Brazoria Central Appraisal District
Vote for oneResearched · fact-checked3-way race
Joe StinebakerNonpartisanBrooks MooneyNonpartisan
Yusef J. BurgessNonpartisanOn ballot as
Joe Stinebaker
Brooks Mooney
Yusef J. Burgess
Current role
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Business owner and risk-management professional (per candidate, Ballotpedia survey)
Background
- Bachelor's degree, University of Missouri (per candidate, to Ballotpedia)
- Retired
- Brazoria County resident for the past 21 years (per campaign)
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- MBA, University of Houston (per campaign)
- Undergraduate degrees in Finance and History, University of Wisconsin-Madison (per campaign)
- "a Brazoria County business owner and risk-management professional" (per candidate, Ballotpedia survey, Sept. 2026)
- "more than three decades of licensed finance and securities experience" (per candidate)
- Commercial insurance work (per candidate)
Experience
- Newspaper reporter and editor, 25 years; most recently Houston Chronicle and Associated Press (per candidate)
- Communications director and senior policy adviser for Harris County officials, including a former county judge, 18 years (per candidate)
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Top priorities
- Campaign site, "Transparency": "I will never support a closed meeting unless the law specifically requires it or there are truly extraordinary reasons"
- Campaign site, "Fairness in Taxation": "every taxpayer in Brazoria County should carry their full share of the load"
- Campaign site, "Full Representation": "I would represent every resident of Brazoria County to the best of my ability"
- Campaign site, "Integrity": "I would never allow anyone in my network of family or friends to profit off my position"
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- Ballotpedia survey: "I will review budgets, contracts, audits, and district performance with care"
- Ballotpedia survey: "I will support strong governance that respects that legal boundary" (the board does not decide appraisals or protests)
- Ballotpedia survey: "I will provide independent oversight of the Chief Appraiser, support compliance, and work to strengthen public confidence in BCAD"
Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: Campaign site: "every taxpayer in Brazoria County should carry their full share of the load – and that includes the industrial and commercial properties".
- 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: No public statement found
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: No public statement found
- Property taxes and budget: In a Ballotpedia survey: "I will support fiscal discipline and demand clear accountability for how the district uses public funds."
- 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
None found in our research
None found in our research
Joe Stinebaker
Nonpartisan- On ballot as
- Joe Stinebaker
- Current role
- Not found
- Background
- Bachelor's degree, University of Missouri (per candidate, to Ballotpedia)
- Retired
- Brazoria County resident for the past 21 years (per campaign)
- Experience
- Newspaper reporter and editor, 25 years; most recently Houston Chronicle and Associated Press (per candidate)
- Communications director and senior policy adviser for Harris County officials, including a former county judge, 18 years (per candidate)
- Top priorities
- Campaign site, "Transparency": "I will never support a closed meeting unless the law specifically requires it or there are truly extraordinary reasons"
- Campaign site, "Fairness in Taxation": "every taxpayer in Brazoria County should carry their full share of the load"
- Campaign site, "Full Representation": "I would represent every resident of Brazoria County to the best of my ability"
- Campaign site, "Integrity": "I would never allow anyone in my network of family or friends to profit off my position"
- Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: Campaign site: "every taxpayer in Brazoria County should carry their full share of the load – and that includes the industrial and commercial properties".
- 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
- stinebakerforbrazoriacounty.org
Brooks Mooney
Nonpartisan- On ballot as
- Brooks Mooney
- Current role
- Not found
- 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
Yusef J. Burgess
Nonpartisan- On ballot as
- Yusef J. Burgess
- Current role
- Business owner and risk-management professional (per candidate, Ballotpedia survey)
- Background
- MBA, University of Houston (per campaign)
- Undergraduate degrees in Finance and History, University of Wisconsin-Madison (per campaign)
- "a Brazoria County business owner and risk-management professional" (per candidate, Ballotpedia survey, Sept. 2026)
- "more than three decades of licensed finance and securities experience" (per candidate)
- Commercial insurance work (per candidate)
- Experience
- Not found
- Top priorities
- Ballotpedia survey: "I will review budgets, contracts, audits, and district performance with care"
- Ballotpedia survey: "I will support strong governance that respects that legal boundary" (the board does not decide appraisals or protests)
- Ballotpedia survey: "I will provide independent oversight of the Chief Appraiser, support compliance, and work to strengthen public confidence in BCAD"
- Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: In a Ballotpedia survey: "I will support fiscal discipline and demand clear accountability for how the district uses public funds."
- 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
- burgessforbcad.com
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