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ANGEANETTE DOWLES THIBODEAUX - d-mars.com

Angie Thibodeaux is from Louisiana. She attended both Grambling State University and Louisiana Tech University for a Bachelor of Science degree in business and a master’s degree in public administration. Angeanette is the mother of two sons. She is a member of Green House International Church and several organizations, committees, and task forces, ranging from the NAACP, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., the NC Women’s Council, and the NRA, to name a few.

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Supports a garbage fee but not a property tax increase.

Supports small businesses by promoting grants, business opportunity bids, and seeking more economic funding.

Plans to promote property tax exemptions and increased medical services for seniors.

- Supports a garbage fee but not a property tax increase.
- Supports small businesses by promoting grants, business opportunity bids, and seeking more economic funding.
- Plans to promote property tax exemptions and increased medical services for seniors.

Economy

As of October 13, 2025, Angie Thibodeaux’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Public Services

Supports combatting homelessness, neighborhood revitalization and stabilization, and promoting housing affordability.

Plans to create affordable public housing, hold the Housing Authority accountable, and support tenants against landlords.

- Supports combatting homelessness, neighborhood revitalization and stabilization, and promoting housing affordability.
- Plans to create affordable public housing, hold the Housing Authority accountable, and support tenants against landlords.

Housing & Urban Development

Supports reducing government spending to ensure "safety, better streets, safer neighborhoods, [and being] tough on crime."

Believes in partnering with law enforcement to address neighborhood issues and prevent crime, and supports collaboration between residents, community leaders, and local businesses to enhance public safety.

Believes in partnering with law enforcement to address neighborhood issues and prevent crime.

- Supports reducing government spending to ensure "safety, better streets, safer neighborhoods, [and being] tough on crime."
- Believes in partnering with law enforcement to address neighborhood issues and prevent crime.

Public Safety

Prioritizes safe and clean water, water treatment, and improved drainage to combat fast street flooding.

- Prioritizes safe and clean water, water treatment, and improved drainage to combat fast street flooding.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Energy & the Environment

Ethics & Conduct

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Angie Thibodeaux

Angeanette “Angie” Thibodeaux, is a Texas resident with deep native roots in Louisiana. She considers it a distinct honor to be a product of a hard working blue collar family. Growing up in the rural south of Mer Rouge, Angie knows and understands the meaning of “it takes a village”. She attended both Grambling State University and Louisiana Tech University, departing with the accomplished goal of obtaining a bachelor of science degree in business and a master’s degree in public administration with a double concentration on state and local government and human resource management. Angeanette is the proud mother of 2 sons, 8-year-old Major and Malcom, who is resting in Heaven. She is a member of Green House International Church and several organizations, committees, and task-forces ranging from the NAACP, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., the NC Women’s Council, and the NRA to name a few.

Angie previously ran for the Texas House of Representatives in 2020 and 2022 but did not win.

Supports combatting homelessness, neighborhood revitalization, and housing affordability.

Prioritizes safe and clean water, water treatment, and improved drainage to combat flooding.

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Adrian Rogers - Ballotpedia

Adrian Rogers was born in Houston, Texas. He has a bachelor's degree form Louisiana Tech University and law degrees from Thurgood Marshall and Georgetown.

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Adrian is an attorney and small business owner. He previously worked as a security guard and a juvenile residential treatment center staffer.

Adrian's campaign for Houston City Council At-large Position 4 is his first entry into politics. 

As of October 13, 2025, Adrian Thomas Rogers did not have a website or any information online.

Supports protecting vulnerable populations through partnerships, youth engagement in city-sponsored events, and including senior citizens in decision-making.

- Supports protecting vulnerable populations through partnerships, youth engagement in city-sponsored events, and including senior citizens in decision-making.

Said, "I’ll advocate for compassionate yet practical solutions to help those experiencing homelessness transition into stable housing."

- Said, "I’ll advocate for compassionate yet practical solutions to help those experiencing homelessness transition into stable housing."

Supports smarter policing strategies, stronger youth engagement programs, and deeper community connections with first responders.

Supports "smarter policing strategies, stronger youth engagement programs, and deeper community connections with first responders."

