Naoufal Houjami

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Naoufal Houjami

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Last election

November 7, 2023

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Naoufal Houjami ran for election for Mayor of Houston in Texas. He lost in the general election on November 7, 2023.

Elections

2023

See also: Mayoral election in Houston, Texas (2023)

General runoff election

General runoff election for Mayor of Houston

John Whitmire defeated Sheila Jackson Lee in the general runoff election for Mayor of Houston on December 9, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Whitmire (Nonpartisan)	64.4	129,809
		Sheila Jackson Lee (Nonpartisan)	35.6	71,719

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 201,528
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General election

General election for Mayor of Houston

The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Houston on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Whitmire (Nonpartisan)	42.5	107,411
✔		Sheila Jackson Lee (Nonpartisan)	35.6	90,098
	Submit photo	Gilbert Garcia (Nonpartisan)	7.2	18,220
		Jack Christie (Nonpartisan)	6.9	17,364
		Lee Kaplan (Nonpartisan)	2.6	6,645
		Robert Gallegos (Nonpartisan)	1.1	2,680
	Submit photo	M.J. Khan (Nonpartisan)	1.0	2,478
		Annie Garcia (Nonpartisan)	0.8	1,972
		Julian Martinez (Nonpartisan)	0.7	1,813
		Roy Vasquez (Nonpartisan)	0.4	1,083
		M. Griffin (Nonpartisan)	0.3	674
		Kathy Lee Tatum (Nonpartisan)	0.2	532
	Submit photo	David Lowy (Nonpartisan)	0.1	368
	Submit photo	Chanel Mbala (Nonpartisan)	0.1	356
		Naoufal Houjami (Nonpartisan)	0.1	352
		Gaylon Caldwell (Nonpartisan)	0.1	331
	Submit photo	B. Ivy (Nonpartisan)	0.1	287
		Robin Williams (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.0	101

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 252,765
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Houjami in this election.

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2022)

General election

General election for Harris County Judge

Incumbent Lina Hidalgo defeated Alex Mealer and Naoufal Houjami in the general election for Harris County Judge on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lina Hidalgo (D)	50.8	552,903
		Alex Mealer (R)	49.2	534,720
		Naoufal Houjami (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	241

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,087,864
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Harris County Judge

Alex Mealer defeated Vidal Martinez in the Republican primary runoff for Harris County Judge on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Alex Mealer	75.4	85,778
	Submit photo	Vidal Martinez	24.6	27,952

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 113,730
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Harris County Judge

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Harris County Judge on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lina Hidalgo	70.3	113,845
		Erica Davis	14.7	23,878
	Submit photo	Georgia Provost	6.2	10,071
	Submit photo	Maria Garcia	3.7	6,058
	Submit photo	Kevin Howard	2.9	4,635
		Ahmad Hassan	2.1	3,412

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 161,899
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Harris County Judge

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Harris County Judge on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Alex Mealer	29.5	50,435
✔	Submit photo	Vidal Martinez	25.9	44,216
		Martina Lemond Dixon	15.2	25,912
	Submit photo	Randy Kubosh	9.6	16,388
	Submit photo	Warren Howell	7.8	13,346
	Submit photo	Oscar Gonzales	4.3	7,316
	Submit photo	Robert Dorris	4.1	7,036
	Submit photo	George Zoes	2.5	4,287
	Submit photo	H.Q. Bolanos	1.2	2,008

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 170,944
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2019

See also: Mayoral election in Houston, Texas (2019)

General runoff election

General runoff election for Mayor of Houston

Incumbent Sylvester Turner defeated Tony Buzbee in the general runoff election for Mayor of Houston on December 14, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sylvester Turner (Nonpartisan)	56.0	113,262
		Tony Buzbee (Nonpartisan)	44.0	88,844

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 202,106
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General election

General election for Mayor of Houston

The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Houston on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sylvester Turner (Nonpartisan)	46.4	111,789
✔		Tony Buzbee (Nonpartisan)	28.8	69,361
		Bill King (Nonpartisan)	14.0	33,772
		Dwight Boykins (Nonpartisan)	5.9	14,212
	Submit photo	Victoria Romero (Nonpartisan)	1.2	2,933
		Sue Lovell (Nonpartisan)	1.2	2,932
		Demetria Smith (Nonpartisan)	0.7	1,694
		Roy Vasquez (Nonpartisan)	0.6	1,556
		Kendall Baker (Nonpartisan)	0.4	982
	Submit photo	Derrick Broze (Nonpartisan)	0.3	686
		Naoufal Houjami (Nonpartisan)	0.2	560
	Submit photo	Johnny Taylor (Nonpartisan)	0.2	555

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 241,032
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Campaign themes

