Nueces County, Texas: 2026 Voter Guide

✅ Checked against the official county sample ballot (Oct 18, 2026). Precinct 15-04 could not be checked separately: the county's sample-ballot page links 15-04 to the same file as 15-03. See your exact ballot on Texas My Voter Portal.

Official sample ballot · Nueces County Clerk, Elections Division: (361) 888-0580

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 Nueces County

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

U.S. House, District 34Eric Flores R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsVicente Gonzalez D Donors<1% from progressive-cause donorsChris Royal L DonorsEddie Espinoza G Donors

State Board of Education, District 2Victoria Hinojosa R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsThomas Ray Garcia D Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

Texas House, District 32Todd Hunter R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsGLGabriel "Gabe" Lozano Marroquin D Donors

Texas House, District 34Denise Villalobos R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsStephanie Guerrero Saenz D Donors<1% from progressive-cause donors

Justice, 13th Court of Appeals District, Place 6Clarissa Silva R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsJohn Ball D Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

District Judge, 94th Judicial DistrictCDChris Dorsey R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsCLCelina Leon D Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

District Judge, 148th Judicial DistrictDKDavid Klein R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsCVCarlos Valdez D Donors

Uncontested: District Judge, 105th Judicial District — Jack W. Pulcher; District Judge, 117th Judicial District — Susan Barclay; District Judge, 319th Judicial District — David Stith

County, school board & city races

Uncontested local: Judge, County Court at Law No. 4 — Mark H. Woerner (Republican); Judge, County Court at Law No. 5 — Tim McCoy (Republican); County Commissioner Precinct 4 — Brent Chesney (Republican); Justice of the Peace Precinct 2, Place 2 — Thelma L. Rodriguez (Republican); Justice of the Peace Precinct 3 — Larry Lawrence (Republican); Justice of the Peace Precinct 4 — Duncan Neblett, Jr (Republican); Nueces Central Appraisal District, Board of Directors, Place 1 — James Magill; Nueces Central Appraisal District, Board of Directors, Place 2 — Mark Lawing Sr.; Tuloso-Midway Independent School District, Board of Trustees, Position 2 — Paul Arriaga; Calallen Independent School District, Board of Trustees, Place 5 — Kayla Otahal; Robstown Independent School District, Board of Trustees, School Trustee, Place 6 — Lori Ann Flores-Garza; Del Mar College, Regent, District 4 — Laurie Turner; Driscoll Independent School District, Board of Trustees, Place 7 — Cynthia Lopez

Ballot questions

• City of Corpus Christi, Proposition A (Continuation of Corpus Christi Crime Control and Prevention District): Whether the Corpus Christi Crime Control and Prevention District should be continued for ten years and the crime control and prevention district sales tax should be continued for ten years. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 3.)
• City of Corpus Christi, Proposition B (City of Corpus Christi Charter Amendment Regarding Industrial Water Drought Surcharge and Curtailment): Shall Article IX for the City Charter be amended to terminate and prohibit programs that exempt large industrial water users from drought surcharges or curtailment requirements during declared drought stages, and require large industrial water users to pay drought surcharges at rates set by the City Council in the March 2025 Drought Contingency Plan? (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 3.)
• Nueces County Emergency Services District No. 1, Proposition A: THIS IS A TAX INCREASE The adoption of a local sales and use tax in Nueces County Emergency Services District No. 1 at a rate not to exceed two percent (2%) in any location in the District. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 4.)
• West Oso Independent School District, Proposition A (VATRE): THIS IS A TAX INCREASE Ratifying the ad valorem tax rate of $1.2169 in West Oso Independent School District for the current year, a rate that will result in an increase of 8.95 percent in maintenance and operations tax revenue for the district for the current year as compared to the preceding year, which is an additional $2,039,356. (Full ballot language: official sample ballot, page 3.)

Sources: Nueces County Clerk official precinct sample ballots, Nov 3, 2026 General Election (all 198 posted precinct ballots; the county links 15-04 to the 15-03 file) · Texas Secretary of State 2026 Ballot Certification (Nueces County section)