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Gregoire Lewis, Democratic candidate for Tarrant County Clerk

Gregoire Lewis has an associate's degree.

Gregoire's campaign for Tarrant County clerk is his first run for public office.

Gregoire currently works as a risk manager at Allstate Insurance.

Supports increasing customer service standards, expanding accessibility, and enhancing transparency.

Supports "consistently posting voter registration locations and polling locations with correct times and dates open."

Said "[a]t minimum twice per month I would attend community meetings to directly interact with residents of Tarrant County."

- Supports increasing customer service standards, expanding accessibility, and enhancing transparency.
- Supports "consistently posting voter registration locations and polling locations with correct times and dates open."
- Said "[a]t minimum twice per month I would attend community meetings to directly interact with residents of Tarrant County."

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Lydia Bean graduated from Austin College with a degree in Spanish and music and earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Sociology from Harvard University. She is a wife and mother of two.

Lydia is a small business owner and former teacher. She and her husband Norman Lee own a public art business, RE:site Studio. As of 2020, she was the business director of RE:site Studio and a fellow in the Political Reform program at New America. She previously taught at Baylor University. Lydia also founded and is president of Equipa, a consulting firm that advises non-profits and foundations on strategy, evaluation, and leadership development. She is also co-founder of Whistleblower Aid, a non-profit legal organization that helps government employees report government lawbreaking. In 2014, she founded Faith in Texas, a non-profit organization that brings people of different faiths together to work for change. 

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Lydia is a published researcher in the social sciences. She founded and is President of Equipa, a consulting firm that advises non-profits and foundations on strategy, evaluation, and leadership development. She also founded Faith in Texas, a nonprofit organization that "brings people of different faiths together to work for change." Finally, she is a co-founder of Whistleblower Aid, a non-profit legal organization that "helps government employees report government lawbreaking without breaking the law."

Lydia previously ran for U.S. House of Representatives in 2024 but did not win.

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Lydia previously ran for U.S. House of Representatives in Texas District 6 in 2021 but did not win.

Advocates for transparency, fresh leadership, accountability, and accessibility in the County Clerk's office, emphasizing the protection of free and fair elections and opposition to extremism.

Advocates for "transparency" in local government.

Believes in "accountability, and accessibility" in the County Clerk's office.

Promises to "protect free and fair elections and stand up to extremism."

- Advocates for "transparency" in local government.
- Believes in "accountability, and accessibility" in the County Clerk's office.
- Promises to "protect free and fair elections and stand up to extremism."

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- 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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