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General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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Council Member, At-Large

Race · November 3, 2026 general election

City of Corpus Christi
Vote for 3Researched · fact-checked15-way race
Anthem PowersNonpartisan
Merida Nardone MendozaMerida Nardone MendozaNonpartisan
Scott F. CorlissScott F. CorlissNonpartisan
Sammy GonzalesNonpartisan
Zoraida BasalduNonpartisan
Michael MillerMichael MillerNonpartisan
Joshua FraedrickJoshua FraedrickNonpartisan
Willie Morales Jr.Nonpartisan
Mark ScottMark ScottNonpartisan Incumbent
Nancy VeraNonpartisan
Julian Jacob HernandezNonpartisan
Carolyn VaughnCarolyn VaughnNonpartisan Incumbent
Richard SheltonNonpartisan
Dan McQueenNonpartisan
Alex JohnstonNonpartisan
On ballot as
Anthem Powers
Merida Nardone Mendoza
Scott F. Corliss
Sammy Gonzales
Zoraida Basaldu
Michael Miller
Joshua Fraedrick
Willie Morales Jr.
Mark Scott
Nancy Vera
Julian Jacob Hernandez
Carolyn Vaughn
Richard Shelton
Dan McQueen
Alex Johnston
Current role
Plumber
Restaurant owner (Perrin's on the Water) and insurance sales
Owner and CEO, Corliss Mechanical Inc.
Student, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Chemical engineer
Vice President, Teal Construction Company
Owner, CC-TX Lawn Care
Retired
Corpus Christi City Council Member, At-Large; President, San Jacinto Title Services
President, Corpus Christi American Federation of Teachers
Outage planner, Actalent Services
Corpus Christi City Council Member, At-Large
Real estate investor; founder of FLIPCC
Author (per city's candidate list); CEO of MITI (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
Software developer
Background
  • Graduate, Flour Bluff (2011) (per candidate)
  • Completed Houston Area Plumbing Joint Apprenticeship Committee apprenticeship program (per candidate)
  • Plumber, Malek Inc. and Plumbers Local Union 68 (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • From Flint, Michigan (per KEDT's candidate profile)
  • Moved to Corpus Christi in 2009 (per candidate)
  • Bachelor's degree in business administration (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Was a Farmers Insurance agent for more than 20 years (per candidate)
  • Was a Bank of America banker and loan officer for five years (per candidate)
  • Born and raised in Corpus Christi (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Goes by May Mendoza in her campaign
  • U.S. Navy disabled veteran (per campaign)
  • 12 years in the Navy (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Business owner for 32 years (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Longtime Corpus Christi resident (per campaign)
  • From New Jersey (per KEDT's candidate profile)
  • CVS shift supervisor (per city's candidate list)
  • Former student teacher, West Oso (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • From San Antonio (per KEDT's candidate profile)
  • Corpus Christi resident for five years (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Consultant in utility systems, specializing in water treatment for the energy sector (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Came to the United States at age 12 (per candidate)
  • Corpus Christi resident since then (per candidate)
  • Over 26 years in commercial construction (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Corpus Christi resident for 44 years (per candidate)
  • Fifth-generation Corpus Christian (per campaign)
  • Lawn care business owner (per campaign)
  • More than 20 years of management experience (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Raised in Corpus Christi (per campaign)
Not found
  • Bachelor of Business Administration, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
  • Master of Business Administration, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
  • Over 25 years with San Jacinto Title (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Educator with classroom teaching and labor leadership experience (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Doctor of Educational Leadership degree (per candidate)
  • 54 years of residency in Corpus Christi (per candidate)
  • Born and raised in Corpus Christi's Molina area (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • GED, some college and skilled trades training (per candidate)
  • More than 20 years in electrical utilities (per candidate)
  • Also worked as a mechanic and in construction (per candidate)
  • GED; attended community college (per city biography)
  • With her husband, built an oil and gas business, Gyro Technologies Inc. dba Vaughn Energy Services
  • They sold the business in 2021 (per candidate)
  • Co-owner, Rustic Falls at the Vaughn Ranch, an event venue in George West
  • 22 years in automotive leadership, then full-time real estate investing (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Volunteer, Church Unlimited Westside Mission (per candidate)
  • Sponsor, Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation (per candidate)
  • Corpus Christi resident for more than 20 years (per candidate)
  • Aviation engineering, Navy search and rescue, and CEO of MITI (per candidate, Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Corpus Christi resident since 2007 (per candidate)
  • MBA, UNC Chapel Hill (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Engineering degree, Georgia Tech (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Has worked in manufacturing, utilities, software and supply chain (per candidate)
  • Corpus Christi resident for seven years (per candidate)
Experience
  • Ran for mayor of Corpus Christi (November 2024 general election)
  • Member, Coastal Bend Labor Council and Corpus Christi Taxpayers Association (per candidate)
  • Has chaired the United Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce (per campaign)
  • Ran for City Council (2024) (per campaign)
  • Roles with Kiwanis of South Texas and the Padre Island Business Association (per candidate)
  • Has served on the Texas Coalition on Crime Prevention (per campaign)
  • Has served as a Nueces County Civil Service Commissioner (per campaign)
