The candidates listed in this guide will be on the May 6 local election ballot in the communities defined by Community Impact Newspaper’s Sugar Land/Missouri City coverage area. Only contested races are listed.

Sugar Land City Council 

District 4

Local election guideSean Burnett

Top priorities

  • Public safety
  • City planning
  • Economic development

713-202-2866 www.electseanburnett.com [email protected]

Local election guideQaisar Q. Imam

Top priorities

  • Our families' safety
  • Watch impact on school quality
  • No high-density housing

281-467-9545 www.qforsugarland.com [email protected]

SLM-2017-04-election-09Carol McCutcheon

Top priorities

  • Keep Sugar Land suburban
  • Keep Sugar Land safe
  • Keep Sugar Land superior

832-451-2917 www.carolforsugarland.com [email protected]


Fort Bend ISD

Position 1

Local election guideJason Burdine*

Top priorities

  • Recruit and retain highly qualified teachers
  • Continue to demonstrate fiscal and resource responsibility
  • Promote safe and secure schools

713-855-7175 www.jasonburdine.com [email protected]

Local election guideL. Angelo DeCamps

Top priorities

  • Hold administration accountable for the programs the district maintains they offer the students and parents
  • Support our teachers and try to minimize the amount of red tape they are required to cut through
  • Full transparency in the decisions FBISD makes

713-702-7369 [email protected]


Position 4

Rodrigo Carreon

Top priorities

Candidate did not reply

832-443-0771 [email protected]

Local election guideShirley Rose-Gilliam

Top priorities

  • Accountability to voters
  • Belief in all students
  • Character education for students

281-799-5065 www.vote4shirleyrose.com [email protected]

Local election guideKristin Tassin*

Top priorities

  • Advocating for local control and flexibility through the District of Innovation plan
  • Create policy supporting innovative instructional programs and classroom teachers
  • Building partnerships within our community and broadening engagement

281-630-2885 www.kristintassin.com [email protected]


Position 5

Local election guideLorena Dueñas 

Top priorities

  • Holding district administrators accountable to reduce the bureaucracy that burdens teachers
  • Lowering student-teacher ratios
  • Increasing individualized/personalized learning for students

281-851-6796 [email protected]

Local election guideKP George*

Top priorities

  • Continue synergy between the board and the superintendent to excel FBISD's accomplishments and growth
  • Pay more attention and resources toward special needs and gifted/talented students  and their education
  • Creating more opportunity in the area of career and technical education

281-630-2885 www.kristintassin.com [email protected]

*Incumbent