KP George
KP George (Republican Party) is the Fort Bend County Judge in Texas. He assumed office on January 1, 2019. His current term ends on December 31, 2026.
George (Republican Party) is running for re-election for Fort Bend County Judge in Texas. He is on the ballot in the Republican primary on March 3, 2026.[source]
On June 18, 2025, George announced that he was changing his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican.[1]
Biography
KP George was born in southern India. His career experience includes working for a financial firm. He founded the Hightower High School Academies' Booster Club. George was elected to the Fort Bend ISD School Board in 2014 and served until 2018.[2]
Elections
2026
See also: Municipal elections in Fort Bend County, Texas (2026)
General election
The primary will occur on March 3, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for Fort Bend County Judge
J. Christian Becerra (D), Rachelle Carter (D), Cynthia Lenton-Gary (D), Dexter McCoy (D), and Eddie Sajjad (D) are running in the Democratic primary for Fort Bend County Judge on March 3, 2026.
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ferrel Bonner (D)
- Nabil Shike (D)
Republican primary
Republican primary for Fort Bend County Judge
Incumbent KP George (R), Daryl Aaron (R), Kenneth Omoruyi (R), Melissa M. Wilson (R), and Daniel Wong (R) are running in the Republican primary for Fort Bend County Judge on March 3, 2026.
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2022
See also: Municipal elections in Fort Bend County, Texas (2022)
General election
General election for Fort Bend County Judge
Incumbent KP George defeated Trever Nehls in the general election for Fort Bend County Judge on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | KP George (D) | 51.6 | 127,152 |
| Trever Nehls (R) | 48.4 | 119,242 | ||
| Total votes: 246,394 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Fort Bend County Judge
Incumbent KP George defeated Ferrel Bonner in the Democratic primary for Fort Bend County Judge on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | KP George | 69.5 | 25,523 |
| Ferrel Bonner | 30.5 | 11,202 | ||
| Total votes: 36,725 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Fort Bend County Judge
Trever Nehls defeated Max-Alalibo Ibifrisolam in the Republican primary for Fort Bend County Judge on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Trever Nehls | 92.4 | 38,617 | |
| Max-Alalibo Ibifrisolam | 7.6 | 3,195 | ||
| Total votes: 41,812 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Fort Bend County Judge
KP George defeated incumbent Robert E. Hebert in the general election for Fort Bend County Judge on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | KP George (D) | 52.9 | 132,783 |
 | Robert E. Hebert (R) | 47.1 | 118,001 | |
| Total votes: 250,784 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Fort Bend County Judge
KP George advanced from the Democratic primary for Fort Bend County Judge on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | KP George | 100.0 | 25,432 |
| Total votes: 25,432 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Fort Bend County Judge
Incumbent Robert E. Hebert advanced from the Republican primary for Fort Bend County Judge on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert E. Hebert | 100.0 | 27,970 |
| Total votes: 27,970 | |||
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2017
Three of the seven seats on the Fort Bend Independent School District board of trustees were up for general election on May 6, 2017. In his bid for re-election to the Position 1 seat, incumbent Jason Burdine defeated challenger L. Angelo DeCamps. Position 4 incumbent Kristin Tassin defeated challengers Rodrigo Carreon and Shirley Rose-Gilliam. In the race for the Position 5 seat, incumbent KP George defeated challenger Lorena Dueñas.[3][4]
Results
| Fort Bend Independent School District, Position 5 General Election, 3-year term, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 KP George Incumbent |
63.72% | 3,341 |
| Lorena Dueñas | 36.28% | 1,902 |
| Total Votes | 5,243 | |
| Source: Fort Bend County, Texas, "Cumulative Report — Official, Fort Bend County, Texas — GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTION — May 06, 2017," accessed June 6, 2017 | ||
Funding
George reported $6,045.00 in contributions and $10,317.55 in expenditures to the Fort Bend Independent School District, which left his campaign with a deficit of $4,272.55 as of May 1, 2017.[5]
2014
KP George sought election to the Position 5 seat against incumbent Patsy Taylor and fellow challenger Kris Allfrey in the general election on May 10, 2014.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Nonpartisan | KP George |
36.7% | 4,188 | |
| Nonpartisan | Patsy Taylor Incumbent | 35.3% | 4,036 | |
| Nonpartisan | Kris Allfrey | 28% | 3,203 | |
| Total Votes | 11,427 | |||
| Source: Fort Bend County Elections, "Official Results," May 21, 2014 | ||||
Funding
George reported $1,100.00 in contributions and $3,393.99 in expenditures to the district office, leaving his campaign with $2,293.99 in debt prior to the election.[6]
Endorsements
George did not receive any official endorsements for his campaign.
2012
George ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Texas' 22nd District. He was defeated by Kesha Rogers in the Democratic primary on May 29, 2012.[7][8]
Campaign themes
2026
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2022
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2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
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KP George participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 6, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and KP George's responses follow below.[9]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Creating a updated emergency Response Plan 2) Create a Flood Control District to better Manage future Flooding |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | County Judge's job is to take care of the citizens. That's my passion.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[11]
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2014
George's campaign website listed the following themes for 2014:
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| —KP George (2014)[12] | ||
See also
2026 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Houston Public Media, "Embattled Fort Bend County Judge KP George switches from Democratic to Republican Party," June 18, 2025
- ↑ KP George for Fort Bend County Judge, accessed February 11, 2018
- ↑ Fort Bend Independent School District, "Board Elections," accessed February 22, 2017
- ↑ Fort Bend County, Texas, "Cumulative Report — Unofficial, Fort Bend County, Texas — GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTION — May 06, 2017," accessed May 6, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available.
- ↑ Fort Bend Independent School District, "Board Elections," accessed May 4, 2017
- ↑ Fort Bend Independent School District, "Campaign Finance Report," accessed April 15, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ Texas Democrats, "2012 Candidate list," accessed May 10, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Unofficial Democratic primary results," May 29, 2012
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "KP George's responses," April 6, 2018
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ KP George Campaign, "Issues," accessed February 24, 2014
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