2026 Texas General Election

2026 Texas General Runoff

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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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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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Cris Moses

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.

- 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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Ericka McCrutcheon has spent more than 35 years living, working, and serving in Houston and Harris County. She is the owner and President of The Dunamis Group, LLC, and has built a career across airline management, insurance and retirement planning, and real estate.

She currently serves as a Director on the Harris Central Appraisal District Board, where she chairs the Evaluation Committee, and has served as a member of the Appraisal Review Board.

Outside of her professional work, she serves as President of the Kirkwood Civic Club, holds leadership roles in her church, and is an ordained minister through Rhema Ministerial Association International.

Ericka McCrutcheon Campaign Website

She currently serves as a Director on the Harris Central Appraisal District Board, where she chairs the Evaluation Committee, and has served as a member of the Appraisal Review Board.

Outside of her professional work, she serves as President of the Kirkwood Civic Club, holds leadership roles in her church, and is an ordained minister through Rhema Ministerial Association International.

“Effective leadership requires integrity, courage, and a servant's heart.”

These principles define Ericka McCrutcheon's commitment to public service and community advancement: serve people, uphold accountability, lead with integrity.

Ericka McCrutcheon has lived, worked, and served in Houston and Harris County for more than 35 years. She serves as president of the Kirkwood Civic Club, holds leadership roles in her church, and is an ordained minister through Rhema Ministerial Association International.

Ericka McCrutcheon has spent more than 35 years living, working, and serving in Houston and Harris County. She is the owner and President of The Dunamis Group, LLC, and has built a career across airline management, insurance and retirement planning, and real estate.

She currently serves as a Director on the Harris Central Appraisal District Board, where she chairs the Evaluation Committee, and has served as a member of the Appraisal Review Board.

Ericka is the owner and president of The Dunamis Group, LLC. She has worked in airline management, insurance and retirement planning, and real estate.

Board of Directors
Harris Central Appraisal District Board of Directors

Jim Robinson, Chairman

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Appointed by Election of Taxing Units




Martina Lemond Dixon, Secretary

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Appointed by Election of Taxing Units




Ericka McCrutcheon, Assistant Secretary

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Publicly Elected - Position 3

Board of Directors - Harris Central Appraisal District

Ericka McCrutcheon, Assistant Secretary

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Publicly Elected - Position 3




Annette Ramirez, Director, Tax Assessor-Collector

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Publicly Elected

Ericka currently serves as an elected member of the Harris Central Appraisal District Board of Directors for Position 3.

McCrutcheon told The Texan that she expected to have a learning curve, but that her priorities included conducting an audit and an analysis of the ARB.

“An audit of the tax roll would make sure that people who are getting exemptions should be getting those exemptions,” said McCrutcheon. “And as far as the appraisal review board, making sure that people are getting fair assessments when they do come before the board. I’ve had a lot of horror stories about the process, and people say they just aren’t listening.”

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Serve People

Providing transparent leadership, communicating honestly with residents, and standing accountable for the decisions that affect daily life.

Accountability

Accountability

Championing oversight and responsible governance on the HCAD Board on behalf of taxpayers.

Leadership

Calls for an audit of the tax roll to verify that property-tax exemptions go to eligible people.

Calls for fair assessments for people who appear before the appraisal review board.

Prioritizes transparent leadership, honest communication with residents, and accountability for decisions affecting daily life.

Champions oversight and responsible governance on the Harris Central Appraisal District Board.

- Calls for an audit of the tax roll to verify that property-tax exemptions go to eligible people.
- Calls for fair assessments for people who appear before the appraisal review board.
- Prioritizes transparent leadership, honest communication with residents, and accountability for decisions affecting daily life.
- Champions oversight and responsible governance on the Harris Central Appraisal District Board.

Ericka McCrutcheon

- Prioritizes transparent leadership, honest communication with residents, and accountability for decisions affecting daily life.
- Champions oversight and responsible governance on the Harris Central Appraisal District Board.

Ericka McCrutcheon earned a bachelor's degree in Christian studies from Grand Canyon University. She serves as president of the Kirkwood Civic Club, holds leadership roles in her church, and is an ordained minister through Rhema Ministerial Association International.

Ericka is currently the owner and president of The Dunamis Group, LLC. She has worked in airline management, insurance and retirement planning, and real estate.

Ericka serves in her first term as Harris Central Appraisal District director at-large for Place 3, from Jan. 1, 2025, to Jan. 1, 2028. She previously ran for Houston City Council in 2019 and 2023 but did not win.

- Supports transparent leadership, honest communication with residents, and accountability for decisions affecting daily life.

Ericka McCrutcheon has lived, worked, and served in Houston for more than 35 years. She serves as president of the Kirkwood Civic Club, holds leadership roles in her church, and is an ordained minister through Rhema Ministerial Association International.

