Meant to get to this sooner, but there’s been so much else going on, so.
DISTRICT C CANDIDATE CONTACT INFORMATION
Listed below in ballot position order
Page last updated Tuesday, February 3, 2026 1:26 PM
- [1] Angelica Luna Kaufman | email: campaign@angelicaforhouston.com
- [2] Sophia Campos | email: sophiafordistrictc@gmail.com
- [3] Audrey Nath | email: info@audreyforhouston.com
- [4] Laura C. Gallier | email: info@lauraforhouston.com
- [5] Patrick Oathout | email: info@patrickforhouston.com
- [6] Joe Panzarella | email: campaign@joeforhouston.com
- [7] Nick Hellyar | email: sue@suedavis.net
The filing deadline for the District C special election on April 4 was February 2. Most of the names up there are ones we have already met – indeed, four of them were already raising money before the new year began. What you see above is the ballot order for the race. A brief intro, via some cursory Google searching:
Angelica Luna Kaufman is the Chief of Staff for Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, and was the Communications Director for the Sheila Jackson Lee for Mayor Campaign.
Sophia Campos is a teacher with a background in labor organizing.
Audrey Nath is a neurologist who was a candidate for HISD Trustee last November.
Laura Gallier is a retired CPA.
Patrick Outhout served for four years in the Army after the January 6 insurrection and now works for an AI company.
Joe Panzarella is a neighborhood organizer (he was a co-organizer of No Higher No Wider I-10) who works for a renewable energy company.
Nick Hellyar is a realtor who has run for Council twice before.
I’m just glad everyone has a website so we can see how they’re presenting themselves. There’s a good long Houston Public Media story in which all seven candidates get to talk about themselves and the issues that motivate them. Of interest is that there are no Republicans in this race. Five of the seven identified as “progressive” in that story, so you can already get a feel for what the campaign is likely to look like.
As noted before, I intend to do interviews with the candidates, and I’m going to have to get started soon since I believe early voting will run from March 25-31 or thereabouts. Welcome to Houston, where there’s always an election coming up. Don’t get too relaxed after the primary, you voters in District C, it’ll be time to get out there again soon enough.
There doesn’t need to be a Republican running with Hellyar in it.