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What to know about county offices on Texas’ March 3 primary ballot By Riddhi Bora Feb. 17, 2026, 5:00 a.m. Texas Tribune Early voting begins on Tuesday. Here’s a look at what the officials elected to several local offices oversee. The 2026 primaries allow Texas Republican and Democrat voters to pick which candidate will represent their interests and party in the November general election. While the primaries give
Texans more of a say over who their elected officials will be, less than one fifth of registered Texas voters participated in recent primary elections, according to data from the secretary of state’s office. Federal, state and local county offices will appear on the ballot. County elections are partisan races, while school board and city council races are typically nonpartisan, though some candidates may identify with a party.
County leaders run local elections, implement state and federal laws and provide public services, especially for residents who live outside of incorporated city boundaries. All elected county offices are held for four-year terms. With so many names on the ballot, keeping up with the primaries may be overwhelming, so here’s a breakdown of what most county offices do, as well as some local voter guides with regionspecific voting information.
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election judges who over-
a county judge and commissioners, serve as the board that governs county government, much like how a city council governs a municipality. The commissioners court adopts a county budget and tax rate, approves county contracts and calls for bond elections to fund roads and construction. The commissioners court plays an important role in elections by appointing
precinct. The court also conducts the official tally of local votes for county and state elections and can appoint the county clerk or an elections administrator to serve as the voter registrar instead of the county tax assessor-collector. Unlike city government, counties often have less room to enact policies and often must lobby the state Legislature to expand or change the scope of their work.
These bodies, which include see polling locations in each 07/02/19
County judge The county judge presides over the commissioners court the way mayors preside over city councils. Despite the title, county judges do not have to be judges or have a legal background. A county judge is the head of local emergency management and can issue disaster declarations to request aid from other agencies and to enact emergency measures, as allowed under law. Continued See County Offices on page 10
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