  • Has served on the South Texas Joint Military Task Force (per campaign)
  • Political experience: helping in local campaigns, serving on boards and commissions (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
Not found
  • First political campaign (per candidate)
  • Board service including the YWCA and the library (per candidate)
  • Chairman, Planning Commission (per candidate)
  • President, CC Metro Ministries (per candidate)
  • Board member, Goodwill Industries (per candidate)
  • First time running for office (per candidate)
  • Ran for mayor of Corpus Christi (November 2024 general election)
  • Has attended almost every City Council meeting for nearly two years (per campaign)
Not found
  • Earlier council service: combined 16 years (per city biography)
  • Former chair, city's Audit Committee
  • Former president, Corpus Christi Housing Finance Corporation
  • Served over a decade on the Coastal Bend Regional Water Planning Group
  • Chair, Corpus Christi Police Department Training Board (per candidate)
  • Ran for at-large City Council seat (November 2022 general election)
  • No prior political experience (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Member, Knights of Columbus (per candidate)
  • Nueces County Commissioner (2018–2021)
  • City Council, District 1 (2014–2018)
  • No political experience before filing for this race (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Mayor of Corpus Christi, 37 days (sworn in Dec. 13, 2016; resigned January 2017) (per Caller-Times)
  • No prior political experience (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
Top priorities
  • "To encourage our churches, to drive membership, and to help point others to Christ"
  • "To increase wages, achievable by nurturing new business growth and by encouraging new industries to come to our area"
  • "City Beautification, tax incentives/penalties to fix, clean, or sell run down or abandoned properties"
  • "Improving and maintaining city streets to ensure safe, accessible and reliable infrastructure for all residents"
  • "Supporting public safety by ensuring Police Officers have the staffing, training, equipment, and resources needed to keep neighborhoods secure"
  • On water: "evaluating all viable options, including a desalination plant that has strong environmental safeguards in place"
  • "First, a diversified, independent, drought resilient water source for Corpus Christi to supplement what we have"
  • "our first responders need our support to enhance what we do for public safety"
  • "we need infrastructure investment in our city streets and parks"
  • "Water independence"
  • City infrastructure: "Fill potholes that have been neglected for to long"
  • Investing in Corpus Christi: "More of a push for investment in small business owners"
  • "Water Projects – Investing in multiple solutions, including water reuse, groundwater, desalination, and infrastructure improvements"
  • "Economic Development – Investing in the long-term economic success of our city"
  • "Identify and execute a sustainable and affordable, long-term solution to our water supply funded largely by State and Federal grants"
  • "Amend the infrastructure design manual to require that all arterial and collector streets be constructed from durable, less maintenance intensive, reinforced concrete pavement"
  • "Provide funding for additional staff within city government to assist with organizing local groups and donors in their efforts to stop the homelessness epidemic"
  • "First, take care of what we already have by properly maintaining streets, utilities, parks, and public facilities"
  • "protect our water and bay through responsible, diversified water planning while rejecting the Inner Harbor desalination plant"
  • "restore trust in city government through transparency, accountability, and meaningful public participation"
Not found
  • "Water: moving forward with a drought proof water supply that also creates redundancy in our water treatment facilities"
  • "Streets: past several councils have gutted the street maintenance funds. Enough kicking the can down the road"
  • "Downtown: providing incentives to convert the vacant office buildings to residential"
  • "Water security: a reliable, affordable supply that protects families and small businesses, not just large users"
  • "Good jobs: living wages, fair treatment for city employees, and training pathways for young people"
  • "Honest, transparent government: accurate information before every vote, open budgets and real community input"
  • "Stop wasteful spending: before spending taxpayers money, ask the same question we ask at home: do we really need this?"
  • "Hold people accountable"
  • "Bring services back: Residents keep paying more while getting less"
  • "Transparency and accountability, protect taxpayers, restore trust in city government"
  • "Protect our Bay while pursuing a diversified water portfolio"
  • "prioritize public safety, infrastructure, animal control and most importantly water"
  • "Secure reliable water for families through the city-owned Inner Harbor desalination project"
  • "Attract high-paying jobs and close the income gap while protecting resources"
  • "Practice strict fiscal responsibility and support public safety and core infrastructure"
  • "Comprehensive business growth; future-industry education; modernization of government operations"
  • "Corpus Christi must attract advanced technology industries, expand workforce training, and streamline outdated processes"
  • "Water security. Diversify our water supply based on four things: lowest cost per gallon, shortest time to delivery, lowest implementation risk, and least environmental impact"
  • "Infrastructure that works. Build a data-driven strategy to optimize our city's resources"
  • "Smart, sustainable growth. Grow an innovation economy that creates meaningful employment opportunities"
Tidbits
  • Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire, on the Inner Harbor desalination plant: "Only if we use a low velocity filter system and we run a discharge piping system to the gulf."
