2026 Texas General Election

Don Huffines is originally from Dallas. He earned a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Texas at Austin. Don lives with his wife, Mary Catherine, and has five children and ten grandchildren.

Don currently works as a real estate developer.

Don Huffines previously served as a state senator. He was elected in the Republican primary by defeating a 20-year incumbent.

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Don previously served as a State Senator, Texas District 16. He served one term from 2015 to 2019. Don previously ran for Governor of Texas in 2022, but did not win.

For Candidate Don Huffines on Issue financial-management: Plans to implement gold and silver-backed currency through the Texas Bullion Depository, enabling Texans to spend precious metals with a debit card.

Plans to implement gold and silver-backed currency through the Texas Bullion Depository, enabling Texans to spend precious metals with a debit card.

Opposes corporate welfare, tax breaks for out-of-state corporations, and green energy subsidies, advocating for a fair playing field for small businesses in Texas.

Opposes corporate welfare, tax breaks for out-of-state corporations, and green energy subsidies.

Believes government is a barrier to job creation and income growth; plans to cut taxes and eliminate regulations to support Texas businesses.

Plans to reduce taxes and regulations to support Texas businesses.

For Candidate Don Huffines on Issue financial-management: Plans to enforce Texas's balanced budget requirement, collaborate on a conservative budget, and enhance transparency and discipline in state spending.

Plans to enforce Texas's balanced budget requirement and enhance transparency and discipline in state spending.

Supports programs that allow qualifying families to use public money for alternative schooling options, including private schools

- Plans to implement gold and silver-backed currency through the Texas Bullion Depository, enabling Texans to spend precious metals with a debit card.
- Opposes corporate welfare, tax breaks for out-of-state corporations, and green energy subsidies.
- Plans to reduce taxes and regulations to support Texas businesses.
- Plans to enforce Texas's balanced budget requirement and enhance transparency and discipline in state spending.
- Supports programs that allow qualifying families to use public money for alternative schooling options, including private schools

Financial Management

Aims to modernize the Comptroller’s office to eliminate bureaucratic inefficiencies and improve government efficiency for taxpayers.

Aims to modernize the Comptroller’s office to improve government efficiency.

Supports "auditing government, exposing waste, and fighting to return the savings and budget surpluses to taxpayers through property tax relief."

- Aims to modernize the Comptroller’s office to improve government efficiency.
- Opposes education on race and racism.
- Supports "auditing government, exposing waste, and fighting to return the savings and budget surpluses to taxpayers through property tax relief."

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As of July 22, 2026, Don Huffines’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Background Investigation: Sarah Eckhardt

Sarah Eckhardt is originally from Houston, Texas. She earned a bachelor's degree in theater from New York University and a master's degree in public affairs and a law degree from the University of Texas at Austin. She has two children.

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Sarah previously worked as a prosecutor in the Travis County District Attorney's Office.

Sarah is currently a member of the Texas State Senate, representing District 14. She was first elected in 2020. Sarah previously served as a Travis County commissioner and as the first woman elected Travis County judge.

Sarah is currently a member of the Texas State Senate, representing District 14. She was first elected in 2020 and is serving her third term. She previously served as Travis County Judge from 2014 to 2020, and as a Travis County Commissioner form 2006 to 2014.

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For Candidate Sarah Eckhardt on Issue financial-management: Focuses on practical solutions that positively impact Texans' lives.

Plans to focus on "practical solutions that positively impact Texans' lives."

Opposes school voucher programs that allow parents to use public funds to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including private schools.

Said, "Texans deserve a leader who will stand up for public school funding, act as a watchdog over the budget, and fight fraud, waste, and abuse in government spending."

- Plans to focus on "practical solutions that positively impact Texans' lives."
- Opposes school voucher programs that allow parents to use public funds to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including private schools.
- Said, "Texans deserve a leader who will stand up for public school funding, act as a watchdog over the budget, and fight fraud, waste, and abuse in government spending."

Aims to restore trust, accountability, and common sense to government.

- Aims to restore trust, accountability, and common sense to government.

As of July 22, 2026, Sarah Eckhardt’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Sarah Eckhardt

My priorities for the comptroller’s office are to depoliticize our state’s taxes, spending and investments. No more tax breaks for data centers. No more contracts for big political donors. Divest from Texas' $280 million in Israel bonds, and no more Texas taxpayer money for foreign bonds of any kind.

