears 15,000 delayed voter records before Oct. 5

    Fort Bend County has processed about 15,000 of 18,000 voter registration records delayed by a statewide DPS software error, with the Monday, Oct. 5 registration deadline approaching. Missouri City and Stafford voters who registered through DPS but don't appear on the rolls can cast a provisional ballot.

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    Mathews, Jones vie for open Fort Bend Precinct 4 seat

    Republican Ken Mathews and Democrat April L. Jones face off Nov. 3 for the open Fort Bend County Precinct 4 commissioner seat. The voter registration deadline is Monday, Oct. 5.

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    Rosenthal seeks Railroad Commissioner seat in Nov. 3 election

    Jon E. Rosenthal, a Democratic state representative and mechanical engineer with more than 25 years in the oil and gas industry, is running for Texas Railroad Commissioner in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election, pledging to increase agency funding, plug orphan wells and ban industry campaign donations.

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    Rickert seeks third term as Fort Bend County treasurer

    Fort Bend County Treasurer Bill Rickert, a Republican who has held the office since January 2019, is seeking a third term in the Nov. 3 general election, citing his record of modernizing the treasurer's office and his 30-plus years of business experience.

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    Judge Chris Morales seeks fourth term on Fort Bend bench

    Republican Judge Chris Morales, who has led Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 1 since 2015, is seeking a fourth term in the Nov. 3 general election, citing his record on case backlogs, a misdemeanor mental health court and a juvenile GED program.

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    Hanan, Valencia compete for Fort Bend ISD board seat

    Fort Bend ISD board Vice President Angie Hanan faces challenger Pedro Valencia for the Position 1 seat in the Nov. 3 election, with the voter registration deadline on Oct. 5.

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    Middleton, McDonald compete for Fort Bend DA post Nov. 3

    Fort Bend County District Attorney Brian Middleton faces Republican challenger Shawn McDonald in the Nov. 3 general election, a race that determines who prosecutes crimes across Missouri City, Stafford and the rest of the county.

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    Gates, Ibáñez compete for Missouri City-area House District 28

    Incumbent Republican Gary Gates and Democratic challenger Sandy Ibáñez compete for Texas House District 28, which covers Missouri City and Stafford, in the Nov. 3 election, with Ibáñez centering her campaign on public education funding and infrastructure for a fast-growing Fort Bend County.

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    Libertarian Pat Dixon seeks Texas governor seat Nov. 3

    Pat Dixon, the Libertarian candidate for Texas governor, says growth should pay for itself and criticizes taxpayer-funded incentives for data centers as he challenges Gov. Greg Abbott and Democrat Gina Hinojosa in the Nov. 3 general election.