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: No public statement found
  • Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire: "I support the Inner Harbor plant because it's the most practical and fully permitted site"
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: Caller-Times questionnaire: "Supporting public safety by ensuring Police Officers have the staffing, training, equipment, and resources needed to keep neighborhoods secure"
  • Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire: "I support the Inner Harbor Desalination Plant (IHDP). It is fully permitted, ecologically safe, and will have the least financial impact on ratepayers."
  • Flooding and drainage: Campaign site: "our community deserves dependable roads, effective drainage and wastewater systems, and well-maintained parks"
  • Public safety: Caller-Times questionnaire: "our first responders need our support to enhance what we do for public safety"
  • Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire: "I am against the development of the Inner Harbor seawater desalination plant; a big project like this poses a negative impact on the community."
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: No public statement found
  • Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire: "I support the Inner Harbor desalination project as it is critical to meet the growing demand, improve water security, and support our economic growth."
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: No public statement found
  • Property taxes and budget: Campaign site: city government should focus on "practical solutions that improve everyday life for the people who call Corpus Christi home while protecting taxpayers"
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire, answering no on the Inner Harbor desalination plant: "I advocate for leaving this level of highly technical water production up to the experts."
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: Campaign site: "Strong public safety begins with supporting our police officers, firefighters, EMS personnel, and emergency dispatchers."
  • Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire: "The Inner Harbor plant is extraordinarily expensive, threatens our bay, and asks residents to assume enormous financial and environmental risks largely driven by industrial growth."
  • Flooding and drainage: Campaign site: "Residents deserve roads repaired correctly, reliable drainage, well-maintained parks, and infrastructure that works."
  • Public safety: No public statement found
  • Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
  • Growth and infrastructure: No public statement found
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: No public statement found
  • Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire: "I support Inner Harbor: Fully Permitted, $750MM in low interest TWDB loans, provides needed treatment redundancy"
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: No public statement found
  • Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire: "I do not support the Inner Harbor project as proposed. I believe its nearly $1 billion cost would fall too heavily on working families' water bills"
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: No public statement found
  • Property taxes and budget: Caller-Times questionnaire: "Stop wasteful spending: before spending taxpayers money, ask the same question we ask at home: do we really need this?"
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire: "I support securing Corpus Christi's water future, but I do not support the Inner Harbor location"
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: No public statement found
  • Property taxes and budget: Caller-Times questionnaire: "Transparency and accountability, protect taxpayers, restore trust in city government"
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire, on the Inner Harbor desalination plant: "The cost is too high for taxpayers, particularly when the project serves industry."
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: Caller-Times questionnaire: "prioritize public safety, infrastructure, animal control and most importantly water"
  • Property taxes and budget: Caller-Times questionnaire: "Practice strict fiscal responsibility and support public safety and core infrastructure."
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire, on the Inner Harbor desalination plant: "It is the most realistic, permitted, and expandable near-term solution for reliable water."
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: Campaign site: "Support strong public safety measures and invest in infrastructure improvements that make Corpus Christi a place families want to stay."
  • Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire: "Any desalination site should support sustainable infrastructure, protect the environment, and align with future technology growth."
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: No public statement found
  • Property taxes and budget: Campaign site: "Data-driven decisions. Transparent budgeting. Long-term financial planning."
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire: "I'm not opposed to desalination; I'm opposed to overpaying for it. Inner Harbor is the most expensive option"
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: No public statement found
Endorsements
None found in our research
  • Coastal Bend Coalition (shared endorsement)
  • Coastal Bend Coalition (shared endorsement)
None found in our research
None found in our research
None found in our research
  • Texas Campaign for the Environment (VoteClean.org PAC) (shared endorsement)
None found in our research
  • Coastal Bend Coalition (shared endorsement)
  • Texas Campaign for the Environment (VoteClean.org PAC) (shared endorsement)
None found in our research
None found in our research
None found in our research
None found in our research
None found in our research
Campaign website
Not found
votemnmendoza.com
corlissforcouncil.com
Not found
Not found
miller4corpus.com
josh4cc.com
Not found
Not found
Not found
Not found
Not found
electrichardshelton.com
Not found
alexforcorpus.com