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With thousands of students using Texas Education Freedom Accounts for the first time this school year, what will be your objectives in administering the program?

We must end school vouchers and reinvest in Texas public schools. We need free high-quality education for all students, not a flawed lottery for cash handouts to a lucky few. School vouchers are unfair for parents, students, and schools and bad for taxpayers.

Plans to end state contracts for major political donors.

Plans to divest Texas of Israel bonds and end taxpayer investment in foreign bonds.

Advocates ending school vouchers and reinvesting in Texas public schools.

- Opposes tax breaks for data centers.
- Plans to end state contracts for major political donors.
- Plans to divest Texas of Israel bonds and end taxpayer investment in foreign bonds.
- Advocates ending school vouchers and reinvesting in Texas public schools.

How will you work with state agencies and legislators to promote a stable Texas economy?

As Comptroller I would announce that the Comptroller’s office will no longer enforce unconstitutional laws, like the anti-boycott law that requires state contractors pledge in writing not to participate in the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement to end genocide and apartheid in Israel.

What can the comptroller’s office do to promote transparency into the state economy and tax programs?

The comptroller’s office should do much more to make the state’s economy, taxing, and spending transparent. There could be billboards about the budget, just like TxDOT’s billboards about road safety. The comptroller’s website currently offers limited “paginas in español;" I am calling for all content to be available in Spanish.

The comptroller’s office should do much more to make the state’s economy, taxing, and spending transparent. There could be billboards about the budget, just like TxDOT’s billboards about road safety. The comptroller’s website currently offers limited “paginas in español;" I am calling for all content to be available in Spanish.

What do you see as the greatest challenge for Texas in the next 5 years?

Money in politics is the biggest challenge facing Texas; it impacts every other issue. I am proud to be running for office with the Green Party. The Green Party doesn’t accept billionaire, PAC, or lobbyist money, and neither do I. I am running for comptroller to represent Texans, not donors!

Plans to stop the comptroller’s office from enforcing the state anti-boycott law for contractors.

Supports greater transparency for the state’s economy, taxes, and spending.

Proposes using billboards to publicize the state budget.

Calls for all content on the comptroller’s website to be available in Spanish.

Said her campaign does not accept money from billionaires, political action committees (PACs), or lobbyists.

- Plans to stop the comptroller’s office from enforcing the state anti-boycott law for contractors.
- Supports greater transparency for the state’s economy, taxes, and spending.
- Proposes using billboards to publicize the state budget.
- Calls for all content on the comptroller’s website to be available in Spanish.
- Said her campaign does not accept money from billionaires, political action committees (PACs), or lobbyists.

As of September 11, 2026, Shehla Faizi’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Shehla Faizi

- Supports greater transparency for the state’s economy, taxes, and spending.
- Proposes using billboards to publicize the state budget.
- Calls for all content on the comptroller’s website to be available in Spanish.
- Said her campaign does not accept money from billionaires, political action committees (PACs), or lobbyists.

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V. Alonzo Echevarria-Garza is a former member of the Texas House of Representatives, having served from 1991 to 1993. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Echevarria-Garza was born on March 12, 1955, in San Antonio, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a degree in business administration.

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V. Alonzo Echavarria-Garza graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a degree in business administration.

V. Alonzo Echevarria-Garza is the city manager in the East Texas town of Hearne, where he previously worked as the town’s chief financial officer. He also has worked in finance roles in the municipalities of Big Spring and Port Isabel.

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Alonzo currently works as the city manager of Hearne. He previously worked as Hearne's chief financial officer and in finance roles for the municipalities of Big Spring and Port Isabel.

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Alonzo previously served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1991 to 1993.

As of September 11, 2026, V. Alonzo Echavarria-Garza did not have a website or any information online.

V. Alonzo Echavarria-Garza

As of September 11, 2026, V. Alonzo Echavarria-Garza’s website did not contain information on this issue.

- The Comptroller is the state’s chief financial officer. They collect taxes, manage state money, and watch over how Texas spends that money.
- They collect most state revenue (like sales tax and business taxes) and issue tax permits and licenses.
- They track all state spending, audit agencies, publish financial reports, and provide important financial data to lawmakers.
- They manage the state treasury, investments, and cash flows, and estimate how much money the state has available for the budget.
- The office is elected statewide for a four-year term with no limits on re-election.
- The salary for the position is about $153,750 per year.

Collects taxes and manages the state's money.

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