Brazoria County
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Cassandra TignerRepublican Incumbent
Grandison PorterDemocraticOn ballot as
Cassandra Tigner
Grandison Porter
Current role
Brazoria County District Clerk
High school Army JROTC instructor; pastor
Background
- 12 years with Brazoria County (per candidate questionnaire)
- More than 20 years of clerical experience (per candidate questionnaire)
- L.W. Higgins High School graduate, Marrero, Louisiana (per campaign)
- Retired U.S. Army Sergeant First Class; more than 20 years of service (per campaign)
- Combat veteran, Operation Enduring Freedom (per campaign)
- Pastor, Intergenerational House of Prayer, a nondenominational church in Houston (per campaign)
- Born in New Orleans (per campaign)
Experience
- Says she and her staff have spent "the last three years" on changes in the office (per September 2026 questionnaire)
- Cross-training of all office staff (per questionnaire)
- Passport department added to the office (per questionnaire)
- Responsible for maintaining more than 750,000 records, U.S. Army Recruiting Command (per campaign)
- Involvement with the NAACP and the Brazoria County Democratic Party (per campaign)
Top priorities
- "My top priority will be continuing the progress we have made throughout my office"
- "restoring integrity to the office, bringing transparency to our jury system and utilizing existing technology for the office"
- "protecting the integrity of court records, improving customer service, increasing accessibility and transparency, and maximizing existing technology and resources"
- "Committed to regular audits"
- "Commit to updating or improving e-filing and case-management systems"
- "Before requesting additional taxpayer funding, I would first evaluate existing personnel, technology, contracts, and workflows"
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
- Property taxes and budget: Campaign site: "Before requesting additional taxpayer funding, I would first evaluate existing personnel, technology, contracts, and workflows."
- Growth and infrastructure: Campaign site: "We should plan for tomorrow instead of waiting for tomorrow's problems to arrive."
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: No public statement found
Endorsements
None found in our research
- Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
- Planned Parenthood Texas Votes
- Blue Horizon Texas PAC
- Afro-American Police Officers League (AAPOL) of Houston (listed by campaign)
- Texas Working Families Party (listed by campaign)
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- National Democratic County Officials (listed by campaign)
- Texas Stonewall Democrats (listed by campaign)
- VoteVets (listed by campaign)
Cassandra Tigner
Republican Incumbent- On ballot as
- Cassandra Tigner
- Current role
- Brazoria County District Clerk
- Background
- 12 years with Brazoria County (per candidate questionnaire)
- More than 20 years of clerical experience (per candidate questionnaire)
- Experience
- Says she and her staff have spent "the last three years" on changes in the office (per September 2026 questionnaire)
- Cross-training of all office staff (per questionnaire)
- Passport department added to the office (per questionnaire)
- Top priorities
- "My top priority will be continuing the progress we have made throughout my office"
- "restoring integrity to the office, bringing transparency to our jury system and utilizing existing technology for the office"
- 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
Grandison Porter
Democratic- On ballot as
- Grandison Porter
- Current role
- High school Army JROTC instructor; pastor
- Background
- L.W. Higgins High School graduate, Marrero, Louisiana (per campaign)
- Retired U.S. Army Sergeant First Class; more than 20 years of service (per campaign)
- Combat veteran, Operation Enduring Freedom (per campaign)
- Pastor, Intergenerational House of Prayer, a nondenominational church in Houston (per campaign)
- Born in New Orleans (per campaign)
- Experience
- Responsible for maintaining more than 750,000 records, U.S. Army Recruiting Command (per campaign)
- Involvement with the NAACP and the Brazoria County Democratic Party (per campaign)
- Top priorities
- "protecting the integrity of court records, improving customer service, increasing accessibility and transparency, and maximizing existing technology and resources"
- "Committed to regular audits"
- "Commit to updating or improving e-filing and case-management systems"
- "Before requesting additional taxpayer funding, I would first evaluate existing personnel, technology, contracts, and workflows"
- Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: Campaign site: "Before requesting additional taxpayer funding, I would first evaluate existing personnel, technology, contracts, and workflows."
- Growth and infrastructure: Campaign site: "We should plan for tomorrow instead of waiting for tomorrow's problems to arrive."
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
- Planned Parenthood Texas Votes
- Blue Horizon Texas PAC
- Afro-American Police Officers League (AAPOL) of Houston (listed by campaign)
- Texas Working Families Party (listed by campaign)
Show all 8
- National Democratic County Officials (listed by campaign)
- Texas Stonewall Democrats (listed by campaign)
- VoteVets (listed by campaign)
- Campaign website
- gporter4brazoriadc.com
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