Anthem Powers

Nonpartisan
On ballot as
Anthem Powers
Current role
Plumber
Background
  • Graduate, Flour Bluff (2011) (per candidate)
  • Completed Houston Area Plumbing Joint Apprenticeship Committee apprenticeship program (per candidate)
  • Plumber, Malek Inc. and Plumbers Local Union 68 (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • From Flint, Michigan (per KEDT's candidate profile)
  • Moved to Corpus Christi in 2009 (per candidate)
Experience
  • Ran for mayor of Corpus Christi (November 2024 general election)
  • Member, Coastal Bend Labor Council and Corpus Christi Taxpayers Association (per candidate)
Top priorities
  • "To encourage our churches, to drive membership, and to help point others to Christ"
  • "To increase wages, achievable by nurturing new business growth and by encouraging new industries to come to our area"
  • "City Beautification, tax incentives/penalties to fix, clean, or sell run down or abandoned properties"
Tidbits
  • Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire, on the Inner Harbor desalination plant: "Only if we use a low velocity filter system and we run a discharge piping system to the gulf."
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: No public statement found
Endorsements
None found in our research
Campaign website
Not found
Merida Nardone Mendoza

Merida Nardone Mendoza

Nonpartisan
On ballot as
Merida Nardone Mendoza
Current role
Restaurant owner (Perrin's on the Water) and insurance sales
Background
  • Bachelor's degree in business administration (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Was a Farmers Insurance agent for more than 20 years (per candidate)
  • Was a Bank of America banker and loan officer for five years (per candidate)
  • Born and raised in Corpus Christi (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Goes by May Mendoza in her campaign
Experience
  • Has chaired the United Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce (per campaign)
  • Ran for City Council (2024) (per campaign)
  • Roles with Kiwanis of South Texas and the Padre Island Business Association (per candidate)
Top priorities
  • "Improving and maintaining city streets to ensure safe, accessible and reliable infrastructure for all residents"
  • "Supporting public safety by ensuring Police Officers have the staffing, training, equipment, and resources needed to keep neighborhoods secure"
  • On water: "evaluating all viable options, including a desalination plant that has strong environmental safeguards in place"
Tidbits
  • Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire: "I support the Inner Harbor plant because it's the most practical and fully permitted site"
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: Caller-Times questionnaire: "Supporting public safety by ensuring Police Officers have the staffing, training, equipment, and resources needed to keep neighborhoods secure"
Endorsements
  • Coastal Bend Coalition (shared endorsement)
Campaign website
votemnmendoza.com
Scott F. Corliss

