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Harris County voters barely favor former Houston Mayor Annise Parker within the 2026 Harris County Decide election subsequent yr, in line with the newest College of Houston Passion Faculty of Public Affairs survey.
Parker, a Democrat, served as the town’s mayor from 2010 to 2016. She then led the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, a Washington D.C.-based political motion committee. She additionally served as a metropolis council member and metropolis controller.
In response to the examine, Parker has an 8% net-favorability within the race for Harris County Decide. The examine calculated net-favorability by subtracting a candidate or potential candidate’s unfavorability from their favorability.
Different candidates for the place trailed behind Parker with Houston Metropolis Council member Letitia Plummer receiving a 2% internet favorability for the place, and present Harris County Decide Lina Hidalgo receiving a 2% internet favorability as nicely.
Republican Aliza Dutt, the mayor of Piney Level Village — a west Harris County neighborhood with simply over 3,000 residents — obtained a -3% net-favorability score amongst Harris County voters. The vast majority of respondents to the survey didn’t know if they might vote for or in opposition to Dutt.
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The favorable score from voters comes greater than a month after Parker introduced her bid within the 2026 Harris County Decide election. Throughout a press convention asserting her candidacy for the place, Parker stated she was born in Harris County, spent her grownup life there, and cares “deeply about what occurs on this area.”
“Harris County authorities is about regulation enforcement,” she stated. “It is about public well being. It is about motion of water, notably flood prevention. It is about site visitors and transportation, and it is about making it doable for individuals to dwell right here safely.”
Hidalgo general obtained the bottom net-approval score primarily based on job efficiency of any elected Harris County official included within the survey — together with all county commissioners, District Lawyer Sean Teare, and County Lawyer Christian Menefee.
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Hidalgo has not but revealed whether or not she intends to hunt a 3rd time period subsequent yr, however her marketing campaign {dollars} readily available have ballooned from $40,000 to about $600,000 this yr. Most of her marketing campaign funds come from refunds for authorized companies. Parker has raked in additional than $92,000, and Dutt has about $246,000 in money readily available — largely donations she made to herself.
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, who has repeatedly ranked favorably with survey respondents through the years, once more topped the ranks with 55% of Harris County registered voters approving of the job Gonzalez does in workplace.
When survey respondents have been requested in regards to the route of the county, most, about 57%, stated they suppose that the county is headed within the mistaken route. Reflecting earlier issues that residents of Harris County have voiced, respondents additionally stated crime is by far a very powerful drawback dealing with Harris County right this moment. Behind that ranks the excessive value of housing and rising property taxes.
The examine, carried out by the College of Houston, polled 2,300 registered voters this month.
Not less than 40 % of people that responded to the survey stated they imagine streets in unhealthy situation and poor-quality sidewalks have a significant adverse influence on the standard of life of their neighborhood.
The examine had an general margin of error of +/-2.04%.
