Hays County

Wants to "make City Hall boring again" and says data centers deserve another look as "the industry evolves." A builder by trade, endorsed by Mayor Hughson, who is also his campaign treasurer.

Sources: San Marcos Record, San Marcos Record, Community Impact Q&A

Decades of steady public service, but she voted against the data center ban and for one more year of Flock. Now she's running against a sitting council member instead of retiring.

Sources: Community Impact, University Star, San Marcos Record

Voted for the data center ban over power and water use. Research on the rest of his record is still in progress.

Sources: Community Impact, Community Impact Q&A

Running on the river, affordable housing and small business: "No economic benefit outweighs protecting our river and aquifer." No prior city role we could find.

Sources: Community Impact Q&A, Campaign site

Running on aquifer protection, growth that pays for its own infrastructure, transit, and downtown housing that isn't only for students.

Sources: Community Impact Q&A

"I want to be the housing champion on council." About a decade on the school board and on the housing authority.

Sources: Community Impact Q&A

Opposes data centers and backs Rodriguez for mayor. Filed for mayor first, then switched to this seat.

Sources: Community Impact Q&A, San Marcos Record

Knows roads and city business, but his own bio is three decades of development work, and he served on the council during the years the audit is now looking at.

Sources: Community Impact Q&A, Hays Free Press audit scope

In 2025 he said he "strongly oppose[s] warrantless or extrajudicial actions" on immigration and wants grants, not tax hikes, for sidewalks. No public record beyond questionnaires.

Sources: Kyle-Buda Dems Q&A, Community Impact Q&A

Says "say no to data centers" and make development pay for its infrastructure. Lost his District 3 seat by 25 points last year and is now running in District 2.

Sources: Community Impact Q&A, City of Kyle results

Has done the volunteer work on city boards and talks about planning ahead for growth. A small-dollar campaign, about $3,500 raised so far.

Sources: Community Impact Q&A, Finance report

Priorities are water, roads, "resourced police" and budgeting. Little public record beyond his questionnaire and a supportive letter from a local business owner.

Sources: Community Impact Q&A, Hays Free Press letter

Running on small business, mobility and Buda's small-town character. Nothing bad on record, but he'd be one more Chamber board vote on a council that already has the Chamber's CEO.

Sources: Community Impact Q&A, City of Buda

Didn't answer Community Impact's questionnaire, and we couldn't find a website or platform.

Sources: Community Impact Q&A

Well connected and active in town, with a sensible growth platform. She sits on the Chamber board and runs a business that sells to local businesses, so she'd lean toward the business side.

Sources: Community Impact Q&A

Has real local experience on city council and EMS boards. His day job is running the state lobby for construction contractors, in a county that approves hundreds of millions in road and building contracts.

Sources: Campaign site, LinkedIn

Back for a second act, running on growth management, water and lower debt, with the Texas Forward Party's endorsement. In June she told Cohen at a court meeting that her "inability to tell the truth is astonishing."

Sources: Texas Forward Party, Hays Free Press

Leads the county's Republican women's club, and we couldn't find her positions on any county issue beyond her campaign site.

Sources: Ballotpedia, Campaign site

To his credit, he spoke for his school board when it unanimously turned down the state's daily prayer period, and he opposes Hill Country data centers. He also works in construction sales, which is a lot of what the court buys.

Sources: Hays Free Press, Community Impact Q&A

A career prosecutor who said Trump's mass January 6 pardons "undermined the legitimacy of the criminal justice system" and promises a public dashboard of case outcomes.

Sources: TexReporter, San Marcos Record

Private practice lawyer with relevant experience. Not much else on record.

Sources: Hays Free Press

Solid legal résumé. Nothing public on how he'd run a courtroom.

Sources: Hays Free Press

Knows how the courts work from the inside. Little else on record.

Sources: Hays Free Press

Sued to throw out four states' 2020 votes and spoke at the January 6 rally. The Republican-led Texas House impeached him for corruption 121 to 23.

Sources: Wikipedia

Signed SB 4, which lets state police arrest and deport people on suspicion of illegal entry, and bused more than 100,000 migrants to other cities as a stunt. Also signed the school voucher law.

Sources: Texas Tribune, Wikipedia

Offered up to $1 million for proof of 2020 voter fraud (the first payout went to a Democrat who caught a Republican voting twice), and pushed the Ten Commandments into classrooms.

Sources: CBS News, Wikipedia

Calls himself "MAGA Mayes" and has called 2020 "a stolen election." Beat Chip Roy by attacking him for certifying the 2020 results.

Sources: Texas Tribune, KSAT

Posted "I stand with ICE" after an ICE agent killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, and says the country needs "major immigration enforcement," not reform.

Sources: Texas Tribune

On January 6, 2021, voted to throw out Arizona's and Pennsylvania's electoral votes.

Sources: Ballotpedia, Wikipedia

Lost to Zaffirini in 2022. We found no public positions beyond party activity.

Sources: Wilson County News

Running on affordability and water, but leads the county's Young Republicans and lost this race in 2024.

Sources: Community Impact Q&A

Voted for school vouchers, skipped a water forum, and spent the week attacking her opponent over drag queens and Pride festivals.

Sources: My Canyon Lake, Texas Tribune