Scott F. Corliss

Nonpartisan
On ballot as
Scott F. Corliss
Current role
Owner and CEO, Corliss Mechanical Inc.
Background
  • U.S. Navy disabled veteran (per campaign)
  • 12 years in the Navy (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Business owner for 32 years (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Longtime Corpus Christi resident (per campaign)
  • From New Jersey (per KEDT's candidate profile)
Experience
  • Has served on the Texas Coalition on Crime Prevention (per campaign)
  • Has served as a Nueces County Civil Service Commissioner (per campaign)
  • Has served on the South Texas Joint Military Task Force (per campaign)
  • Political experience: helping in local campaigns, serving on boards and commissions (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
Top priorities
  • "First, a diversified, independent, drought resilient water source for Corpus Christi to supplement what we have"
  • "our first responders need our support to enhance what we do for public safety"
  • "we need infrastructure investment in our city streets and parks"
Tidbits
  • Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire: "I support the Inner Harbor Desalination Plant (IHDP). It is fully permitted, ecologically safe, and will have the least financial impact on ratepayers."
  • Flooding and drainage: Campaign site: "our community deserves dependable roads, effective drainage and wastewater systems, and well-maintained parks"
  • Public safety: Caller-Times questionnaire: "our first responders need our support to enhance what we do for public safety"
Endorsements
  • Coastal Bend Coalition (shared endorsement)
Campaign website
corlissforcouncil.com

Sammy Gonzales

Nonpartisan
On ballot as
Sammy Gonzales
Current role
Student, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Background
  • CVS shift supervisor (per city's candidate list)
  • Former student teacher, West Oso (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • From San Antonio (per KEDT's candidate profile)
  • Corpus Christi resident for five years (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
Experience
Not found
Top priorities
  • "Water independence"
  • City infrastructure: "Fill potholes that have been neglected for to long"
  • Investing in Corpus Christi: "More of a push for investment in small business owners"
Tidbits
  • Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire: "I am against the development of the Inner Harbor seawater desalination plant; a big project like this poses a negative impact on the community."
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: No public statement found
Endorsements
None found in our research
Campaign website
Not found

Zoraida Basaldu

Nonpartisan
On ballot as
Zoraida Basaldu
Current role
Chemical engineer
Background
  • Consultant in utility systems, specializing in water treatment for the energy sector (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Came to the United States at age 12 (per candidate)
  • Corpus Christi resident since then (per candidate)
Experience
  • First political campaign (per candidate)
  • Board service including the YWCA and the library (per candidate)
Top priorities
  • "Water Projects – Investing in multiple solutions, including water reuse, groundwater, desalination, and infrastructure improvements"
  • "Economic Development – Investing in the long-term economic success of our city"
Tidbits
  • Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire: "I support the Inner Harbor desalination project as it is critical to meet the growing demand, improve water security, and support our economic growth."
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: No public statement found
Endorsements
None found in our research
Campaign website
Not found
Michael Miller

Michael Miller

Nonpartisan
On ballot as
Michael Miller
Current role
Vice President, Teal Construction Company
Background
  • Over 26 years in commercial construction (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Corpus Christi resident for 44 years (per candidate)
  • Fifth-generation Corpus Christian (per campaign)
Experience
  • Chairman, Planning Commission (per candidate)
  • President, CC Metro Ministries (per candidate)
  • Board member, Goodwill Industries (per candidate)
  • First time running for office (per candidate)
Top priorities
  • "Identify and execute a sustainable and affordable, long-term solution to our water supply funded largely by State and Federal grants"
  • "Amend the infrastructure design manual to require that all arterial and collector streets be constructed from durable, less maintenance intensive, reinforced concrete pavement"
  • "Provide funding for additional staff within city government to assist with organizing local groups and donors in their efforts to stop the homelessness epidemic"
Tidbits
  • Property taxes and budget: Campaign site: city government should focus on "practical solutions that improve everyday life for the people who call Corpus Christi home while protecting taxpayers"
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire, answering no on the Inner Harbor desalination plant: "I advocate for leaving this level of highly technical water production up to the experts."
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: Campaign site: "Strong public safety begins with supporting our police officers, firefighters, EMS personnel, and emergency dispatchers."
Endorsements
None found in our research
Campaign website
miller4corpus.com
Joshua Fraedrick

