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Eric Fagan
Eric Fagan (Democratic Party) is the Fort Bend County Sheriff in Texas. He assumed office on January 1, 2021. His current term ends on December 31, 2028.
Fagan (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for Fort Bend County Sheriff in Texas. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Fort Bend County, Texas (2024)
General election
General election for Fort Bend County Sheriff
Incumbent Eric Fagan defeated Marshall Slot in the general election for Fort Bend County Sheriff on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Eric Fagan (D) | 50.1 | 171,331 | |
| Marshall Slot (R) | 49.9 | 170,346 | ||
| Total votes: 341,677 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Fort Bend County Sheriff
Incumbent Eric Fagan defeated Geneane Hughes, Sonny Colunga, and Pete Luna in the Democratic primary for Fort Bend County Sheriff on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Eric Fagan | 55.8 | 20,857 | |
| Geneane Hughes | 20.5 | 7,670 | ||
| Sonny Colunga | 12.2 | 4,571 | ||
| Pete Luna | 11.4 | 4,250 | ||
| Total votes: 37,348 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Fort Bend County Sheriff
Marshall Slot defeated John Minchew and Mo Nehad in the Republican primary for Fort Bend County Sheriff on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Marshall Slot | 61.8 | 29,631 | |
| John Minchew | 21.4 | 10,266 | ||
 | Mo Nehad | 16.8 | 8,080 | |
| Total votes: 47,977 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Fagan in this election.
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Fort Bend County, Texas (2020)
General election
General election for Fort Bend County Sheriff
Eric Fagan defeated Trever Nehls in the general election for Fort Bend County Sheriff on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Eric Fagan (D) | 52.6 | 179,670 | |
| Trever Nehls (R) | 47.4 | 161,765 | ||
| Total votes: 341,435 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Fort Bend County Sheriff
Eric Fagan defeated Geneane Hughes in the Democratic primary runoff for Fort Bend County Sheriff on July 14, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Eric Fagan | 50.1 | 19,428 | |
| Geneane Hughes | 49.9 | 19,386 | ||
| Total votes: 38,814 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Fort Bend County Sheriff
Geneane Hughes and Eric Fagan advanced to a runoff. They defeated Holland Jones in the Democratic primary for Fort Bend County Sheriff on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Geneane Hughes | 35.2 | 20,152 | |
| ✔ | Eric Fagan | 35.0 | 20,050 | |
| Holland Jones | 29.8 | 17,074 | ||
| Total votes: 57,276 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Fort Bend County Sheriff
Trever Nehls defeated John Minchew and Siddiqi Muzaffar in the Republican primary for Fort Bend County Sheriff on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Trever Nehls | 81.9 | 44,780 | |
| John Minchew | 14.4 | 7,901 | ||
| Siddiqi Muzaffar | 3.7 | 2,027 | ||
| Total votes: 54,708 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Eric Fagan did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Eric Fagan did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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