Political Candidate Interviews

The purpose of the Think Brazos Podcast is to present to the public a deeper sense of who the candidates are who hope to lead this community and to create a space for them to present their ideas, especially about housing and affordability. However, as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Bryan-College Station Habitat for Humanity (which created and sponsors Think Brazos) does not and cannot endorse any particular candidate or political party. The open dialogue we create by doing our utmost to speak to every candidate for a particular political race we decide to cover should in no way be construed as an endorsement of the candidate or political party. Further, the ideas and opinions expressed by the candidates we interview are purely their own and not necessarily those of Habitat for Humanity. Housing affordability is an important issue, so we thank you for following the Think Brazos Podcast.

Leading up to the November 2024 election, we interviewed candidates running for Bryan City Council.

Jared Salvato (incumbent) and Bob Achgill are running for Bryan City Council District 3, which represents a northeastern section of Bryan. You can find your representative here.

James Edge (incumbent) and Shane Savage are running for Bryan City Council District 4, which represents the southeastern part of Bryan. You can find your representative here.

Marca Ewers-Shurtleff (incumbent) and Patrick Giammalva are running for Bryan City Council District 5, which represents the southwest portion of Bryan. You can find your representative here.

Kevin Boriskie (incumbent) and Justin Wager are running for Bryan City Council Place 6, which represents the entire city of Bryan. You can find your representative here.

In the spring of 2024, we interviewed candidates running for Texas House Districts 12 and 14.

Trey Wharton, Ben Bius, John Harvey Slocum, Dee Howard Mullins, and Jeff Miller are the candidates hoping to fill the District 12 seat that Representative Kyle Kacal is leaving.

Fred Medina, Paul Dyson, Rick Davis are the candidates hoping to fill the District 14 seat that Representative John Raney is leaving.

We interviewed candidates for Bryan ISD Board of Trustees, or school board. Chrissy Ransome and Prentiss Madison challenged Place 2 incumbent Julie Harlin.

William “Joel” Bryan the 6th ran unopposed for Place 6.

We interviewed races for mayors of Bryan and College Station, an unopposed race to fill a vacancy of Flynn Adcock on Bryan City Council, and two Brazos County Commissioner positions.

Bobby Gutierrez, Brent Hairston, and Mike Southerland ran for the office of the mayor. James Edge ran unnopposed to fill the vacancy of the late Flynn Adcock.

John Nichols, Rick Robison, and Jacob Randolph were the candidates running for the position of mayor of College Station.

The precinct 4 candidates were Wanda Watson, Prentiss Madison, and Timothy Delasandro.

The precinct 2 candidates were Chuck Konderla, Russ Ford, Silas Garrett Jr, and Ronnie Vitulli Sr.

We interviewed the candidates for College Station City Council Place 4 and 6. David Levine and Marie-Anne Mousseau-Holland challenged incumbent Dennis Maloney for place 6.

William Wright challenged incumbent Elizabeth Cunha for place 4.

We interviewed candidates for College Station City Council place 4 Elizabeth Cunha and Joe Guerra.

We interviewed candidates for Bryan City Council single-member district 4 place 4 Flynn Adcock and Doris Machinski.

We interviewed Jane Sherman and Russ Ford, candidates for precinct 2 of the Brazos County Commissioners Court.

We only have audio for these initial interviews.