Joshua Fraedrick

Nonpartisan
On ballot as
Joshua Fraedrick
Current role
Owner, CC-TX Lawn Care
Background
  • Lawn care business owner (per campaign)
  • More than 20 years of management experience (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Raised in Corpus Christi (per campaign)
Experience
  • Ran for mayor of Corpus Christi (November 2024 general election)
  • Has attended almost every City Council meeting for nearly two years (per campaign)
Top priorities
  • "First, take care of what we already have by properly maintaining streets, utilities, parks, and public facilities"
  • "protect our water and bay through responsible, diversified water planning while rejecting the Inner Harbor desalination plant"
  • "restore trust in city government through transparency, accountability, and meaningful public participation"
Tidbits
  • Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire: "The Inner Harbor plant is extraordinarily expensive, threatens our bay, and asks residents to assume enormous financial and environmental risks largely driven by industrial growth."
  • Flooding and drainage: Campaign site: "Residents deserve roads repaired correctly, reliable drainage, well-maintained parks, and infrastructure that works."
  • Public safety: No public statement found
Endorsements
  • Texas Campaign for the Environment (VoteClean.org PAC) (shared endorsement)
Campaign website
josh4cc.com

Willie Morales Jr.

Nonpartisan
On ballot as
Willie Morales Jr.
Current role
Retired
Background
Not found
Experience
Not found
Top priorities
Not found
Tidbits
  • Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
  • Growth and infrastructure: No public statement found
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: No public statement found
Endorsements
None found in our research
Campaign website
Not found
Mark Scott

Mark Scott

Nonpartisan Incumbent
On ballot as
Mark Scott
Current role
Corpus Christi City Council Member, At-Large; President, San Jacinto Title Services
Background
  • Bachelor of Business Administration, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
  • Master of Business Administration, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
  • Over 25 years with San Jacinto Title (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
Experience
  • Earlier council service: combined 16 years (per city biography)
  • Former chair, city's Audit Committee
  • Former president, Corpus Christi Housing Finance Corporation
  • Served over a decade on the Coastal Bend Regional Water Planning Group
Top priorities
  • "Water: moving forward with a drought proof water supply that also creates redundancy in our water treatment facilities"
  • "Streets: past several councils have gutted the street maintenance funds. Enough kicking the can down the road"
  • "Downtown: providing incentives to convert the vacant office buildings to residential"
Tidbits
  • Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire: "I support Inner Harbor: Fully Permitted, $750MM in low interest TWDB loans, provides needed treatment redundancy"
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: No public statement found
Endorsements
  • Coastal Bend Coalition (shared endorsement)
Campaign website
Not found

Nancy Vera

Nonpartisan
On ballot as
Nancy Vera
Current role
President, Corpus Christi American Federation of Teachers
Background
  • Educator with classroom teaching and labor leadership experience (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Doctor of Educational Leadership degree (per candidate)
  • 54 years of residency in Corpus Christi (per candidate)
Experience
  • Chair, Corpus Christi Police Department Training Board (per candidate)
  • Ran for at-large City Council seat (November 2022 general election)
Top priorities
  • "Water security: a reliable, affordable supply that protects families and small businesses, not just large users"
  • "Good jobs: living wages, fair treatment for city employees, and training pathways for young people"
  • "Honest, transparent government: accurate information before every vote, open budgets and real community input"
Tidbits
  • Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire: "I do not support the Inner Harbor project as proposed. I believe its nearly $1 billion cost would fall too heavily on working families' water bills"
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: No public statement found
Endorsements
  • Texas Campaign for the Environment (VoteClean.org PAC) (shared endorsement)
Campaign website
Not found

Julian Jacob Hernandez

Nonpartisan
On ballot as
Julian Jacob Hernandez
Current role
Outage planner, Actalent Services
Background
  • Born and raised in Corpus Christi's Molina area (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • GED, some college and skilled trades training (per candidate)
  • More than 20 years in electrical utilities (per candidate)
  • Also worked as a mechanic and in construction (per candidate)
Experience
  • No prior political experience (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Member, Knights of Columbus (per candidate)
Top priorities
  • "Stop wasteful spending: before spending taxpayers money, ask the same question we ask at home: do we really need this?"
  • "Hold people accountable"
  • "Bring services back: Residents keep paying more while getting less"
Tidbits
  • Property taxes and budget: Caller-Times questionnaire: "Stop wasteful spending: before spending taxpayers money, ask the same question we ask at home: do we really need this?"
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire: "I support securing Corpus Christi's water future, but I do not support the Inner Harbor location"
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: No public statement found
Endorsements
None found in our research
Campaign website
Not found
Carolyn Vaughn

