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Counties in Texas

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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities. Ballotpedia also covers mayors, city councils, and district attorneys in all state capitals.

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Counties

County government

Click the links below for information about the county governments in Ballotpedia's coverage scope:

Full list of counties

According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 254 counties, 1,225 cities, towns, and villages, and 2,984 special districts.[1]


The following table defaults to displaying only 25 counties at a time. To change the number of counties displayed, use the drop-down menu above the upper left-hand corner of the table. You can also use the search bar above the upper-right corner of the table to look up a specific county.

Map of counties

Counties in blue on the map below are part of Ballotpedia's county coverage scope:

Elections

Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

2025

See also: United States municipal elections, 2025 and School board elections, 2025

2024

See also: United States municipal elections, 2024 and School board elections, 2024
  • Arlington, Texas - City council
  • Austin, Texas - Mayor and city council
  • Corpus Christi, Texas - Mayor and city council
  • El Paso, Texas - Mayor, city council, municipal court judge, and municipal court of appeals judge.
  • Garland, Texas - City council
  • Irving, Texas - City council
  • Laredo, Texas - City council
  • Lubbock, Texas - Mayor, city council, and municipal court judge
  • Bexar County, Texas - Sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, appraisal district, constables, water control and improvement district, district court judges, justices of the peace, and probate court judge
  • Collin County, Texas - Sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, appraisal district, constables, district court judges, and probate court judge
  • Dallas County, Texas - Sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, appraisal district, community college district, district court judges, and criminal district court judges
  • Denton County, Texas - Sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, appraisal district, constables, and district court judges
  • El Paso County, Texas - County attorney, district attorney, sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, appraisal district, constables, criminal court at law judge, criminal district court judges, and district court judges
  • Fort Bend County, Texas - Attorney, sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, appraisal district, constables, county court at law judge, district court judges, and justices of the peace
  • Harris County, Texas - County attorney, district attorney, sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, appraisal district, community college district, emergency services district, water control and improvement district, regional water authority district, constables, county department of education, county criminal court at law judges, district court judges, justices of the peace, and probate court judge
  • Lubbock County, Texas - Sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, appraisal district, constables, water conservation board, water control and improvement district board, and district court judges
  • Nueces County, Texas - Attorney, sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, appraisal district, community college district, constables, district court judges, and justices of the peace
  • Tarrant County, Texas - Sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, appraisal district, constables, criminal court district judges, and district court judges
  • Travis County, Texas - County attorney, district attorney, sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, appraisal district, community college district, limited district, municipal utility district, library district board, constables, county court at law judges, district court judges, justices of the peace judges, and probate court judges
  • Webb County, Texas - County attorney, district attorney, sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, appraisal district, community college district, constables, district court judges, and justices of the peace
  • Williamson County, Texas - County attorney, district attorney, sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, appraisal district, constables, court at law judge, and district court judges
  • All other local elections by county
  • Texas school board elections

2023

See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023

2022

See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022
  • Arlington, Texas - City council
  • Austin, Texas - Mayor and city council
  • Corpus Christi, Texas - Mayor and city council
  • El Paso, Texas - City council and municipal court judge
  • Fort Worth, Texas - City council
  • Garland, Texas - City council
  • Houston, Texas - City council
  • Irving, Texas - City council
  • Laredo, Texas - Mayor, city council, and municipal court judge
  • Lubbock, Texas - Mayor and city council
  • Bexar County, Texas - County clerk, district attorney, district clerk, county commission precincts 2 & 4, county commission precinct 3 (special), water control and improvement district board, commissioners court judge, county court judges, county probate court judges, district courts judges, and justices of the peace,
  • Collin County, Texas - Constable, county clerk, district attorney, district clerk, county commission, probate court judges, county court judges, district court judges, and justices of the peace
  • Dallas County, Texas - County clerk, district attorney, district clerk, treasurer, county commission, constables, community college district board, commissioners county judge, district court judges, county court judges, county criminal court judges, county criminal district court judges, county criminal court of appeals judges, county probate court, and justices of the peace
  • Denton County, Texas - County clerk, district attorney, district clerk, treasurer, county commission, commissioners court judge, district court judges, county court judges, county criminal court at law judges, county probate court judges, and justices of the peace
  • El Paso County, Texas - County clerk, district clerk, county commissioners, county court at law judges, county judge, county criminal courts at law judges, probate court judges, district court judges, and justices of the peace
  • Fort Bend County, Texas - County clerk, district attorney, district clerk, treasurer, county commissioners, county commissioners court judge, district court judges, county court of law judges, and justices of the peace
  • Harris County, Texas - County clerk, district clerk, treasurer, county commission, county department of education, community college board, emergency services district board, water control and improvement district board, regional water authority district board, county civil court at law judges, county criminal court at law judges, district courts judges, court judge, probate court judges, and justices of the peace
  • Lubbock County, Texas - County clerk, district attorney, district clerk, county treasurer, county commission, water control and improvement district board, commissioners court judge, district court judges, county court at law judges, and justices of the peace (4 seats)
  • Nueces County, Texas - County clerk, district clerk, county commission, community college board, district court judges, commissioners court judge, county court at law judges, and justices of the peace
  • Tarrant County, Texas - County clerk, criminal district attorney, district clerk, county commissioner, constable, county judge, district court judges, criminal district judges, county court at law judges, county criminal court judges, probate court judges, and justices of the peace
  • Travis County, Texas - County clerk, district clerk, treasurer, county commission, community college district board, limited district board, municipal utility district board, library district board, commissioners court judge, county court at law judges, district court judges, probate courts judges, and justices of the peace courts
  • Webb County, Texas - Constable, county clerk, district clerk, treasurer, county commission, commissioners court judge, district court judges, county court of law judges, justices of the peace, and college district board trustees
  • Williamson County, Texas - County clerk, district clerk, treasurer, county commission, constable, county judge, district court judges, county court at law judges, and justices of the peace
  • Texas school board elections

