Orlando Sanchez, former council member and county treasurer, is running for Houston controller
Orlando Sanchez, left, and candidate Justin Ray, right, plan voter outreach during the 2020 elections. Sanchez announced this week he is running for City Controller, his second consecutive bid for the seat.Orlando Sanchez, the former Harris County treasurer, City Council member and mayoral candidate, is running for city controller, his second consecutive run for the office., who now faces term limits.
The controller is the city’s independently elected financial watchdog, processing city payments and making monthly and annual reports on the city’s financial outlook to City Council. It does not have the power to enact policies, but it can audit city departments and programs.Sanchez, a Republican and fiscal conservative, served as Harris County treasurer from 2006 to 2018. He held an at-large council seat from 1995 to 2001, and made two runs for mayor, in 2001 and 2003.
"I feel that my time serving this community as both treasurer and on City Council has made me uniquely qualified to oversee the controller’s office,” Sanchez said."I have both public and private sector experience, running successful businesses, and holding public offices. I look forward to taking my service and experience and using it to improve the efficiency of the office to better serve Houstonians.
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