Houston City Council At-Large,

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City council is Houston’s legislative body. Members enact and enforce all ordinances and resolutions; adopt the annual budget; confirm the mayor’s appointments; and are responsible for the appropriation and issuance of bonds, awarding of contracts and approval of expenditures over $50,000. Limited to two 4-year terms.

Candidates

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BACKGROUND: What motivated you to run for City Council, and what

unique skills or experience make you the best candidate for the role?

ISSUES: What are the two most pressing issues you plan to address as

a City Council Member, and what specific strategies will you use to

solve them?

Jordan Thomas

I’m running for City Council to put people at the center of Houston’s infrastructure. I’m a project manager uniting the nation’s power grids and I served as Chief of Staff at City Hall to Amanda Edwards and Letitia Plummer, giving me both technical expertise and inside knowledge to get results. From union organizing to civic leadership, my career has been about fairness and accountability. I’ll ensure every city investment makes life safer, more affordable, and more sustainable for Houstonians.

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I’ll tackle housing affordability and street safety. Houston needs its first Comprehensive Housing Plan to align all agencies and dollars toward permanently affordable homes with real oversight. I’ll also enforce Vision Zero by requiring NACTO-aligned street design, restoring High Injury Network updates, creating a crash review board, and publishing annual safety report cards to hold the City accountable.

FUTURE: What is your vision for the city in 10 years, and what steps

will you take to achieve it?

In 10 years, I see a Houston where every resident has a safe, affordable home, where flooding and heat are managed with resilient infrastructure, and where no one dies on our streets. To get there, I’ll champion a Comprehensive Housing Plan, adopt a worst-first stormwater strategy, enforce Vision Zero with real accountability, and ensure every city dollar is spent transparently to improve daily life for Houstonians

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: How will you engage residents in the city’s

decision-making process?

I’ll restore trust by ensuring residents and experts—not backroom politics—guide Houston’s future. That means honoring voter-approved plans like METRONext, creating public dashboards for all projects, and embedding real community engagement into every ordinance and budget. Houstonians shouldn’t see years of work ignored; their voices must shape how we build housing, transit, and safe streets.

COMMUNITY: What are your favorite things about your city?

Margaritas at an Astros playoff game in October. Never checking my watch for the Red Line train schedule. Summer concerts in Hermann Park. Whatever’s on display at the Menil. Seeing “Rockets Win” light up on the Toyota Center jumbotron. Bike rides down the unpaved parts of Sims Bayou. An order of "Jerry Cakes" and coffee at the Breakfast Klub. The view of the city from Burnett Transit Center. Houston is all of it—sports, art, nature, cuisine and grit—I love everything about this bayou swamp.