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2026 Texas General Election

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As of January 22, 2026, Mark Hutchins’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Ethics & Conduct

Mark Hutchins is from Hunt County, Texas. He is married to his wife, Hillary, and they have seven children together. He is an active member of Crosspoint Fellowship.

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Mark is currently a Hunt County Commissioner. He was first elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2020 and 2022.

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Economy

Public Services

Public Safety

Advocates for a long-term, forward-thinking infrastructure plan to address current needs and prepare for Hunt County's growth

- Advocates for a long-term, forward-thinking infrastructure plan to address current needs and prepare for Hunt County's growth

Transportation & Infrastructure

Education

Public Health

Energy & the Environment

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As of January 22, 2026, Teddy Reel’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Legal Experience

Judicial Philosophy

Teddy is from Commerce, Texas. He attended Commerce Independent School District. He has a degree from East Texas A&M University. He attends First Baptist Church, Commerce.

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Teddy Reel has a degree from East Texas A&M University. He has a wife, three children, and three grandchildren. He attends First Baptist Church, Commerce.

Teddy Reel is currently the Mayor of the City of Commerce. He was first elected in 2024 and has served two terms.

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Teddy previously served as the Mayor of the City of Commerce, resigning after his second term in 2025. He also previously served on the Commerce City Council. 

Believes in fiscal transparency and plans to open traditional finance books, contracts and procurement, economic development, debt obligations, and other financial areas.

Plans to create an overview of the annual county budget resources, expenditures, and priorities.

- Believes in fiscal transparency and plans to open traditional finance books, contracts and procurement, economic development, debt obligations, and other financial areas.
- Plans to create an overview of the annual county budget resources, expenditures, and priorities.

Plans to build communication partnerships between police, fire, and emergency management agencies and support them with resources.

Plans to establish an emergency response system for the county.

- Plans to build communication partnerships between police, fire, and emergency management agencies and support them with resources.
- Plans to establish an emergency response system for the county.

Plans to establish strategic, long-range plans that have transportation, infrastructure, and public safety as a key component.

Plans to review current and future county-owned facility needs.

- Plans to establish strategic, long-range plans that have transportation, infrastructure, and public safety as a key component.
- Plans to review current and future county-owned facility needs.

Teddy Reel

- Presides over commissioners court, county’s policy-making body. Helps adopt county budget, sets county tax rates, oversees building and maintaining county infrastructure, and other county government operations.
- Serves as judge of county court, taking on misdemeanor criminal and small civil cases, probate matters, and appeals from the justice of the peace court.
- Performs administration duties, ranging from hearings for beer and wine license applications to calling elections. Can serve as budget officer in counties with a smaller population.
- Serves as county’s emergency management director, with authority to designate an assistant to emergency management issues as emergency management coordinator.
- Represents county at ceremonial occasions and on various boards and committees, including Election Commission, Workforce Governing Board, and Bail Bond Board.
- County Judges are elected in a partisan, county-wide election to a four-year term. 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 judges range from $47,425 to $198,921, set by the county’s commissioners court.

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Hunt County Judge, Republican Primary

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