Montgomery County

Keough held on in the March Republican primary by 1,519 votes, 51% to 49%, over Justice of the Peace Wayne Mack.

Open seat: Wayne Mack did not run again. We found almost nothing on either candidate, so this is a toss-up and the pick goes to the Democrat.

No Democrat filed. We found almost nothing on either candidate, so this is a toss-up and the pick goes to the independent.

County Clerk (Brandon Steinmann), District Clerk (Melisa Miller), County Treasurer (Melanie K. Bush), Commissioner, Precinct 2 (Charlie Riley), Commissioner, Precinct 4 (Matt Gray), Justices of the Peace, Precinct 2 (Grady Trey Spikes), Precinct 4 (Jason Dunn) and Precinct 5 (Billy Masden), District Attorney, 9th Judicial District, unexpired term (Mike Holley), County Courts at Law No. 1 (John C. Hafley), No. 3 (Amy Tucker), No. 4 (Echo Hutson) and No. 6 (Scharlene White Valdez), Probate Court No. 1 (Claudia Laird), District Judges for the 221st (Lisa Michalk), 284th (Kristin Bays) and 359th (Michael H. Ghutzman), and Chief Justice, 9th Court of Appeals (Scott Golemon). All are Republicans.

Three seats on the Montgomery Central Appraisal District board, which oversees how property values are set. Nonpartisan. Place 1: Dale Inman, Gary Beck. Place 2: Frank S. Smith, Creg Mixon. Place 3: Sherry D. Tavel, Webb Melder.

Tomball ISD covers parts of Harris and Montgomery counties. Not much on either candidate. The pick goes to the district parent.

Both look decent. The pick goes to the former Tomball teacher.

We have not profiled these. Conroe ISD, Position 1 (Ryan Tsamouris; Aggie Gambino, appointed in January 2026), Position 2 (Destinee Milton, Rod Hammer, Robin Deferrari) and Position 3 (Misty Odenweller, Phil Martin). Willis ISD, Position 3 (Lewis Straughter, Cortney R. Lindley, Gary Granger), Position 4 (Keith Miller, David Hall, Chaundy Satterwhite) and Position 5 (Tim Burke, Tisa McCrorey, Stefanie Hollins). New Caney ISD, Position 2 (Ryan Schurdell, Kevin D. Jensen II, Chad Turner, Kristina Haggard). Unopposed: Tomball ISD Position 2 (Michael Pratt) and Position 4 (Mark Lewandowski), Willis ISD Position 1 (Nikita Lagway) and New Caney ISD Position 1 (Elizabeth Rhoden Harrell).

Four at-large seats, elected by township voters in Montgomery and Harris counties. Position 3 is contested: Priscila Young, Nick Tran and Lisa Gilmore. We found too little on them to rate. Unopposed: Position 1 (Lee Wilson), Position 2 (Linda Nelson) and Position 4 (Craig Eissler). Board chair Brad Bailey is running for the Texas House (see State and federal).

Position 1: David Mullane, LaChrystal Ricke. Position 3: Oscar Ramirez, Ray Guzman. Position 5: Linda Stewart (unopposed).

Also on the ballot: Ted Brown (Libertarian).

Also on the ballot: Pat Dixon (Libertarian).

Also on the ballot: Anthony Cristo (Libertarian), Kevin McCormick (Green).

Also on the ballot: Tom Oxford (Libertarian).

Comptroller, Land Commissioner, Agriculture Commissioner, Railroad Commissioner, the State Board of Education, and the Supreme Court and appeals court seats. We haven't profiled these yet.

Open seat. Dan Crenshaw lost the Republican primary.

Open seat. Rep. Morgan Luttrell isn't running again.

A rematch of the May special election. Ligon left the Montgomery County DA job for this seat.

Open seat. Kristen Plaisance beat Rep. Cecil Bell Jr. in the March Republican primary, 55% to 45%.

Open seat. Rep. Steve Toth is running for Congress.

Also on the ballot, and not rated: 15th Court of Appeals, Chief Justice (Scott Brister, Republican; Jerry Zimmerer, Democrat), Place 2 (Scott K. Field, Republican; Tom Baker, Democrat) and Place 3 (April Farris, Republican; Marc M. Meyer, Democrat); State Board of Education, District 6 (Tiffany Nelson, Republican; Michelle Palmer, Democrat) and District 8 (Audrey G. Young, Republican; Dana Van De Walker, Democrat).

For Montgomery County residents who live inside Houston city limits.

• Prop A: Amends the city charter to make Class A and B marijuana possession the Houston Police Department's lowest enforcement priority, with reporting requirements, and bans Houston police from requesting or carrying out "no-knock" search warrants.

Voters in new and growing developments will see confirmation, director, bond and tax elections for East Montgomery County MUD Nos. 8A and 8B, Montgomery County MUD Nos. 94, 187, 228, 264, 265A and 265B, Walnut Creek MUD and the Northeast Regional Management District (which also asks for a sales tax). Most bond propositions are marked on the ballot as a tax increase, and several run to hundreds of millions of dollars; EMC MUD No. 8A alone asks for $316 million for water, sewer and drainage, $134 million for parks and recreation and $211.2 million for roads. Check the county sample ballot for your district.