CRIS MOSES
Public service should make complicated systems easier to understand — and easier to trust.

Cris Moses is a Houston community leader, pastor, Realtor, business owner, and former educator. Across each of those roles, his work has centered on one thing: helping people understand complicated systems, make informed decisions, and receive the service they deserve.

About Cris Moses

Cris Moses is a pastor, Realtor, and business owner. He previously worked as an educator.

Houston ISD, Position 2, Vote For 1
Chloe A. Veal 105 6.63% 532 9.18% 885 12.74% 1,522 10.63%
Jevon German 145 9.15% 552 9.52% 664 9.56% 1,361 9.50%
Kathy Blueford-Daniels 746 47.10% 2,675 46.15% 2,667 38.41% 6,088 42.50%
John Curtis Gibbs 343 21.65% 1,225 21.14% 1,520 21.89% 3,088 21.56%
Cris Moses 245 15.47% 812 14.01% 1,208 17.40% 2,265 15.81%

Cumulative Report — Official (Harris County, Texas — Joint General and Special Elections — November 05, 2019)

Cris previously ran for Houston Independent School District Position 2 in 2019 but did not win.

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2026 Texas General Election

2026 Texas General Runoff

Nonpartisan

01
Fairness

Accurate, equal, and explainable valuations.

Require stronger attention to property-data accuracy, consistent standards, comparable properties, and neighborhoods in transition. Property owners should be able to understand why a value changed and what data drove the result.

The Five-Pillar Platform

02
Access

A system ordinary people can navigate.

Improve the protest and exemption experience with plain-language instructions, evidence confirmation, meaningful human assistance, multiple hearing options, and better support for seniors, disabled homeowners, veterans, and small businesses.

03
Accountability

Measure performance and publish it.

03
Accountability

Measure performance and publish it.

Track taxpayer-service response times, procedural errors, hearing performance, complaints, exemption processing, system downtime, and other meaningful service measures — then make the results public.

04
Transparency

Make public information truly public.

04
Transparency

Make public information truly public.

Make board votes, budgets, contracts, performance data, policies, chief-appraiser goals, ARB appointment information, and major decisions easier to find and understand.

05
Fiscal Responsibility

05
Fiscal Responsibility

Tie spending to results.

Demand that major spending increases produce measurable improvements in appraisal accuracy, taxpayer service, cybersecurity, technology, staffing efficiency, or operational performance.

HCAD POSITION 3
Ten commitments for better HCAD governance

Protect due process

Strengthen evidence confirmation, hearing preparation, rescheduling procedures, and escalation when documents or process failures occur.

Protect exemptions

Protect exemptions

Make it easier for eligible homeowners to understand and maintain homestead, senior, disability, veteran, and surviving-spouse exemptions.

Improve ARB quality

Improve ARB quality

Support rigorous screening, training, ethics standards, consistency, and taxpayer-service expectations for Appraisal Review Board members.

Audit property data

Audit property data

Prioritize accuracy in square footage, condition, classification, ownership, exemptions, neighborhood assignments, and other core data.

Serve seniors and disabled owners

Support small businesses

Improve business-personal-property education, rendition assistance, valuation explanations, and informal resolution options.

Publish a taxpayer scorecard

Benchmark the budget

Compare staffing, cost per parcel, technology investments, and service performance with other large Texas appraisal districts.

Keep politics out of individual values

Keep politics out of individual values

Protect professional appraisal independence while demanding that the system itself be fair, accurate, transparent, and accountable.

Stay in the lane

The board should govern HCAD effectively without interfering in individual appraisal decisions.

The HCAD Board does not set tax rates

Harris County, cities, school districts, community colleges, and other taxing units adopt their own tax rates. An HCAD director should never promise powers the office does not have.

Cris Moses for HCAD Position 3

Calls for property valuations based on accurate data, consistent standards, and comparable properties, while considering neighborhoods in transition.

Proposes clearer instructions, human assistance, hearing options, and targeted support for property-tax protests and exemptions.

Plans to publicly report measures of taxpayer service, procedural errors, hearings, complaints, exemptions, and system downtime.

Plans to make board votes, budgets, contracts, policies, performance data, and major decisions easier for the public to access and understand.

Calls for major spending increases to demonstrate measurable improvements in appraisal accuracy, taxpayer service, cybersecurity, technology, staffing efficiency, or operations.

Proposes stronger evidence verification, hearing preparation, rescheduling procedures, and escalation for document or process failures.

Plans to help eligible homeowners understand and retain homestead, senior, disability, veteran, and surviving-spouse exemptions.

Supports rigorous screening, training, ethics standards, consistency, and taxpayer-service expectations for Appraisal Review Board members.

Prioritizes accurate property records, including square footage, condition, classification, ownership, exemptions, and neighborhood assignments.

Proposes business personal-property education, assistance preparing tax reports, valuation explanations, and informal resolution options for small businesses.

Plans to compare staffing, cost per parcel, technology investments, and service performance with other large Texas appraisal districts.

Supports professional appraisal independence while calling for a fair, accurate, transparent, and accountable appraisal system.

Said the board should govern the Harris Central Appraisal District without intervening in individual appraisal decisions.

Said an appraisal district director should not promise authority the office does not have, including setting tax rates.