Advocates for the use of technology and community partnerships to address crime.

- Supports "smarter policing strategies, stronger youth engagement programs, and deeper community connections with first responders."
- Advocates for the use of technology and community partnerships to address crime.

Plans to invest in improving roads, drainage systems, and public facilities.

- Plans to invest in improving roads, drainage systems, and public facilities.

Plans to equip first responders with the right tools and vehicles to ensure swift emergency response and keep city facilities open as safe shelters for displaced residents.

Wants to prepare Houston for extreme weather and flooding, prioritizing "equipping first responders with the right tools and vehicles to reach people swiftly."

- Wants to prepare Houston for extreme weather and flooding, prioritizing "equipping first responders with the right tools and vehicles to reach people swiftly."

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Adrian Thomas Rogers

As of October 13, 2025, Adrian Thomas Rogers’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports apprenticeships, livable-wage jobs, and employer accountability for tax breaks.

Supports creating permanently affordable housing by reclaiming public land, transferring vacant lots, enforcing affordability, and establishing trust funds and oversight.

Al Llyod was born and raised in Houston. He is married and a father, and a grandfather. He attended Wyoming Technical Institute. 

Al is a business owner. He has owned businesses in sports injury rehabilitation and home health care.

Al Lloyd (Houston, Texas) - Ballotpedia

Plans to focus on workforce development, small business support, enhancing public safety, improving drainage and expanding access to city services.

Plans to focus on workforce development, small business support, and expanding access to city services.

Plans to reduce red tape, make resources more accessible, and prioritize local job growth.

- Plans to focus on workforce development, small business support, and expanding access to city services.
- Plans to reduce red tape, make resources more accessible, and prioritize local job growth.

As of October 13, 2025, Al Lloyd’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Plans to focus on enhancing public safety.

Believes in enhancing public safety by improving neighborhood environments with better lighting, clean streets, and youth opportunities, and supports tailored solutions based on specific neighborhood needs.

Believes in enhancing public safety by improving neighborhood environments with better lighting, clean streets, and youth opportunities.

- Plans to focus on enhancing public safety.
- Believes in enhancing public safety by improving neighborhood environments with better lighting, clean streets, and youth opportunities.

Plans to improve drainage and expand access to city services.

Plans to address "broken sidewalks" and "delayed services."

Believes neglected infrastructure, such as cracked sidewalks, potholes, and broken streetlights, impacts safety, mobility, and quality of life.

- Plans to improve drainage.
- Plans to address "broken sidewalks" and "delayed services."
- Believes neglected infrastructure, such as cracked sidewalks, potholes, and broken streetlights, impacts safety, mobility, and quality of life.

Al Lloyd

Al's campaign for Houston City Council At-large Position 4 is his first entry into politics. 

As of October 13, 2025, Al Lloyd did not have a website or any information online.

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Alejandra grew up in South Texas. She has a bachelor’s degree in government and management from the University of Texas at Austin and a law degree from Boston College Law School. Salinas and her wife, Elizabeth, live in Montrose and are members of St. Philip Presbyterian Church.

Alejandra is an attorney at Susman Godfrey LLP. She previously worked as a regional field director for Hillary for America. 

Alejandra's campaign for Houston City Council, At-Large Position 4 is her first entry into politics.

Supports local control over minimum wages and working conditions, advocating for Houston to regulate local working conditions and set its own minimum wage with voter approval.

Supports protecting workers from job loss due to AI and automation, advocating for training city workers on new technologies and for new jobs the technology creates.

Supports protecting workers from job loss due to AI and automation, advocating for training city workers on new technologies, and for new jobs the technology creates.

Said, "Get real with taxpayers and get fiscally responsible with our limited tax dollars."

Supports protecting employee benefits for public employees.

- Supports local control over minimum wages and working conditions, advocating for Houston to regulate local working conditions and set its own minimum wage with voter approval.
- Supports protecting workers from job loss due to AI and automation, advocating for training city workers on new technologies, and for new jobs the technology creates.
- Said, "Get real with taxpayers and get fiscally responsible with our limited tax dollars."
- Supports protecting employee benefits for public employees.