Carolyn Vaughn

Nonpartisan Incumbent
On ballot as
Carolyn Vaughn
Current role
Corpus Christi City Council Member, At-Large
Background
  • GED; attended community college (per city biography)
  • With her husband, built an oil and gas business, Gyro Technologies Inc. dba Vaughn Energy Services
  • They sold the business in 2021 (per candidate)
  • Co-owner, Rustic Falls at the Vaughn Ranch, an event venue in George West
Experience
  • Nueces County Commissioner (2018–2021)
  • City Council, District 1 (2014–2018)
Top priorities
  • "Transparency and accountability, protect taxpayers, restore trust in city government"
  • "Protect our Bay while pursuing a diversified water portfolio"
  • "prioritize public safety, infrastructure, animal control and most importantly water"
Tidbits
  • Property taxes and budget: Caller-Times questionnaire: "Transparency and accountability, protect taxpayers, restore trust in city government"
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire, on the Inner Harbor desalination plant: "The cost is too high for taxpayers, particularly when the project serves industry."
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: Caller-Times questionnaire: "prioritize public safety, infrastructure, animal control and most importantly water"
Endorsements
None found in our research
Campaign website
Not found

Richard Shelton

Nonpartisan
On ballot as
Richard Shelton
Current role
Real estate investor; founder of FLIPCC
Background
  • 22 years in automotive leadership, then full-time real estate investing (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Volunteer, Church Unlimited Westside Mission (per candidate)
  • Sponsor, Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation (per candidate)
  • Corpus Christi resident for more than 20 years (per candidate)
Experience
  • No political experience before filing for this race (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
Top priorities
  • "Secure reliable water for families through the city-owned Inner Harbor desalination project"
  • "Attract high-paying jobs and close the income gap while protecting resources"
  • "Practice strict fiscal responsibility and support public safety and core infrastructure"
Tidbits
  • Property taxes and budget: Caller-Times questionnaire: "Practice strict fiscal responsibility and support public safety and core infrastructure."
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire, on the Inner Harbor desalination plant: "It is the most realistic, permitted, and expandable near-term solution for reliable water."
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: Campaign site: "Support strong public safety measures and invest in infrastructure improvements that make Corpus Christi a place families want to stay."
Endorsements
None found in our research
Campaign website
electrichardshelton.com

Dan McQueen

Nonpartisan
On ballot as
Dan McQueen
Current role
Author (per city's candidate list); CEO of MITI (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
Background
  • Aviation engineering, Navy search and rescue, and CEO of MITI (per candidate, Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Corpus Christi resident since 2007 (per candidate)
Experience
  • Mayor of Corpus Christi, 37 days (sworn in Dec. 13, 2016; resigned January 2017) (per Caller-Times)
Top priorities
  • "Comprehensive business growth; future-industry education; modernization of government operations"
  • "Corpus Christi must attract advanced technology industries, expand workforce training, and streamline outdated processes"
Tidbits
  • Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire: "Any desalination site should support sustainable infrastructure, protect the environment, and align with future technology growth."
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: No public statement found
Endorsements
None found in our research
Campaign website
Not found

Alex Johnston

Nonpartisan
On ballot as
Alex Johnston
Current role
Software developer
Background
  • MBA, UNC Chapel Hill (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Engineering degree, Georgia Tech (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
  • Has worked in manufacturing, utilities, software and supply chain (per candidate)
  • Corpus Christi resident for seven years (per candidate)
Experience
  • No prior political experience (per Caller-Times questionnaire)
Top priorities
  • "Water security. Diversify our water supply based on four things: lowest cost per gallon, shortest time to delivery, lowest implementation risk, and least environmental impact"
  • "Infrastructure that works. Build a data-driven strategy to optimize our city's resources"
  • "Smart, sustainable growth. Grow an innovation economy that creates meaningful employment opportunities"
Tidbits
  • Property taxes and budget: Campaign site: "Data-driven decisions. Transparent budgeting. Long-term financial planning."
  • Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire: "I'm not opposed to desalination; I'm opposed to overpaying for it. Inner Harbor is the most expensive option"
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: No public statement found
Endorsements
None found in our research
Campaign website
alexforcorpus.com

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