Focused on Local Issues

Day in and day out the political discourse largely revolves around the latest happenings in Congress, the White House, and federal elections. While heated debates in our nation’s capital matter greatly, more often than not it is the machinations of local and state governments that affect our daily lives the most. This is why the “C” Club works so hard to identify and support candidates who can make a difference on school boards, city councils, and in the state legislature. 

At the local and state level, voters just want to see their elected officials deliver and, metaphorically speaking, keep all the trains running on time. It does not have to be flashy and it does not have to be complicated. This explains why in Harris County we have seen a host of voters who vote reliably Democratic in federal contests display a willingness to opt for more conservative choices further down the ballot. That is how we put multiple conservatives on the Houston City Council in 2023, flipped numerous judicial seats in 2024, and nearly elected a Republican as County Attorney as well as District Attorney last fall. These feats require a message discipline centered on the most important local issues – taxes, spending, and crime. 

Taxes and Spending 

Texas has some of the highest property taxes in the entire country. High rates along with broken appraisal processes are pricing many Texans out of their homes and preventing millions more from being able to purchase a home in the first place. Every one of our “C” Club endorsed state legislators are in Austin right now working day and night to deliver relief. 

At the county and city levels, we are seeing massive spending problems. For instance, Harris County recently created a County Administrator’s office filled with unelected bureaucrats costing the taxpayers over $24 million annually. While the property tax burden has skyrocketed under County Judge Lina Hidalgo, it has been reported that the county is unable to fund even basic flood mitigation projects. Meanwhile, the City of Houston is facing a $320 million budget shortfall. Leaders like Mayor John Whitmire and Councilmembers Amy Peck, Mary Nan Huffman, Willie Davis, Julian Ramirez, and Twila Carter are working diligently to protect core services, fund our first responders, while examining potential sources of government waste – and we support those endeavors wholeheartedly. 

Crime 

We have seen what happens in places like Travis County and Austin when elected officials lack the fortitude to uphold the rule of law. Harris County and Houston never want to be like those places. At the “C” Club, we support Mayor Whitmire’s efforts to increase compensation for Houston police officers in upcoming contract negotiations. Keeping our communities safe starts with backing law enforcement and electing tough-on-crime judges. With dozens of judges up for re-election in 2026, we will be watching closely. 

Onward and upward, 

The “C” Club of Houston