2026 Texas General Election

Adrienne Bell is an educator, advocate, and community leader dedicated to building a government that works for everyone. As a candidate for Brazoria County Clerk, Adrienne brings a deep commitment to efficiency, transparency, and accountability—values that have guided her throughout her career.

Adrienne Bell

Her background in education has shaped her approach to leadership: listen first, act with fairness, and deliver results that matter. Her background in the public sector and experience in the classroom, gives her the organizational rigor and people focused approach needed to make the Brazoria County Clerk's office efficient, accessible, and accountable.

Adrienne Bell is an educator with public-sector experience, including classroom teaching.

Her background in the public sector and experience in the classroom, gives her the organizational rigor and people focused approach needed to make the Brazoria County Clerk's office efficient, accessible, and accountable.

As County Clerk, Adrienne Bell will modernize how Brazoria County serves its residents—making records easier to access, services more efficient, and communication more transparent. She believes that local government should reflect the integrity and responsiveness the people of Brazoria County deserve.

Platform Issues
Modernizing for Efficiency

Launch user-friendly online systems for records, licenses and vital documents
Deliver responsive, customer-centered service across Brazoria County

Protect Election Integrity

Serve as non-partisan guardian of the vote
Expand early voting options and ensure consistent poll worker training
Build a Voter Education Initiative to help residents understand what is on the ballot

Protect Election Integrity

Serve as non-partisan guardian of the vote
Expand early voting options and ensure consistent poll worker training
Build a Voter Education Initiative to help residents understand what is on the ballot
Host community information sessions and online guides to help voters make informed choices

Customer Success

Customer Success

Implement measurable customer service standards
Comprehensive training ensuring every staff member treats the public with professionalism and efficiency.

Endorsements

“Government should serve the people with fairness, transparency, and accountability. As County Clerk, I will ensure every record, every service, and every vote is handled with integrity and care.”

In addition to managing vital records and county services, Adrienne will serve as a non-partisan guardian of the vote—protecting election security and ensuring that every eligible voter in Brazoria County can cast their ballot safely and confidently.

Plans to modernize county clerk services to improve record access, efficiency, and transparency.

Plans to launch online systems for county records, licenses, and vital documents.

Pledges to deliver responsive, customer-centered service across Brazoria County.

Plans to ensure consistent training for poll workers.

Plans to build a voter education initiative with community sessions and online ballot-information guides.

Plans to implement measurable customer-service standards and staff training focused on professionalism and efficiency.

Pledges to handle county records, services, and votes with integrity and care.

- Plans to modernize county clerk services to improve record access, efficiency, and transparency.
- Plans to launch online systems for county records, licenses, and vital documents.
- Pledges to deliver responsive, customer-centered service across Brazoria County.
- Plans to expand early voting options.
- Plans to ensure consistent training for poll workers.
- Plans to build a voter education initiative with community sessions and online ballot-information guides.
- Plans to implement measurable customer-service standards and staff training focused on professionalism and efficiency.
- Pledges to handle county records, services, and votes with integrity and care.

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Joyce Hudman, Brazoria County Clerk — “Elected by the people of Texas in 1999 as the County Clerk for Brazoria County, Joyce Hudman serves as the county’s official keeper of municipal records. Joyce was an employee of the Brazoria County Clerk’s Office for 3 years prior to being elected, giving her over 17 years of hands on experience in all areas of the County Clerk’s Office.”

Local Agency Information – The Brazoria Central Appraisal District

Joyce Hudman previously worked for the Brazoria County Clerk’s Office.

Joyce Hudman, Brazoria County Clerk — “Elected by the people of Texas in 1999 as the County Clerk for Brazoria County, Joyce Hudman serves as the county’s official keeper of municipal records.”

Joyce serves as the Brazoria County Clerk. She was elected in 1999.

June 28, 2022 — The Commissioners' Court of Brazoria County special meeting, Order No. 6.F.2: “American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Lost Revenue Funding for County Clerk Digitization of Records.” The order states: “Approve the request submitted by Joyce Hudman, Brazoria County Clerk, for $2,000,000 for digitization and indexing of County records. This request will be funded by American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) lost revenue.”

June 28, 2022

As county clerk, requested $2 million to digitize and index county records.

- As county clerk, requested $2 million to digitize and index county records.

Joyce Hudman

- Serves as clerk of county’s commissioners court, attending and recording all sessions, as well as holding all records associated with the Court. Also assists county judge in court agenda preparation and posting notice for each meeting, along with other services requested by the Court.
- Works with judges, defendants, jurors, and attorneys of various courts, doing things like filing cases, issuing processes, maintaining minutes of court proceedings, collecting costs and fines, and arranging for commitments and appeals.
Administers all county and state elections as chief elections officer, except when the Commissioners Court has the tax assessor-collector or county elections administrator do that.
- Can serve as county recorder, where they determine whether a document is suitable for filing.They maintain documents like birth, death, and marriage certificates and real estate records, and act as a liaison to the Vital Statistics Section of the Texas Department of State Health Services.
- County clerks are elected through partisan, county-wide elections to four-year terms. Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years old, have been a Texas resident for at least 12 consecutive months, a county resident for at least six consecutive months, and registered to vote in that county.
- The annual salary for county clerks range from $42,000 to $183,999, set by the county’s commissioners court.

Serves as clerk of county court and commissioners court.

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