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Tom Green County, TX election informationNovember 3, 2026Brought to you by CulturaMinds

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Comptroller of Public Accounts

Who is on the ballot for Comptroller of Public Accounts in Tom Green County, Texas, on November 3, 2026? This guide lists 4 people running for Comptroller of Public Accounts: Don Huffines (Republican, incumbent); Sarah Eckhardt (Democratic); Shehla Faizi (Green); and V. Alonzo Echavarria-Garza (Libertarian).

People running in this race. Party is shown when the official list names one.

Shared source for names and parties: Texas Secretary of State ballot certification (https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/2026-ballot-cert.pdf), signed August 28, 2026 by Deputy Secretary Dave Nelson. Names are from the Tom Green County section. Election day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.

The Texas Ethics Commission treasurer list is a campaign-finance filing, not the ballot. The commission says the office on that form is what the filer wrote and may be out of date.

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Don Huffines

Don Huffines, Republican, is certified for comptroller of public accounts. The Comptroller's office says he is the current comptroller, appointed by Governor Greg Abbott and sworn in on August 1, 2026. That page says he previously served in the Texas Senate.

Ballot certification

Comptroller biography

Sarah Eckhardt

Sarah Eckhardt, Democratic, is certified for comptroller. The Texas Senate lists her as the senator for District 14, elected in July 2020, with Austin as her hometown, and says she previously served as Travis County judge and as a Travis County commissioner. The Ethics Commission list shows office held as state senator, District 14, and office sought as comptroller.

Ballot certification

Texas Senate member page

TEC treasurer list, filer 84783

V. Alonzo Echavarria-Garza

V. Alonzo Echavarria-Garza, Libertarian, is certified for comptroller of public accounts. No official biography, and no Ethics Commission filing under this certified name, was found. This note stops at the office and party on the ballot.

Ballot certification

Shehla Faizi

Shehla Faizi, Green, is certified for comptroller. The Ethics Commission list shows Shehla N. Faizi with a treasurer appointment dated November 25, 2025, for comptroller, and no office held. No official biography was found, so this note stops there.

Ballot certification

TEC treasurer list, filer 90378

What this job is

The comptroller is the state's chief financial officer. The comptroller's office says the comptroller oversees the state treasury, collects state taxes, and certifies how much revenue the state has for the budget.

Source: Texas Comptroller

The area

This office is elected by the whole state. The U.S. Census Bureau's 2024 population estimate for Texas is 31,290,831. The 2024 estimate for Tom Green County, Texas is 120,103. San Angelo is the county seat of Tom Green County, Texas, and the city's 2024 population estimate is 100,159.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 county population estimates; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 city and town population estimates; Texas Comptroller, Tom Green County rural snapshot; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 cartographic boundaries; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 TIGER/Line roads; U.S. Geological Survey, Global Map 1:1,000,000-scale rivers and lakes

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This race covers all of Texas, the white area inside the navy outline. Tom Green County, Texas is outlined and hatched in red. Thin lines are counties. Dots are cities of 200,000 or more in the Census Bureau 2024 estimates, plus San Angelo, the square. Blue lines are major rivers from the U.S. Geological Survey 1:1,000,000-scale Global Map. Shields mark interstates, from Census Bureau 2024 road lines. This is not a survey map.

Main industries here

The Governor's Office of Economic Development and Tourism says Texas is the leading producer of oil, gas, wind, and utility-scale solar energy in the United States. That page names oil and gas extraction, production, and transportation, and renewables, as energy clusters. A separate sector on the same page is food and livestock products, from beef and poultry to tortillas and snack foods.

Source: Governor's Office, target industries

Who holds it now

Don Huffines. The comptroller's office says he is the current comptroller, appointed by Governor Greg Abbott and sworn in on August 1, 2026.

Source: Texas Comptroller

Who held this seat

The names and years are Wikipedia's list of Texas comptrollers, back to 1846. That is not an official government page. Don Huffines's swearing-in date is from the comptroller's own page. Wikipedia lists Kelly Hancock as acting from 2025 to 2026.

This list is not from an official government page.

Sources: Wikipedia, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts; Texas Comptroller

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  1. Don Huffines

    Don Huffines Republican

    August 1, 2026 – present

    The comptroller's office says Governor Greg Abbott appointed him and he was sworn in on August 1, 2026.

  2. Kelly Hancock Republican

    2025 – 2026

    Wikipedia lists this term as acting.

  3. Glenn Hegar

    Glenn Hegar Republican

    2015 – 2025

  4. Susan Combs Republican

    2007 – 2015

  5. Carole Keeton Strayhorn

    Carole Keeton Strayhorn Republican

    1999 – 2007

  6. John Sharp

    John Sharp Democrat

    1991 – 1999

  7. Bob Bullock Democrat

    1975 – 1991

  8. Robert S. Calvert Democrat

    1949 – 1975

  9. George H. Sheppard Democrat

    1930 – 1949

  10. Sam Houston Terrell Democrat

    1925 – 1930

  11. Lon A. Smith Democrat

    1921 – 1924

  12. M. L. Wiginton Democrat

    1920 – 1920

  13. Henry B. Terrell Democrat

    1915 – 1919

  14. W. P. Lane Democrat

    1911 – 1914

  15. J. W. Stephen Democrat

    1903 – 1910

  16. Robert M. Love Democrat

    1901 – 1903

  17. Richard W. Finley Democrat

    1895 – 1900

  18. John D. McCall Democrat

    1887 – 1894

  19. William Jesse Swain Democrat

    1883 – 1886

  20. William M. Brown Democrat

    1880 – 1882

  21. Stephen Heard Darden Democrat

    1874 – 1879

  22. Albert A. Bledsoe Republican

    1870 – 1873

  23. Morgan Hamilton

    Morgan Hamilton Republican

    1867 – 1869

  24. Albert H. Latimer Republican

    1866 – 1866

  25. Willis L. Robards Democrat

    1865 – 1865

  26. Clement R. Johns Democrat

    1859 – 1864

  27. James B. Shaw Democrat

    1846 – 1857

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