Supports increased transparency in city services, saying "Voters cannot hold their elected officials accountable without transparency. Elected officials cannot credibly ask voters for more resources unless they can show good management of the resources they already have."

- Supports increased transparency in city services, saying "Voters cannot hold their elected officials accountable without transparency. Elected officials cannot credibly ask voters for more resources unless they can show good management of the resources they already have."

Believes in addressing basic urban issues like timely garbage collection, fixing water leaks and potholes, and efficient traffic light management to create a foundation for larger city improvements.

Believes in addressing basic urban issues like timely garbage collection, fixing water leaks and potholes, and efficient traffic light management.

- Believes in addressing basic urban issues like timely garbage collection, fixing water leaks and potholes, and efficient traffic light management.

Wants to keep "violent criminals off the streets."

Believes individuals who require mental health treatment should not be part of the criminal justice system.

Wants to address non-violent crimes such as "illegal dumping, after-hours noise, trash, and car break-ins."

- Wants to keep "violent criminals off the streets."
- Believes individuals who require mental health treatment should not be part of the criminal justice system.
- Wants to address non-violent crimes such as "illegal dumping, after-hours noise, trash, and car break-ins."

Wants to prepare for extreme weather and flooding.

Supports improving road conditions and diversifying transportation infrastructure by recommitting to mass transit, pedestrian, and bicycle infrastructure.

Supports investing in long-term infrastructure solutions, citing the construction of the Houston Ship Channel as a transformative event for the city.

Supports investing in long-term infrastructure solutions, citing the construction of the Houston Ship Channel as a transformative.

- Wants to prepare for extreme weather and flooding.
- Supports improving road conditions and diversifying transportation infrastructure by recommitting to mass transit, pedestrian, and bicycle infrastructure.
- Supports investing in long-term infrastructure solutions, citing the construction of the Houston Ship Channel as a transformative.

Plans to protect and expand water supplies, noting that "Houston region's water needs are expected to outstrip existing supplies by 2030."

- Plans to protect and expand water supplies, noting that "Houston region's water needs are expected to outstrip existing supplies by 2030."

Alejandra Salinas

Alejandra grew up in South Texas. She has a bachelor’s degree in government and politics from the University of Texas at Austin and a law degree from Yale Law School. Salinas and her wife Elizabeth live in Montrose and are members of St. Philip Presbyterian Church.

Supports local control over working conditions and setting a minimum wage with voter approval.

Believes in addressing fundamental issues in housing and urban development.

Cris Wright - Ballotpedia

Cris Wright is from Houston, Texas. She has a bachelor's degree from Howard University. She is a Christian.

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Cris is the founder and owner of digital services consultancy firm WrightNow Results.

Cris's campaign for Houston City Council At-Large is her first time running for public office.

Supports prioritizing "true small businesses."

Supports experiential apprenticeships for youth pursuing trade and traditional professions.

Supports policies that support part-time and low-revenue businesses.

Supports mobile business advising through city-backed pop-ups at barbershops, flea markets, food truck hubs, and vendor events.

- Supports prioritizing "true small businesses."
- Supports experiential apprenticeships for youth pursuing trade and traditional professions.
- Supports policies that support part-time and low-revenue businesses.
- Supports mobile business advising through city-backed pop-ups at barbershops, flea markets, food truck hubs, and vendor events.

Believes in providing residents with information and tools to influence local politics.

Supports neighborhood storytelling grants to fund projects that document and celebrate local traditions, food, music, and histories.

- Believes in providing residents with information and tools to influence local politics.
- Supports neighborhood storytelling grants to fund projects that document and celebrate local traditions, food, music, and histories.

Supports protecting long-time residents from being displaced by new developments.

Supports assisting residents in transitioning from assisted housing to homeownership in their local neighborhoods.

Supports expanding access to plain-language housing resources, rights, and pathways to homeownership.

- Supports affordable housing.
- Supports protecting long-time residents from being displaced by new developments.
- Supports assisting residents in transitioning from assisted housing to homeownership in their local neighborhoods.
- Supports expanding access to plain-language housing resources, rights, and pathways to homeownership.