2023

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Naoufal Houjami completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Houjami's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Naoufal Houjami is an American Politician, over 25 years of experience Entrepreneur, Author, US National Security Strategist, Member of Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Washington D.C, With Extensive International Experience in many countries in Africa, Europe, Mideast, Master in Strategy & Risk Management, Inventor, Composer, Volunteer, Husband and Father of 4 kids who born and raised in Houston Texas where He lives with his family.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• No Mandate Vaccine Covid 19 For kids to attend schools
• Affordable Housing & Opportunities for All
• Lower crimes, fix flooding problems

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

1. Improve transparency and ethical practices in our government.

2. Fixing the Crisis of Affordable.
3. lower Crimes & gun violence.
4. Improve flood recovery and resiliency efforts.
5. Fix the growing unfunded liabilities and structural budget deficit.
6. Energy Industry.
7. Energy Industry.
"Everyone deserves an opportunity because opportunity opens doors for prosperity"
Inclusive + Integrity + Independent + Experience = Working For You

----- Naoufal Houjami

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2019

Naoufal Houjami completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Houjami's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Mr. NAOUFAL HOUJAMI Proud Houstonian Entrepreneur, Author, Politician, US National Security Strategist, Member of Center for Strategic & international Studies (CSIS) Washington D.C, Extensive International Experience -Africa, Europe, Mideast-, Master in Strategy & Risk Management, Inventor, Composer, Volunteer, Husband & Father of 4 kids born and raised in Houston.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• My quote: "Building Strong families , leads to Strong Communities , leads to Strong City , leads to Strong State and that leads to Strong Nation"

• I have been dismayed, and saddened, at the amount of political division between our "politicians" and their inability to progress this community forward.

• Houston, all working together, can create and ensure a shared and sustainable future for our growing communities. I think %100 it's time to bring in new blood, new faces, progressive thinking, and most importantly, progressive action.​

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I- I will improve transparency and ethical practices in city government.

The Mayor as a position has too much power -> In my Plan Of Action = Solution to lower the abuse of power by any Mayor -> : " Creation of a General Manager of the city of Houston. He's not going to be elected but appointed, hired. And If he doesn't do his job, he gets fired." -> %35 Power to Mayor + %35 Power to City Council + %30 Power To City General Manager.
2- I will also implement a performance measurement system for All the departments of the city of Houston, to improve transparency and ethical practices, especially on how the budget is bee

II- My Solution to the Affordable Housing Crisis: The fundamental cause of homelessness is the widening housing affordability gap. My approach to reducing homelessness is to prevent it + to ensure that formerly homeless families and individuals can maintain housing stability

 -> My 1st key of my plan of action for affordable housing " Creation of the mortgage payment assistant program (MPAP)" for middle-class and low income working Houstonians. It will pay up to %45 of the total mortgage monthly payments.

I will bring the developers, Financial institutions and the City of Houston to create Affordable condos, strong bricks for under $35000 and Homes < $100K .

My One to One interview ->> https://www.click2houston.com/newsmakers/newsmakers-for-aug-18-houston-mayoral-candidate-says-mayor-has-too-much-power

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Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

I have been dismayed, and saddened, at the amount of political division between our "politicians" and their inability to progress this community forward.

By politically polarizing issues, we have divided our "parties" and have come to an impasse in making decisions that could lead to a more positive direction for our community. Houston, all working together, can create and ensure a shared and sustainable future for our growing communities.
Our elected officials jobs should be to ensure our community's safety, promote a positive environment for families to live in, students to learn in, and businesses to grow in. We live in a remarkable community, filled with talented and educated people who want serve their City.

I think %100 it's time to bring in new blood, new faces, progressive thinking, and most importantly, progressive action.​

NAOUFAL HOUJAMI.

A mayor is a leader in his or her city. What does that mean to you?

I want be a Mayor = PUBLIC SERVANT, and the people are the leaders!

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Campaign website

Houjami's campaign website stated the following:

“	I am Running as a Family "Independent" for Mayor of Houston 2019 To Represent ALL Houstonians, and to Run The City Hall as a Big Houstonian Family, Regardless of which political affiliation, religion or no religion, belief or nonbelief, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, color, economic Status...., just Houstonians: 1- Harvey Hurricane Disaster : As floodwaters from this Hurricane rose across Houston and parts of Texas. We lost power for 7 days, the flood was all around our neighborhood, No one, No family, No kid should experience that ever! 2- The Solution for Houston Budget Deficits----->> City of Houston is a Rich City, I already made in place my 11 Plan Keys of Strategic Actions [equal] Solutions To All Majors Problems of the city of Houston, that i have been working on it for the last 5 years. In my plan ---> INVESTING to cover all the coming 5 years deficits, NOT by RISING Taxes & Cutting Jobs. I have been All over the world in Rich Countries and Poor Countries, and i am very familiar with All their budget models. Our City is a very very very Rich City, i will bring prosperity to All of us. 3- I want Make happy Not Just Firefighters, but Also, the police force, the teachers, the nurses, All the city workers at Human & Health, city parks......with my 11 keys Plan Of Action------>>>> EVERYBODY WILL BE HAPPY 100%	”
—Naoufal Houjami's campaign website (2019)

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