Ericka McCrutcheon is the owner and president of The Dunamis Group, LLC. She has worked in airline management, insurance and retirement planning, and real estate.

Ericka currently serves as a publicly elected appraisal district director in Position 3. She won the director at-large, Place 3 seat and is serving a term that expires Dec. 31, 2026.

- Committed to transparent leadership, honest communication with residents, and accountability for decisions and policies that affect daily life.

Ericka McCrutcheon has spent more than 35 years living, working, and serving in Houston and Harris County. She serves as president of the Kirkwood Civic Club, holds leadership roles in her church, and is an ordained minister through Rhema Ministerial Association International.

Ericka McCrutcheon is the owner and president of The Dunamis Group, LLC. Her career has included airline management, insurance and retirement planning, and real estate.

Ericka was elected to the at-large Place 3 seat on the Harris Central Appraisal District Board of Directors. Her term expires Dec. 31, 2026.

- Champions oversight, accountability, transparency, fiscal responsibility, and ethical decision-making at the Harris Central Appraisal District.

Ericka serves as a director on the Harris Central Appraisal District Board, representing at-large Place 3. She won the seat in a runoff election, and her term expires Dec. 31, 2026.

- Committed to transparent leadership, honest communication with residents, and accountability for decisions and policies affecting daily life.
- Advocates for board oversight and responsible governance on behalf of taxpayers.

Ericka McCrutcheon serves as an elected member of the Harris Central Appraisal District Board of Directors for Position 3.

- Committed to transparent leadership, honest communication with residents, and accountability for decisions and policies affecting daily lives.
- Champions oversight, accountability, and responsible governance as a member of the Harris Central Appraisal District Board of Directors.

- Prioritizes transparent leadership, honest communication with residents, and accountability for decisions affecting daily life.
- Champions oversight, fiscal responsibility, and ethical decision-making in governing the Harris Central Appraisal District.

Ericka currently serves on the Harris Central Appraisal District Board of Directors in publicly elected Position 3. She was elected in 2024.

- Supports transparent leadership, honest communication with residents, and accountability for decisions affecting daily life.
- Advocates for oversight and responsible governance on the Harris Central Appraisal District Board on behalf of taxpayers.

Ericka McCrutcheon has lived, worked, and served in Houston and Harris County for more than 35 years. She serves as president of the Kirkwood Civic Club and is an ordained minister through Rhema Ministerial Association International.

Ericka was elected to the Harris Central Appraisal District Board of Directors for the at-large Place 3 seat. Her term was set to begin July 1 and expire Dec. 31, 2026.

- Committed to transparent leadership, honest communication with residents, and accountability for decisions and policies affecting their daily lives.
- Champions oversight, accountability, and responsible governance on behalf of taxpayers.

Ballotpedia's biography states: “Jesus Nieto earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Houston, Downtown in 2023.”

Jesus Nieto - Ballotpedia

Jesus Nieto earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Houston, Downtown in 2023.

Asked what in his professional or personal background prepared him to serve on a school board, Nieto responded: “I have a background in community organizing and non-profit management and am equipped to handle the wide range of challenges presented from a community-centered lens.”

Meet the Katy ISD School Board Position 5 Candidates — Jesus Nieto

Meet the Katy ISD school board Position 5 candidates: Jesus Nieto ...

Jesus has a background in community organizing and non-profit management and am equipped to handle the wide range of challenges presented from a community-centered lens.

Ballotpedia lists Nieto's last election as May 2, 2026 and states: “Jesus Nieto ran for election to the Katy Independent School District to represent Position 5 in Texas. Nieto lost in the general election on May 2, 2026.” The Harris Central Appraisal District subsequently listed him as a candidate for At-Large Place 3 in its November 3, 2026 election.

Jesus Nieto lost the May 2026 election to the Katy Independent School District to represent Position 5 in Texas.

Promises to focus on community and parent involvement, proper teacher compensation, allowing teachers to teach, and student success and outcomes.

- Promises to focus on community and parent involvement, proper teacher compensation, allowing teachers to teach, and student success and outcomes.

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Jesus Nieto

As of September 25, 2026, Jesus Nieto did not have a website or any information online.

Jesus Nieto is a graduate of the University of Houston.

Jesus has a background in community organizing and nonprofit management.

Jesus Nieto graduated from the University of Houston.

Jesus previously ran for office in the Katy Independent School District but did not win.

Jesus has worked as a community organizer and a nonprofit director.

Jesus previously ran for Katy Independent School District.

Jesus Nieto has a background in community organizing and nonprofit management.

As of September 25, 2026, Jesus Nieto’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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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.

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