2026 Texas General Runoff

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About Claudio Gutierrez

Claudio Gutierrez is an engineer, entrepreneur, and project management professional who helps organizations improve efficiency, strengthen operations, and deliver measurable results. He earned a degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Florida International University and has proudly called Houston home since 2007.

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Claudio Gutierrez earned a degree in industrial and systems engineering from Florida International University. He has called Houston home since 2007.

About Claudio Gutierrez

Claudio Gutierrez is an engineer, entrepreneur, and project management professional who helps organizations improve efficiency, strengthen operations, and deliver measurable results. He earned a degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Florida International University and has proudly called Houston home since 2007.

Throughout his career, Claudio has helped businesses implement better processes, improve accountability, and make smarter, data-driven decisions.

Claudio Gutierrez is an engineer, entrepreneur, and project management professional.

Claudio is an engineer, entrepreneur, and project management professional.

Houston property owners deserve appraisals that are accurate, consistent, and grounded in current market conditions. HCAD should work to reduce valuation errors, apply standards fairly across neighborhoods, and ensure taxpayers are not forced to fight inflated or inconsistent assessments year after year.

Transparency and Accountability

Property owners should be able to understand how their values were determined without navigating confusing processes or technical language. HCAD should provide clearer explanations, better online tools, and publicly available performance measures that show how effectively the agency is serving taxpayers.

Customer Service and Efficiency

Dealing with HCAD should not be unnecessarily frustrating or time-consuming. The agency should improve response times, simplify the protest and appeals process, reduce delays, and modernize its digital services so property owners can resolve issues more quickly and efficiently.

Broader Houston Priorities

Protect Homeownership

For many families, a home is their largest investment. Government should help protect that investment by ensuring property owners are treated fairly, making tax-related processes easier to understand, and advocating for policies that reduce unnecessary financial burdens while preserving the rights of homeowners.

Efficient Government

Government should operate with the same focus on performance and accountability expected in the private sector. By applying proven project management, operational improvement, and performance measurement practices, HCAD can deliver better service, reduce waste, streamline processes, and make the most of taxpayer resources.

Integrity and Public Trust

Public confidence begins with honest, ethical leadership. Every decision should be guided by transparency, fiscal responsibility, and a commitment to serving the public fairly and impartially. Taxpayers deserve an appraisal district they can trust to act with professionalism, accountability, and respect.

In his own words:

“I am honored to have Kyle Scott’s support and guidance. I am committed to continuing the responsible, fiscally conservative, and taxpayer-focused leadership he brought to the Harris Central Appraisal District Board, ensuring HCAD remains transparent, accountable, and committed to fair and accurate appraisals.”

Advocates reducing appraisal errors, applying standards fairly across neighborhoods, and preventing repeatedly inflated or inconsistent assessments.

Supports clearer explanations, online tools, and public performance measures so property owners can understand how appraisals are determined.

Calls for faster responses, simpler protest and appeals processes, fewer delays, and modernized digital services at the appraisal district.

Supports fair treatment of property owners, understandable tax-related processes, and policies that reduce unnecessary financial burdens while preserving homeowners' rights.

Advocates using project management, operational improvement, and performance measurement to improve service, reduce waste, and streamline appraisal-district operations.

Pledges to make decisions guided by transparency, fiscal responsibility, and fair, impartial public service.

- Advocates reducing appraisal errors, applying standards fairly across neighborhoods, and preventing repeatedly inflated or inconsistent assessments.
- Supports clearer explanations, online tools, and public performance measures so property owners can understand how appraisals are determined.
- Calls for faster responses, simpler protest and appeals processes, fewer delays, and modernized digital services at the appraisal district.
- Supports fair treatment of property owners, understandable tax-related processes, and policies that reduce unnecessary financial burdens while preserving homeowners' rights.
- Advocates using project management, operational improvement, and performance measurement to improve service, reduce waste, and streamline appraisal-district operations.
- Pledges to make decisions guided by transparency, fiscal responsibility, and fair, impartial public service.

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Jourdyn Wilson earned a bachelor's degree in political science and government from Texas Southern University and a master's degree in organizational management from Walden University.

Jourdyn has experience working in education and on political campaigns.

Promises to push for equal scrutiny across residential and commercial appraisals.

Supports creating easy to read guides and community workshops so homeowners understand their rights.

Hopes to ensure homeowners use all the exemptions they qualify for.

Advocates for "stronger, fairer" evaluations of commercial properties, saying under-valued commercial property means homeowners have to pay to cover the gap.

- Promises to push for equal scrutiny across residential and commercial appraisals.
- Supports creating easy to read guides and community workshops so homeowners understand their rights.
- Hopes to ensure homeowners use all the exemptions they qualify for.
- Advocates for "stronger, fairer" evaluations of commercial properties, saying under-valued commercial property means homeowners have to pay to cover the gap.

Jourdyn Wilson

- Promises to push for equal scrutiny across residential and commercial appraisals.

As of November 6, 2026, Jourdyn Wilson did not have a website or any information online.

- 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.

Harris Board of Directors Member Runoff, Position 2

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