Hays 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 · Hays County Elections Office: (512) 393-7310

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 Hays County

U.S. House, District 21Mark Teixeira R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsKristin Hook D Donors1% from progressive-cause donors

U.S. House, District 27Michael Cloud R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsTanya Lloyd D Donors3% from progressive-cause donors

State Board of Education, District 5MAMica Arellano R DonorsAllison Bush D Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

Texas Senate, District 21Julie Dahlberg R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsJudith Zaffirini D Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

Texas House, District 45Tennyson G. Moreno R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsErin Zwiener D Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

Texas House, District 73Carrie Isaac R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsMerrie Fox D Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

Chief Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals DistrictCory Liu R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsDarlene Byrne D Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

District Judge, 428th Judicial DistrictPSPaul Still R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsCBCassie Benoist-Templeton D Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

Uncontested: District Judge, 207th Judicial District — Tracie Wright Reneau; District Judge, 274th Judicial District — Gary L. Steel

County, school board & city races

Uncontested local: Judge, County Court at Law No. 1 — Jimmy Alan Hall (Democratic); District Clerk — Amanda K. Calvert (Democratic); County Clerk — Cynthia A. Millonzi (Democratic); County Treasurer — Daphne Sanchez Tenorio (Democratic); Justice of the Peace Precinct 1, Place 2 — Maggie Hernandez Moreno (Democratic); Justice of the Peace Precinct 3 — Joseph Jamieson (Republican); Justice of the Peace Precinct 4 — John Burns (Republican); Justice of the Peace Precinct 5 — Sandra Bryant (Democratic); City of Buda, Mayor (unopposed, declared elected) — Lee Urbanovsky; City of Buda, City Council, At-Large Position 2 (unopposed, declared elected) — Monica Davidson; City of Woodcreek, City Council At-Large (three council members) — Jeff Rasco; Village of Bear Creek, Mayor — Nick Moore; Austin Community College District, Trustee, Place 2 — Gigi Edwards Bryant; La Cima Municipal Management District No. 1-A, Directors — Kimberly Studdard, Megan Odell, Chuck Loy, Sarah Cole, David Tuckfield

