ENDORSEMENTS
Jon Rosenthal
Texas State Representative, District 135
Sean Teare
Harris County District Attorney
Martha Castex Tatum
Houston Mayor Pro Tem
Tarsha Jackson
Houston City Council Member, District B
Abbie Kamin
Houston City Council Member, District C
Edward Pollard
Houston City Council Member, District J
Ellen Cohen
Former State Representative and Houston Mayor Pro Tem
Garnet Coleman
Former State Representative
Holly Maria Flynn Vilaseca
Former HISD Trustee
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Dr. Alton Smith
Houston Housing Authority Commissioner; Former Board Chairman, Lone Star College
Duncan Klussmann
Former Spring Branch ISD Superintendent and Democratic nominee for CD38
Claude Cummings, Jr.
President, Communications Workers of America
Zafar "Zaf" Tahir
Business/Civic /Democratic Leader
CD 38 Precinct Chair, HCDP Steering Committee and Elected National Delegate 2000 & 2004
Pastor Elmo Johnson
Pastor, Rose of Sharon Baptist Church, & President of the Black Ministers Association
Pastor Michael Pender
Senior Pastor, Fallbrook Church
Thomas Jones
Business / Civic Leader
Bishop Dr. Ethan W. Ogletree Sr.
Founder and Senior Pastor, New Destiny Praise and Worship Center
Dr. Evelyn and Bishop John Ogletree, Jr.
Founding Pastor of First Metropolitan Church
Ashley Turner Captain
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George Connelly
Tax Attorney