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2026 Texas General Election

2026 Texas Primary Election

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2026 Texas Primary Runoff

Dale Frey

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Rafael Perez

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Dale is a web developer. He works at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where he supports scientists and technical writers reporting on climate change and its effects on the environment, farming, and the economy. He previously worked at the Department of Education in Washington, D.C., the General Services Administration, and the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Supports incentivizing homeowners to implement personal solar panels to reduce power bills, support the power grid, and decrease dependency on fossil fuels.

Advocates for the establishment of Voting Centers for Election Day to reduce confusion and prevent voter suppression.

Administration

- 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.