Elections

The next city ballot.

Four City Council district seats are on the next city ballot for three-year terms. City Council votes on the city budget, the property tax rate, contracts, and utility rates. This page links to official election sources; candidate records will be added as filings are published.

01 / The ballot

Seats and terms.

From the City of Sugar Land election page.

Office	Seats on ballot	Term	Current officeholder	Source
City Council	Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4	Three years	Suzanne Whatley (D1), Sanjay Singhal (D2), Stewart Jacobson (D3), Rick Miller (D4)	City election

The City election page states that applications for a place on the ballot will be available beginning in December 2026. Check the City Clerk's page for the official filing window.

02 / The money

What this election controls.

City Council adopts the budget and sets the city rate. These are the current amounts.

City budget

$541.5M

FY2027 adopted including transfers; excluding transfers $483.4M

City release

City property tax rate

0.371116

Per $100 · tax year 2026

City release

Council seats

Mayor + 6 members; 4 district seats on the next ballot

City roster

Votes on the money

Adopts the annual city budget.
Sets the city property tax rate.
Approves contracts and agreements.
Sets water, wastewater, solid waste, and stormwater rates.

City release City roster

Not on this ballot

County Judge and Commissioners Court races.
Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees races.
State and federal offices.

Check the official county sample ballot for everything on your ballot.

03 / Candidates

Candidate coverage is pending filings.

The plan is a fact sheet for every filed candidate: filing, contact, unedited questionnaire answers, campaign finance, and public record.

Filings

Pending PIA

Candidate filing records will come from the City Clerk when the filing window opens.

City election page →

Campaign finance

Partial extract

Current officials' reports are posted by the City Clerk. Candidate reports will be added as they are filed.

Campaign finance reports →

Questionnaire

Not yet collected

Identical questions, equal word limits, answers published unedited. Every candidate or none.

Questionnaire method →

04 / Official links

Ballot and voting information.

Ballot facts come from official .gov sources.

Fort Bend County Elections

Sample ballots, polling locations, early voting, and results.

County elections →

My Ballot

Open the LocalFacts ballot-links page for the official county sample-ballot lookup, the City Clerk election page, and the Texas Legislature's district lookup. Not the official ballot.

My Ballot →Who Represents Me →

Who Represents Me

05 / Measures

Ballot measures.

No measure page is published until the official ballot language is available.

No measures listed yet. If a city bond, charter amendment, or other measure is placed on the ballot, the page will publish the official text, amount, and result with sources — not a LocalFacts recommendation.