- Calls for property valuations based on accurate data, consistent standards, and comparable properties, while considering neighborhoods in transition.
- Proposes clearer instructions, human assistance, hearing options, and targeted support for property-tax protests and exemptions.
- Plans to publicly report measures of taxpayer service, procedural errors, hearings, complaints, exemptions, and system downtime.
- Plans to make board votes, budgets, contracts, policies, performance data, and major decisions easier for the public to access and understand.
- Calls for major spending increases to demonstrate measurable improvements in appraisal accuracy, taxpayer service, cybersecurity, technology, staffing efficiency, or operations.
- Proposes stronger evidence verification, hearing preparation, rescheduling procedures, and escalation for document or process failures.
- Plans to help eligible homeowners understand and retain homestead, senior, disability, veteran, and surviving-spouse exemptions.
- Supports rigorous screening, training, ethics standards, consistency, and taxpayer-service expectations for Appraisal Review Board members.
- Prioritizes accurate property records, including square footage, condition, classification, ownership, exemptions, and neighborhood assignments.
- Proposes business personal-property education, assistance preparing tax reports, valuation explanations, and informal resolution options for small businesses.
- Plans to compare staffing, cost per parcel, technology investments, and service performance with other large Texas appraisal districts.
- Supports professional appraisal independence while calling for a fair, accurate, transparent, and accountable appraisal system.
- Said the board should govern the Harris Central Appraisal District without intervening in individual appraisal decisions.
- Said an appraisal district director should not promise authority the office does not have, including setting tax rates.

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Interview with Cris Moses
Posted on September 25, 2026 by Charles KuffnerSince I published the interview with HCAD candidate Chris Ehlinger awhile ago, I’ve heard from several other HCAD hopefuls. I’ve published one of those interviews, with Jesus Nieto, and today I have another, with Cris Moses. Moses has been a teacher in HISD, and is now a pastor and real estate professional who owns his own business. He was previously a candidate for the HISD Board of Trustees in District II. I will have one more HCAD candidate interview for you next week. In the meantime, here’s my conversation with Cris Moses:

Interview with Cris Moses | Off the Kuff

Cris Moses is a pastor and real estate professional who owns a business. He previously taught in Houston Independent School District.

Cris previously ran for the Houston Independent School District Board of Trustees in District II.

01
Fairness
Accurate, equal, and explainable valuations.

Require stronger attention to property-data accuracy, consistent standards, comparable properties, and neighborhoods in transition. Property owners should be able to understand why a value changed and what data drove the result.

The Five-Pillar Platform | Cris Moses for HCAD

02
Access
A system ordinary people can navigate.

Improve the protest and exemption experience with plain-language instructions, evidence confirmation, meaningful human assistance, multiple hearing options, and better support for seniors, disabled homeowners, veterans, and small businesses.

03
Accountability
Measure performance and publish it.

Track taxpayer-service response times, procedural errors, hearing performance, complaints, exemption processing, system downtime, and other meaningful service measures — then make the results public.

04
Transparency
Make public information truly public.

Make board votes, budgets, contracts, performance data, policies, chief-appraiser goals, ARB appointment information, and major decisions easier to find and understand.

Improve ARB quality

Support rigorous screening, training, ethics standards, consistency, and taxpayer-service expectations for Appraisal Review Board members.

Support small businesses

Improve business-personal-property education, rendition assistance, valuation explanations, and informal resolution options.

Meet Cris Moses | Cris Moses for HCAD

Plans to strengthen document confirmation, hearing preparation, rescheduling, and escalation procedures when appraisal-process failures occur.

Requires clearer, more consistent property valuations and explanations of the data behind value changes.

Plans to improve property-tax protest and exemption processes with clearer guidance, human assistance, hearing options, and support for specified groups.

Plans to publicly report measures related to taxpayer service, procedural errors, hearings, complaints, exemption processing, and system downtime.

Plans to make board records, budgets, contracts, performance data, policies, and major decisions easier for the public to find and understand.

Supports stronger screening, training, ethics standards, consistency, and taxpayer-service expectations for Appraisal Review Board members.

Plans to improve business personal-property education, rendition assistance, valuation explanations, and informal resolution options.

Supports professional appraisal independence while seeking a fair, accurate, transparent, and accountable appraisal system.

Said the board should govern Harris Central Appraisal District effectively without interfering in individual appraisal decisions.

- Requires clearer, more consistent property valuations and explanations of the data behind value changes.
- Plans to improve property-tax protest and exemption processes with clearer guidance, human assistance, hearing options, and support for specified groups.
- Plans to publicly report measures related to taxpayer service, procedural errors, hearings, complaints, exemption processing, and system downtime.
- Plans to make board records, budgets, contracts, performance data, policies, and major decisions easier for the public to find and understand.
- Supports stronger screening, training, ethics standards, consistency, and taxpayer-service expectations for Appraisal Review Board members.
- Plans to improve business personal-property education, rendition assistance, valuation explanations, and informal resolution options.
- Supports professional appraisal independence while seeking a fair, accurate, transparent, and accountable appraisal system.
- Said the board should govern Harris Central Appraisal District effectively without interfering in individual appraisal decisions.

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- A board of directors member is an elected official who serves on the governing board of a special district, such as a municipal utility district (MUD).

- The board is responsible for overseeing the district’s operations, finances, and services, including utilities like water, wastewater, drainage, and infrastructure.

- Board members approve budgets, set tax rates or service fees, and make decisions about contracts and infrastructure projects within the district.

- The board ensures that the district complies with state laws and operates under the oversight of agencies such as the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).

- In many districts, the board consists of five members elected by residents. Directors must meet eligibility requirements, including being at least 18 years old, a Texas resident, and either a qualified voter or property owner within the district.

An official who oversees utilities, finances, and services in a district.