Ellis County, Texas: 2026 Voter Guide

✅ Checked against the official county sample ballot (Oct 18, 2026). See your exact ballot on Texas My Voter Portal.

Official sample ballot · Ellis County Elections: (972) 825-5195 ext. 2

Statewide races (every Texas voter)

U.S. SenateJames Talarico D Donors1% from progressive-cause donorsKen Paxton R Donors<1% from progressive-cause donorsTed Brown L Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

GovernorGina Hinojosa D Donors<1% from progressive-cause donorsGreg Abbott R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsPat Dixon L Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

Lieutenant GovernorVikki Goodwin D Donors<1% from progressive-cause donorsDan Patrick R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsAnthony Cristo L Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsKevin McCormick G Donors

Attorney GeneralMayes Middleton R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsNathan Johnson D Donors<1% from progressive-cause donorsTom Oxford L Donors

Comptroller of Public AccountsDon Huffines R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsSarah Eckhardt D Donors<1% from progressive-cause donorsVAV. Alonzo Echavarria-Garza L DonorsShehla Faizi G Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

Commissioner of the General Land OfficeDawn Buckingham R Donors2% from progressive-cause donorsBenjamin Flores D Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsNSNeill Snider L Donors

Commissioner of AgricultureNate Sheets R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsClayton Tucker D Donors<1% from progressive-cause donorsAustin R. Kelly L Donors

Railroad CommissionerBo French R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsJon Rosenthal D Donors<1% from progressive-cause donorsArthur DiBianca L Donors

Chief Justice, Supreme CourtJimmy Blacklock R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsMaggie Ellis D Donors<1% from progressive-cause donors

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2 (Unexpired Term)James P. Sullivan R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsChari Kelly D Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 7Kyle Hawkins R DonorsKristen Hawkins D Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8Brett Busby R DonorsGisela D. Triana D Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3Thomas Smith R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsOkey Anyiam D DonorsMark Ash L Donors

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4Kevin Patrick Yeary R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsAudra Riley D Donors

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9John Messinger R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsHolly Taylor D Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

Chief Justice, 15th Court of Appeals DistrictSBScott Brister R DonorsJerry Zimmerer D Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

Justice, 15th Court of Appeals District, Place 2Scott K. Field R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsTBTom Baker D Donors

Justice, 15th Court of Appeals District, Place 3AFApril Farris R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsMMMarc M. Meyer D Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

Congress, Legislature & district races in Ellis County

U.S. House, District 6Jake Ellzey R Donors<1% from progressive-cause donorsDanny Minton D Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

State Board of Education, District 14Mindy Bumgarner R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsAmy Taylor D Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

Texas Senate, District 2Bob Hall R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsKeenen Colbert D Donors<1% from progressive-cause donors

Texas Senate, District 22David Cook R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsAmy Martinez-Salas D Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

Texas Senate, District 22 (Special Election, Unexpired Term)David Cook R DonorsAmy Martinez-Salas D Donors

Texas House, District 10Brian Harrison R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsMichael Myers D Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

Uncontested: Justice, 10th Court of Appeals District, Place 2 — Lee Harris; District Judge, 40th Judicial District — Bob Carroll; District Judge, 504th Judicial District — Greg Wilhelm

County, school board & city races

Uncontested local: County Judge — Kameron K. Raburn (Republican); Judge, County Court at Law No. 1 — Jim Chapman (Republican); Judge, County Court at Law No. 2 — Daniel Freisner (Republican); District Clerk — Jennifer Zarate (Republican); County Clerk — Krystal Valdez (Republican); County Treasurer — Lauri Hartley (Republican); County Commissioner Precinct 2 — Matthew L. Zajic (Republican); Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 — Chris Macon (Republican); Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 — Brad Elliott (Republican); Justice of the Peace Precinct 3 — Dan Cox (Republican); Highland Lakes Municipal Utility District No. 1C of Ellis County, Members of the Board of Directors — Laurianne Martinez, Gary Eckeberger, Michael Gleason, Jay Sterling Gravens, Robert Glenn Holland

