Harris Central Appraisal District
Director, At-Large, Place 2
Chris Ehlinger
Nonpartisan- On ballot as
- Chris Ehlinger
- Current role
- Not found
- Background
- Degree, accounting and finance, Texas A&M (per campaign)
- MBA, University of Houston (per campaign)
- CPA/MBA; 20+ years in auditing, appraisal valuation, real estate and banking (per candidate)
- Grew up one of twelve children on a family farm in rural South Texas (per campaign)
- Experience
- Community banking, 20+ years, rising to chief financial officer of a bank (per campaign)
- Began as a CPA with a Big Five accounting firm in Houston (per campaign)
- Democratic precinct chair (per campaign)
- Timbergrove Manor Civic Association (per campaign)
- Top priorities
- Campaign site: says he will deliver "FAIRNESS", "TRANSPARENCY" and "ACCOUNTABILITY" to all Harris County taxpayers
- "I'm running for HCAD because the taxpayers of Harris County deserve fair property valuations"
- In a Ballotpedia survey: "Taxpayer funds are the result of someone else's hard work and that those funds need to be spent wisely."
- Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: In a Ballotpedia survey: "Taxpayer funds are the result of someone else's hard work and that those funds need to be spent wisely."
- Growth and infrastructure: No public statement found
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- LGBTQ+ Victory Fund
- Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus
- Bay Area Democratic Movement
- Bay Area New Democrats (BAND)
- Area 5 Democrats
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- Congressman Al Green (listed by campaign)
- Lesley Briones, Commissioner, Harris County Precinct 4 (listed by campaign)
- Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (listed by campaign)
- Adrian Garcia, Commissioner, Harris County Precinct 2 (listed by campaign)
- Rodney Ellis, Commissioner, Harris County Precinct 1 (listed by campaign)
- State Representative Gene Wu, House Dem. Minority Leader (listed by campaign)
- State Representative Penny Morales Shaw (listed by campaign)
- State Representative Charlene Ward Johnson (listed by campaign)
- State Representative Jon Rosenthal (listed by campaign)
- Kathy Blueford-Daniels, Harris Central Appraisal District Board of Directors, Place 1 (listed by campaign)
- Mario Castillo, Councilmember for Houston City Council, District H (listed by campaign)
- Annise Parker, Former Mayor of Houston (listed by campaign)
- Cameron "Coach Cam" Campbell, HCDP Precinct Chair (listed by campaign)
- Mike Doyle, Former HCDP Chair (listed by campaign)
- Anne Sung, Former HISD District 7 Trustee (listed by campaign)
- Hon. Lane Lewis, Past Pres. Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus & Fmr. HCDP Chair (listed by campaign)
- Marc Flores, HCDP Precinct Chair (listed by campaign)
- Debby Kerner, HCDP Precinct Chair (listed by campaign)
- Alan Guttman, HCDP Precinct Chair (listed by campaign)
- Adrian Ozuna, HCDP Precinct Chair (listed by campaign)
- Kay Shepard, HCDP Precinct Chair (listed by campaign)
- Campaign website
- chrisehlinger.com
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