Piper Madland
Piper Madland ran in a special election to the Houston City Council to represent District G in Texas. She lost in the special general election on January 25, 2022.
Madland completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Piper Madland earned a bachelor's degree from Rice University in 1989. She earned a graduate degree from the University of Houston-Clear Lake in 1996. Madland's career experience includes working as a community organizer, as an operations manager with Women & Their Work, and as a chairperson and volunteer with the Parents Guild at St. John’s School. She has been affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- Society of Rice University Women
- Rice 360°: Institute for Global Health
- Powered by People
- Texas Organizing Project
- Indivisible Houston
- Swing Texas Left
- Pantsuit Republic Houston
- Harris County Democratic Party
- Planned Parenthood
- Parents Guild of St. John's School
Elections
2022
See also: City elections in Houston, Texas (2022)
General election
Special general election for Houston City Council District G
Mary Nan Huffman defeated Piper Madland, D. Duke Millard, Raul Reyes, and Houshang Taghizadeh in the special general election for Houston City Council District G on January 25, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mary Nan Huffman (Nonpartisan) | 53.9 | 4,551 |
 | Piper Madland (Nonpartisan)  | 29.8 | 2,517 | |
| D. Duke Millard (Nonpartisan) | 11.7 | 992 | ||
| Raul Reyes (Nonpartisan) | 4.3 | 362 | ||
| Houshang Taghizadeh (Nonpartisan) | 0.3 | 29 | ||
| Total votes: 8,451 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Endorsements
To view Madland's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Piper Madland completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Madland's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
| Collapse all
I am a cooperative team member who wants to solve problems for the people of District G. I think Houston is a terrific, vibrant city and we need to continue to improve it. Some of my opponents would like to see big changes in the opposite directions from the changes I will work for. I have a realistic understanding of the role of District Council Member. I know that role is limited under the strong mayor system we have. I will focus on providing excellent constituent services but hope to enact a few improvements to City departments and work toward better budgets during my tenure.
- We need to make sure everyone feels safe at home, safe at work, and safe on our streets.
- We must build resilient infrastructure to prepare us for future floods.
- I will be the voice for ALL residents of District G.
Public safety is also a major concern. I would like to see further enhancement to the Houston Police Department Mental Health Division. I believe mental health specialists and medical personnel should respond to all nonviolent mental health calls. Our division has some good trained officers but it is still traumatic for people in crisis to deal with police rather than a mental health specialist. The CAHOOTS program in Eugene, Oregon offers a successful model for this system. Their specialists responded to 17% of the police department’s calls and saved the city an estimated 8.5 million dollars annually. This approach would free up our police officers to patrol the streets preventing crimes which is what they are trained to do.
I am a cooperative team member who wants to solve problems for the people of District G. I think Houston is a terrific, vibrant city and we need to continue to improve it. Some of my opponents would like to see big changes in the opposite directions from the changes I will work for.
I would add another item to this list. One that I, as your Council member for District G, consider to be of utmost importance – listening to and acting for the constituents. When I attend City Council meetings, I hear the business of the City. The dialogue and debate about tax abatement programs, the enterprise zones, the discussions about the workings of the police, fire and other departments, and more.
But what I also hear are the people of Houston asking about everyday concerns, such as better trash service. People who are worrying about flooding if or when another hurricane hits. People who want potholes and sidewalks repaired and who want streetlights to work.
I take the issues of people seriously. I take being a City Council member very seriously. When elected, it is my intention to stay the City Council member for District G for the full terms to which I am elected. This is not a stepping stone for me. This is the place where I can help the people of District G.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 11, 2022
| |||||||||