Ballot questions

• City of Midlothian, Texas Proposition A: THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE; the issuance of $102,300,000 of bonds by the City of Midlothian, Texas, for the purpose of designing, constructing, reconstructing, improving, extending, expanding, upgrading and developing streets, roads, sidewalks, thoroughfares and related improvements in the City, including pedestrian right of ways, related drainage, utility relocation, signalization, landscaping, lighting, … (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• City of Midlothian, Texas Proposition B: THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE; the issuance of $6,805,000 of bonds by the City of Midlothian, Texas, for the purpose of designing, constructing, improving and equipping a new police department substation, and the levy of taxes sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• City of Midlothian, Texas Proposition C: THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE; the issuance of $10,000,000 of bonds by the City of Midlothian, Texas, for the purpose of studying, planning or engineering, designing, constructing, acquiring and installing stormwater drainage and flood control improvements throughout the corporate limits of the City, including dredging, channel improvements and related infrastructure and utility relocation and the acquisition of … (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• City of Midlothian, Texas Proposition D: THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE; the issuance of $47,260,000 of bonds by the City of Midlothian, Texas, for the purpose of designing, constructing, improving, expanding and equipping existing parks, trails and recreational facilities in the City, and the levy of taxes sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• City of Midlothian, Texas Proposition E: THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE; the issuance of $26,085,000 of bonds by the City of Midlothian, Texas, for the purpose of designing, constructing, improving, expanding and equipping new parks, trails and recreational facilities in the City, and the levy of taxes sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• Lakesong Municipal Management District No. 1, Proposition A: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The issuance of $270,000,000 bonds for water, sanitary sewer, and drainage and storm sewer systems and for refunding water, sanitary sewer, and drainage and storm sewer systems bonds of the District, and the levy of taxes, without limit as to rate or amount, sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• Lakesong Municipal Management District No. 1, Proposition B: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The issuance of $505,000,000 bonds for roads and for refunding road bonds of the District, and the levy of taxes, without limit as to rate or amount, sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• Lakesong Municipal Management District No. 1, Proposition C: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. An operation and maintenance tax for facilities authorized by Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, not to exceed one dollar and no cents ($1.00) per one hundred dollars ($100) valuation of taxable property. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• Lakesong Municipal Management District No. 1, Proposition D: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. An operation and maintenance tax for road facilities authorized by Article III, Section 52, of the Texas Constitution, not to exceed twenty-five cents ($0.25) per one hundred dollars ($100) valuation of taxable property. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• Lakesong Municipal Management District No. 1, Proposition E: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The provisions of the contract between Lakesong Municipal Management District No. 1 and the municipal management districts included in the service area, including the levy of a tax to make payments thereunder for the debt service requirements of the Master District Water, Sewer, and Drainage Bonds in an amount not to exceed an aggregate of $4,250,000,000 and for monthly charges associated … (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• Lakesong Municipal Management District No. 1, Proposition F: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The provisions of the contract between Lakesong Municipal Management District No. 1 and the municipal management districts included in the service area, including the levy of a tax to make payments thereunder for the debt service requirements of the Master District Road Bonds in an amount not to exceed an aggregate of $1,450,000,000 and for monthly charges associated with the services from … (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• Lakesong Municipal Management District No. 1-B, Proposition A: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The issuance of $937,000,000 bonds for water, sanitary sewer, and drainage and storm sewer systems and for refunding water, sanitary sewer, and drainage and storm sewer systems bonds of the District, and the levy of taxes, without limit as to rate or amount, sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• Lakesong Municipal Management District No. 1-B, Proposition B: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The issuance of $977,000,000 bonds for roads and for refunding road bonds of the District, and the levy of taxes, without limit as to rate or amount, sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• Lakesong Municipal Management District No. 1-B, Proposition C: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. An operation and maintenance tax for facilities authorized by Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, not to exceed one dollar and no cents ($1.00) per one hundred dollars ($100) valuation of taxable property. