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2026 Texas General Election

2026 Texas Primary Election

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2026 Texas Primary Runoff

Mary Louise Nicholson is from Fort Worth, Texas. She has a bachelor 27s degree in criminology and criminal justice from the University of Texas at Arlington. She is married to Jeff Nicholson, a retired peace officer. They have two daughters.

Mary Louise Nicholson | National Association of Counties

Mary Louise Nicholson has a bachelor 's degree in criminology and criminal justice from the University of Texas at Arlington. She is married with two daughters and is a member of her local church.

Mary previously served on the Tarrant County Sheriff’s command staff for eight years.

Mary is currently Tarrant County Clerk. She is finishing her third term.

Tarrant County Clerk: A First-Of-Its-Kind AI Implementation

Supports implementing technology to streamline access to public records, allowing online searches and purchases of land, birth, and death records.

Commits to protecting against both physical and virtual fraud, implementing measures such as requiring photo IDs for document filings in populous counties, offering a Property Fraud Alert service, and ensuring secure storage of digital and physical records.

Commits to protecting against both physical and virtual fraud.

Believes in providing cost-effective services and a satisfying citizen experience, emphasizing customer service and feedback mechanisms.

- Supports implementing technology to streamline access to public records, allowing online searches and purchases of land, birth, and death records.
- Commits to protecting against both physical and virtual fraud.
- Believes in providing cost-effective services and a satisfying citizen experience, emphasizing customer service and feedback mechanisms.

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Mary Louise Nicholson

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Walter Ley

Operates her office under budget, saving taxpayers $7 million, and emphasizes the effective use of technology to streamline operations and reduce costs.

- 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.

Tarrant County Clerk, Republican Primary

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