Ballot questions

• City of Austin, Proposition A: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE; the issuance of bonds in the amount of $260,000,000 for citywide park, recreation, aquatic, and open space improvements, 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 Austin, Proposition B: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE; the issuance of bonds in the amount of $35,000,000 for library facilities 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 Austin, Proposition C: Shall the City Charter be amended to clarify that the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (ICRC) is independent of City Council control, allow the ICRC to review City districts after changes to the City's boundary lines, create voter registration and residency duration exceptions for student members, provide an effective date for the redistricting plan adopted by the ICRC, increase the number of … (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 2.)
• City of Austin, Proposition D: Shall the City Charter be amended to delete language providing that the City Council shall meet at least once each week? (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 3.)
• City of Austin, Proposition E: Shall the City Charter be amended to delete language requiring the City Council to determine its rules and order of business by ordinance? (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 3.)
• City of Austin, Proposition F: Shall the City Charter be amended to clarify the meaning of the term "election" and to provide that the campaign contribution and expenditure limits shall be modified each year by January 1st instead of with the adoption of the budget? (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 3.)
• City of Austin, Proposition G: Shall the City Charter be amended to provide that initiative elections and petitioned charter amendment elections must be held on the next available November election date that occurs in an even-numbered year and that allows sufficient time to comply with other requirements of law? (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 3.)
• City of Austin, Proposition H: Shall the City Charter be amended to provide that the City Council appoints and removes the City Attorney? (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 3.)
• City of Austin, Proposition I: Shall the City Charter be amended to require an Independent Affordability and Efficiency Initiative on a regular basis and before any tax rate increase election and requiring the independent contractor to identify annual and multi-year savings that exceed the cost of the contractor's service? (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 3.)
• City of Austin, Proposition J: Shall the City Charter be amended to make non- substantive corrections of typographical errors, punctuation, and sentence structure, and to change or remove language that is moot or unenforceable because it has been superseded by state law or by a final court order? (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 3.)
• Comal Independent School District, Proposition A: THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE. The issuance of bonds in an amount not to exceed $539,955,000 by the Comal Independent School District for the design, construction, rehabilitation, renovation, expansion, improvement, acquisition, and equipment of school facilities, the necessary sites for school facilities, and the purchase of school buses and vehicles, and the levying of a tax sufficient to pay the principal of … (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 4.)
• Comal Independent School District, Proposition B: THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE. The issuance of bonds in an amount not to exceed $27,045,000 by the Comal Independent School District for the acquisition, improvement, and updates of technology equipment, systems, and infrastructure (including new classroom computers and devices), and the levying of a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds and the cost of any credit agreements executed in … (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 4.)
• La Cima Municipal Management District No. 1-A, Proposition A: The Confirmation of the Creation of La Cima Municipal Management District No. 1-A. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 5.)
• La Cima Municipal Management District No. 1-A, Proposition B: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE - The Issuance of $114,890,000 Utility Bonds and the Levy of Ad Valorem Taxes Sufficient to Pay the Principal of and Interest on the Debt Obligations to Pay for the Utility Bonds by La Cima Municipal Management District No. 1-A. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 5.)
• La Cima Municipal Management District No. 1-A, Proposition C: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE - The Issuance of $143,612,500 Utility Refunding Bonds and the Levy of Ad Valorem Taxes Sufficient to Pay the Principal of and Interest on the Debt Obligations to Pay for the Utility Refunding Bonds by La Cima Municipal Management District No. 1-A. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 5.)
• La Cima Municipal Management District No. 1-A, Proposition D: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE - The Issuance of $54,770,000 Road Bonds and the Levy of Ad Valorem Taxes Sufficient to Pay the Principal of and Interest on the Debt Obligations to Pay for the Road Bonds by La Cima Municipal Management District No. 1-A. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 5.)
• La Cima Municipal Management District No. 1-A, Proposition E: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE - The Issuance of $68,462,500 Road Refunding Bonds and the Levy of Ad Valorem Taxes Sufficient to Pay the Principal of and Interest on the Debt Obligations to Pay for the Road Refunding Bonds by La Cima Municipal Management District No. 1-A. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 5.)
• La Cima Municipal Management District No. 1-A, Proposition F: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE - The Issuance of $64,000,000 Parks and Recreational Facilities Bonds and the Levy of Ad Valorem Taxes Sufficient to Pay the Principal of and Interest on the Debt Obligations to Pay for the Parks and Recreational Facilities Bonds by La Cima Municipal Management District No. 1-A. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 5.)
• La Cima Municipal Management District No. 1-A, Proposition G: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE - The Issuance of $80,000,000 Parks and Recreational Facilities Refunding Bonds and the Levy of Ad Valorem Taxes Sufficient to Pay the Principal of and Interest on the Debt Obligations to Pay for the Parks and Recreational Facilities Refunding Bonds by La Cima Municipal Management District No. 1-A. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 5.)
• La Cima Municipal Management District No. 1-A, Proposition H: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE - The Imposition and Levy of an Operation and Maintenance Tax in an Amount Not to Exceed One Dollar and Twenty Cents ($1.20) per One Hundred Dollars ($100) Valuation of Taxable Property by La Cima Municipal Management District No. 1-A. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 5.)
• Sunfield Municipal Utility District No. 2, Proposition A: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The issuance of $279,500,000 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 6.)
• Sunfield Municipal Utility District No. 2, Proposition B: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The issuance of $165,300,000 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 (paved roads and turnpikes). (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 6.)
• Sunfield Municipal Utility District No. 2, Proposition C: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The issuance of $33,800,000 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 (parks and recreational facilities). (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 6.)
• Sunfield Municipal Utility District No. 2, Proposition D: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The issuance of $419,250,000 in refunding bonds to refund bonds issued for water, sanitary sewer, drainage and storm sewer facilities 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 6.)
• Sunfield Municipal Utility District No. 2, Proposition E: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The issuance of $247,950,000 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 6.)
• Sunfield Municipal Utility District No. 2, Proposition F: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The issuance of $50,700,000 in refunding bonds to refund bonds issued for park and recreational facilities or refunding of such bonds 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 6.)

Sources: Hays County Elections official combined sample ballot, Nov 3, 2026 General Election (all contests) · Texas Secretary of State 2026 Ballot Certification (Hays County section)