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• Lakesong Municipal Management District No. 1-B, Proposition D: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. An operation and maintenance tax for road facilities authorized by Article III, Section 52, of the Texas Constitution, not to exceed twenty-five cents ($0.25) per one hundred dollars ($100) valuation of taxable property. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• Lakesong Municipal Management District No. 1-B, Proposition E: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The provisions of the contract between Lakesong Municipal Management District No. 1-B and Lakesong Municipal Management District No. 1, including the levy of a tax to make payments thereunder for the debt service requirements of the Master District Water, Sewer, and Drainage Bonds in an amount not to exceed an aggregate of $4,250,000,000 and for monthly charges associated with the services … (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• Lakesong Municipal Management District No. 1-B, Proposition F: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The provisions of the contract between Lakesong Municipal Management District No. 1-B and Lakesong Municipal Management District No. 1, including the levy of a tax to make payments thereunder for the debt service requirements of the Master District Road Bonds in an amount not to exceed an aggregate of $1,450,000,000 and for monthly charges associated with the services from the Master … (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• City of Ennis, Texas Proposition A: "The reauthorization of the local sales and use tax in the City of Ennis, Texas, at the rate of .0025 to continue providing revenue for maintenance and repair of municipal streets. The tax expires on the fourth anniversary of the date of this election unless the imposition of the tax is reauthorized." (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• Ellis County Emergency Services District No. 5, Proposition A: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE Authorizing an increase in the maximum ad valorem tax rate that Ellis County Emergency Services District No. 5 may impose on property within the District to a rate not to exceed ten cents ($0.10) per one hundred dollars ($100) valuation. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• Highland Lakes Municipal Utility District No. 1C of Ellis County, Proposition A: Confirmation of the creation of Highland Lakes Municipal Utility District No. 1C of Ellis County. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• Highland Lakes Municipal Utility District No. 1C of Ellis County, Proposition B: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The issuance of $329,504,000.00 in bonds and the levy of ad valorem taxes, without limit as to rate or amount, sufficient to pay the principal and interest on said bonds (water, sanitary sewer, drainage and storm sewer, organization and administration). (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• Highland Lakes Municipal Utility District No. 1C of Ellis County, Proposition C: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The issuance of $480,188,000.00 in bonds and the levy of ad valorem taxes, without limit as to rate or amount, sufficient to pay the principal and interest on said bonds in payment of the bonds (macadamized, graveled, and paved roads and turnpikes, including storm drainage in aid of those roads). (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• Highland Lakes Municipal Utility District No. 1C of Ellis County, Proposition D: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The issuance of $494,256,000.00 in refunding bonds to refund bonds issued for water, sanitary sewer, drainage and storm sewer facilities, organization and administration, and the levy of ad valorem taxes, without limit as to rate or amount, sufficient to pay the principal and interest on said refunding bonds. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• Highland Lakes Municipal Utility District No. 1C of Ellis County, Proposition E: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The issuance of $720,282,000.00 in refunding bonds to refund bonds issued for macadamized, graveled, and paved roads and turnpikes, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads, and the levy of ad valorem taxes, without limit as to rate or amount, sufficient to pay the principal and interest on said refunding road bonds. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• Highland Lakes Municipal Utility District No. 1C of Ellis County, Proposition F: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The levy of a maintenance tax not to exceed one dollar ($1.00) per one hundred dollars ($100.00) of assessed valuation (water, sanitary sewer, drainage and storm sewer, organization and administration, and paved roads and turnpikes). (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• Highland Lakes Municipal Utility District No. 1C of Ellis County, Proposition G: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The provisions of the “Contract for Financing, Operating, and Maintenance of Regional Water, Sanitary Sewer and Drainage Facilities by and Between Highland Lakes Municipal Utility District No. 1A of Ellis County and Highland Lakes Municipal Utility District No. 1C of Ellis County,” up to the maximum project cost of $901,988,000.00, and the levy of a tax sufficient to make payments required … (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• Highland Lakes Municipal Utility District No. 1C of Ellis County, Proposition H: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The provisions of the “Contract for Financing, Operating, and Maintenance of Paved Roads and Turnpikes and Other Services by and Between Highland Lakes Municipal Utility District No. 1A of Ellis County and Highland Lakes Municipal Utility District No. 1C of Ellis County,” up to the maximum project cost of $433,497,000.00, and the levy of a tax sufficient to make payments required thereunder. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)

Sources: Ellis County Elections official sample ballots, Nov 3, 2026 General and Special Elections (all 82 individual precinct ballot styles) · Texas Secretary of State 2026 Ballot Certification (Ellis County section)