2021

See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021

2020

See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020
  • Arlington, Texas - City council
  • Austin, Texas - City council
  • Corpus Christi, Texas - Mayor, city council
  • El Paso, Texas - Mayor, city representatives, municipal court judgeships
  • Garland, Texas - City council
  • Houston, Texas - City council
  • Irving, Texas - Mayor, city council
  • Laredo, Texas - City council
  • Lubbock, Texas - Mayor, city council, municipal court judge
  • Bexar County, Texas - County commissioners, sheriff, tax assessor-collector, justice of the peace, constables, water control and improvement district board, multiple judgeships
  • Collin County, Texas - County commissioners, sheriff, tax assessor-collector, constables, and district court judgeships
  • Dallas County, Texas - County commissioners, sheriff, tax assessor-collector, district court judgeships
  • Denton County, Texas - County commissioners, tax collector-assessor, sheriff, constables, multiple judgeships
  • El Paso County, Texas - County commissioners, tax assessor-collector, sheriff, county attorney, district attorney, constables, multiple judgeships
  • Fort Bend County, Texas - Sheriff, county commissioners, county attorney, tax assessor-collector, justices of the peace, constables, multiple judgeships
  • Harris County, Texas - County commissioners, sheriff, county court at law, county attorney, county clerk, county department of education, district attorney, tax assessor-collector, justice of the peace, constable, special districts, multiple judgeships
  • Lubbock County, Texas - County commissioners, sheriff, tax assessor-collector, constables, special districts, multiple judgeships
  • Nueces County, Texas - County commissioners, sheriff, county attorney, county district attorney, tax assessor-collector, justices of the peace, constables, special districts, multiple judgeships
  • Tarrant County, Texas - County commissioners, sheriff, tax assessor-collector, constables, multiple judgeships
  • Travis County, Texas - County commissioners, sheriff, county court at law, county commissioners court (special), county attorney, district attorney, tax assessor-collector, constables, special districts, multiple judgeships
  • Webb County, Texas - County commissioners, sheriff, district attorney, county attorney, tax assessor-collector, constables, special districts, multiple judgeships
  • Williamson County, Texas - County commissioners, sheriff, county attorney, county district attorney, tax assessor-collector, constables, multiple judgeships
  • Texas school board elections
Past elections


Initiative process availability

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in Texas

There is no statewide initiative process set for general law cities. As creatures of state statute, general law cities do not have authority to adopt initiative elections on their own.

Initiative is only available in charter cities. State statutes mandate an initiative process for citizens to propose charter amendments through petition. Charter cities also have authority to permit an initiative process for ordinances. The top 10 most populated cities in Texas all operate under a home rule charter. 9 of the 10 (all except Arlington) authorize initiative for ordinances.[2][3]

See also

Texas Municipal government Other local coverage
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External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2022 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed October 16, 2023
  2. ↑ Texas Municipal League, "Chapter One, Local Government in Texas," accessed August 23, 2013 (archived)
  3. ↑ Ballotpedia, "Types & #s of local government by state," September 2012
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