Believes traffic violations should be handled differently for low-income families.

- Believes traffic violations should be handled differently for low-income families.

Supports creating user-friendly tools for residents to track city projects and budgets.

Believes roads have too many potholes and flood too often.

Believes roads have too many potholes and flood too often, and supports investing in infrastructure improvements for "everyday residents."

Supports safer streets and improved lighting for residents.

Supports safer streets and improved lighting for residents and sidewalk repairs, especially where "seniors and kids walk daily."

- Supports creating user-friendly tools for residents to track city projects and budgets.
- Believes roads have too many potholes and flood too often, and supports investing in infrastructure improvements for "everyday residents."
- Supports safer streets and improved lighting for residents and sidewalk repairs, especially where "seniors and kids walk daily."

As of October 13, 2025, Cris Wright’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Cris Wright

Cris Wright is from Houston, Texas. She has a bachelor's degree from Howard University. She attends Christian.

Cris's campaign for Houston City Council At-Large is her first entry into politics. She previously ran for Texas House District 139 in 2024 but did not win.

As of October 13, 2025, Cris Wright did not have a website or any information online.

Supports seeking more funding from state and federal governments.

Supports boosting affordable housing by repurposing vacant public land for housing.

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Dwight Boykins is from Houston, Texas. He attended Stephen F. Austin High School and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in marketing from Texas Southern University. He and his wife, Genora, have been married for 34 years and have six children. He is a member of Windsor Village United Methodist Church.

Dwight is the founder of DBoykins Consulting, LLC, which focuses on business development and government relations. He previously worked as the director of government affairs at TSU.

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Dwight is a former Houston City Council member who represented District D from 2013 to 2019. He ran for mayor in 2019 but did not win.

Supports promoting economic development by improving contracting opportunities for small businesses, attracting diverse industries, and creating incentive-based programs for employers.

Supports using zero-based budgeting to streamline the city's budget.

- Supports promoting economic development by improving contracting opportunities for small businesses, attracting diverse industries, and creating incentive-based programs for employers.
- Supports using zero-based budgeting to streamline the city's budget.

Believes in "doing the small things well" for a well-run city, including timely repairs, efficient traffic management, and streamlined permitting processes.

- Believes in "doing the small things well" for a well-run city, including timely repairs, efficient traffic management, and streamlined permitting processes.

As of October 13, 2025, Dwight A. Boykins’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Proposed a garbage collection fee to pay for firefighter raises.

As city council member, proposed a garbage collection fee to pay for firefighter raises.

Supports strong law enforcement and effective prevention strategies, including public health approaches, to reduce gun violence.

Supports strong law enforcement and effective prevention strategies to reduce gun violence.

Believes mental health and substance use crises should be treated, not incarcerated. Supports expanding programs like the Sobering Center and Crisis Call Diversion Program.

Believes mental health and substance use crises should be treated, not jailed. Supports expanding programs like the Sobering Center and Crisis Call Diversion Program.

Believes addressing lower-level, non-violent offenses, such as illegal dumping and car break-ins, is essential for building safe neighborhoods.

- As city council member, proposed a garbage collection fee to pay for firefighter raises.
- Supports strong law enforcement and effective prevention strategies to reduce gun violence.
- Believes mental health and substance use crises should be treated, not jailed. Supports expanding programs like the Sobering Center and Crisis Call Diversion Program.
- Believes addressing lower-level, non-violent offenses, such as illegal dumping and car break-ins, is essential for building safe neighborhoods.

Supports investing in the Build Houston Forward program to enhance streets and drainage, and believes in expanding mass transit, pedestrian routes, and bike-friendly infrastructure.

Believes in expanding mass transit, pedestrian routes, and bike-friendly infrastructure.

Supports advocating for major infrastructure projects like the Ike Dike, Galveston Bay Park Plan, and stormwater tunnel system to protect against climate risks.

Believes Houston must protect and expand its water resources through smart planning, conservation, and investment to address projected water demand exceeding supply by 2030 due to climate change and population growth.

Believes Houston must protect and expand its water resources through smart planning, conservation, and investment to address projected water demand.

