HOUSTON – Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls took an early lead Tuesday in the primary runoff election against challenger and Conservative activist Kathaleen Wall. The two were battling it out for the GOP ticket for Congressional District 22 and Nehls face off against Democrat Sri Preston Kulkarni in November. The race has been contentious with Wall’s campaign releasing several negative TV ads slamming Nehls over the last month. The unofficial tally shows Nehls won by a landslide with 70% of the vote. Donald Trump has his election to handle and we have ours in CD-22.”See the final, unofficial tally below:

It is the second ad released by Wall in recent weeks questioning Nehl’s commitment to battling human trafficking. Both ads are partially based on a pair of Houston Chronicle articles in recent years highlighting Nehls' reluctance to label human trafficking as a widespread problem in Fort Bend County. For Wall, the runoff represents an opportunity to avenge her embarrassing 2018 loss in the GOP primary for the nearby 2nd Congressional District. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking. “I don’t have money to go on TV, I’m running a frugal grassroots campaign,” Nehls wrote Monday on Facebook.

HOUSTON – Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls says an unidentified postal worker threw away a bundle of his campaign mailers fliers Friday. Nehls, who is up against fellow Republican Kathaleen Wall in the July primary runoff election, says he learned of the incident from a business owner who called him. The business owner showed Nehls the video footage in which a postal worker can be seen throwing an object in the dumpster behind a building near FM 359. The owner said when he went to go retrieve what was thrown away, he found Nehls’ reelection campaign fliers. We have the federal government, the postal service, throwing away political mailers.

That is why the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office started giving it away. However, Sheriff Troy Nehls said politics played a part in killing the program. Fort Bend County spent about $130,000, providing a bleach and water mixture free to residents. But Sheriff Nehls, who initiated the program, said he believes the program's demise is more about politics than money. Sheriff Nehls said he would like to restart the program if he can find alternative funding.