DEXTER L MCCOY

Democratic

On ballot as: DEXTER L MCCOY
Current role: Fort Bend County Commissioner, Precinct 4 (since January 1, 2023)
Background: Grew up in Mission Bend; attended Fort Bend ISD's Hodges Bend Middle School and William B. Travis High School
Studied broadcast journalism and political science at Boston University, where he was student body president
Served in the Obama administration and later worked for Fort Bend ISD
Former chief of staff to the Fort Bend County Judge K.P. George, who is now suspended.
Experience: County Commissioner for Precinct 4 since January 1, 2023
Won the May 26, 2026 Democratic primary runoff for county judge
Served on the Gulf Coast Workforce Development Board
Top priorities: "I will champion responsible budgeting, transparent spending and targeted tax relief for residents."
"We must grow our commercial tax base and attract quality jobs so infrastructure costs aren't placed solely on homeowners and renters."
"I will initiate a plan for Fort Bend County to serve as a roadmap for development in the future."
Campaign site: "Enforce zero tolerance for corruption with swift, transparent action when rules are broken."
Campaign site: "Require county contractors to pay a living wage and promote safety standards for workers."
Tidbits: Property taxes and budget: "I will champion responsible budgeting, transparent spending and targeted tax relief for residents."
Growth and infrastructure: "I will initiate a plan for Fort Bend County to serve as a roadmap for development in the future."
Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
Public safety: No public statement found
Claims and the record
In a September 2026 Meeting, Judge Daniel Wong proposed a tax rate decrease, which passed 3-1. After Wong’s proposal to decrease the tax rate, Commissioner McCoy walked out of the meeting and did not vote on the tax decrease.
McCoy and fellow Democrat Grady Prestage refused to attend Commissioners Court Meetings for almost 6 months, refusing to participate in conducting county business, with Wong serving as County Judge. They both returned for the budget and tax rate approval meeting, the meeting McCoy walk out of.
In the 2021 meeting to adopt a redistricting map, the members of Commissioners Court were about to vote to adopt then Democrat Commissioner Pct. 4 Ken DeMerchant’s map, when Bridgette Smith-Lawson, Democrat County Attorney, improperly interrupted the Court’s proceedings and gave the Court bogus advice. She said the previous motion, which substituted DeMerchant’s map for a map from the County Judge was improper and the Court could not proceed with the vote of approval. She created confusion and chaos. (A motion to substitute one redistricting map for another is proper). This allowed McCoy, then Judge K.P. George’s Chief of Staff, to present a map at the last minute without review or input by other Court members or the public or review by redistricting attorneys, which the County Judge said was based on race, and which passed 3-2 along partisan lines, that 1.) resulted in McCoy defeating the incumbent Anglo Democrat, DeMerchant, in the 2022 Democrat Primary Election, 2.) created 3 Democrat Commissioner Precincts in a 50-50 county, and 3.) Redistricted 25-year Republican Commissioner Pct. 3 Andy Meyers and his dying wife out of their home of 47 years. State Representative Matt Morgan sent notice to the county that he had the map reviewed and the conclusion was the map did not meet all relevant statutes and was illegal. Several redistricting experts confirmed this. In 2025, after Judge George switched parties, the now Republican majority redistricted the county to correct the illegal map, which passed 3-2 again along partisan lines. The new Map went into effect for the 2026 Election. Prestage and McCoy refused to vote to redistrict Meyers back into his home, in a stand-alone vote, several months prior to the 2025 Redistricting Vote.
Endorsements: Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
Texas Organizing Project PAC
Houston Chronicle Editorial Board (primary)
Lizzie Fletcher, Congresswoman, TX Congressional District 7 (listed by campaign)
Gene Wu, Chair, Texas House Democratic Caucus (listed by campaign)
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Kendric Jones, Waller County Commissioner, Precinct 3 (listed by campaign)
Chris Hollins, Houston City Controller (listed by campaign)
Ed Pollard, Houston City Council Member, District J (listed by campaign)
Brian K. Roberson II, Alvin ISD School Board Vice President (listed by campaign)
Carla Brailey, Former Texas Democratic Party Vice Chair (listed by campaign)
Christian Menefee, Congressman, TX Congressional District 18 (listed by campaign)
Rodney Ellis, Harris County Commissioner, Precinct 1 (listed by campaign)
Marilyn Burgess, Harris County District Clerk (listed by campaign)
Sallie Alcorn, Houston City Council Member, At-Large Position 5 (listed by campaign)
Martha Castex Tatum, Houston City Council Member, District K (listed by campaign)
Dora Olivo, Former Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
Carl Davis, Former Texas Democratic Party Vice Chair (listed by campaign)
Jon Rosenthal, Texas State Representative, TX House District 135 (listed by campaign)
Lesley Briones, Harris County Commissioner, Precinct 4 (listed by campaign)
Veronica Melton Harris, Kendleton Mayor (listed by campaign)
Tiffany Thomas, Houston City Council Member, District F (listed by campaign)
Alice Chen, Stafford City Council Member, Position 1 (listed by campaign)
Odus Evbagharu, Texas Democratic Party Treasurer (listed by campaign)
George Anderson, Founder, Hiram Clarke Fort Bend Redevelopment Authority (listed by campaign)
Carmen Martinez, Fort Bend Fresh Water Supply District No. 2 (listed by campaign)
Dr. Robert E. Childress, Pastor, Covenant Glen Methodist Church (listed by campaign)
Rev. Curtis Lucas, Pastor, Mount Carmel Baptist Church (listed by campaign)
Campaign website: dextermccoy.com

DEXTER L MCCOY

County Judge

Dexter L McCoy