- Believes in expanding mass transit, pedestrian routes, and bike-friendly infrastructure.
- Supports advocating for major infrastructure projects like the Ike Dike, Galveston Bay Park Plan, and stormwater tunnel system to protect against climate risks.
- Believes Houston must protect and expand its water resources through smart planning, conservation, and investment to address projected water demand.

Plans to invest in flood prevention strategies like regular ditch maintenance, expanding Stormwater Action Teams, and using green infrastructure such as dual-purpose detention ponds that double as greenspace.

Plans to invest in flood prevention strategies like regular ditch maintenance, expanding Stormwater Action Teams, and using green infrastructure.

- Plans to invest in flood prevention strategies like regular ditch maintenance, expanding Stormwater Action Teams, and using green infrastructure.

Dwight A. Boykins

Dwight Boykins is from Houston, Texas. He attended Stephen F. Austin High School and earned a bachelor of business administration in marketing from Texas Southern University. He and his wife, Genora, have been married for 34 years and have six children. He is a member of Windsor Village United Methodist Church.

Dwight is a former Houston City Council member who represented District D from 2013 to 2019. 

Dwight Boykins is from Houston, Texas. He attended Stephen F. Austin High School and earned a bachelor's degree in marketing from Texas Southern University. He and his wife, Genora, have been married for 34 years. He is a member of Windsor Village United Methodist Church.

Dwight previously served on the Houston City Council from 2014 to 2020, representing District D.

Supports using zero-based budgeting to streamline the city budget.

Supports streamlining the city budget through zero-based budgeting to fund key areas like infrastructure, public safety, and trash pickup.

Supports expediting disaster recovery by fast-tracking drainage, infrastructure, and housing repair programs.

Supports fast-tracking drainage, infrastructure, and housing repair programs to speed up disaster recovery.

Ethan Hale - Ballotpedia

Ethan Hale is from Seattle, Washington. He earned a high school diploma from Cedar Ridge High School. He attends Houston Community College. He is agnostic.

Ethan is an activist. He has been affiliated with 50501 Houston and Recall Houston.

Ethan's campaign for Houston City Council At-large Position 4 is his first entry into politics. 

Supports a local system of universal basic income (UBI) for those on Social Security Insurance (SSI) and disabled people.

Supports using local funds to address medical staff shortages due to Medicaid cuts.

- Supports a local system of universal basic income (UBI) for those on Social Security Insurance (SSI) and disabled people.
- Supports using local funds to address medical staff shortages due to Medicaid cuts.

Opposes the "Strong-Mayor" system, which would give the mayor more power, saying it "concentrates far too much power into one person and should be abolished."

- Opposes the "Strong-Mayor" system, which would give the mayor more power, saying it "concentrates far too much power into one person and should be abolished."

Believes food, housing, and healthcare are human rights.

Opposes the "criminalization of homelessness" and believes the city must do more to address homelessness.

Promises to address landlords who "screw over their tenants."

- Believes food, housing, and healthcare are human rights.
- Opposes the "criminalization of homelessness" and believes the city must do more to address homelessness.
- Promises to address landlords who "screw over their tenants."

Opposes allowing the Houston Police Department to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Believes reducing poverty will reduce crime.

Believes reducing poverty will reduce crime more than "spending on police."

- Opposes allowing the Houston Police Department to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- Believes reducing poverty will reduce crime more than "spending on police."

Supports municipalizing CenterPoint Energy to ensure reliable electricity.

Supports local control of CenterPoint Energy to ensure reliable electricity.

Supports the development of public transportation.

- Supports local control of CenterPoint Energy to ensure reliable electricity.
- Supports the development of public transportation.

Supports taxing the biggest polluters in the city and using that money to fund health services for the communities they harm.

Believes the water supply is "on the verge of collapse" due to data centers and wants to invest in water treatment plants and halt new data center developments.

- Supports taxing the biggest polluters in the city and using that money to fund health services for the communities they harm.
- Believes the water supply is "on the verge of collapse" due to data centers and wants to invest in water treatment plants and halt new data center developments.

Ethan Hale

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