11 candidates are tracked across 6 Bexar County races for the 2026 election, led by the Bexar County Judge contest. Preview your Bexar County, Texas sample ballot for 2026: browse tracked local races, then enter your ZIP code to confirm which districts and offices appear on your exact ballot.
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Candidate roster last updated Sep 6, 2026 from official election sources. Enter your ZIP code at theballotbrief.com to see your exact 2026 ballot.
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Election DayNov. 3, 2026
StateTexas
Races Listed6
Profiles11
Bexar County Sample Ballot 2026: Races We’re Tracking
Local races are address-specific. This guide previews tracked contests, while the lookup tool narrows the list to a voter’s exact address. Tap any name to see the race, full candidate profiles, and everything else on your exact ballot. Texas nominees were set by the March 3 primary and May 26 runoffs; unopposed nominees still print on the November 3 ballot, a plurality wins, and declared write-in votes count but write-in names do not print, per the Secretary of State.
Sitting county judge Peter Sakai lost the March Democratic primary and serves out his term; he is not a November candidate, per official county results.
Ron Nirenberg · Democratic▾
Nirenberg served as mayor of San Antonio from 2017 to 2025, leading the city through the COVID-19 pandemic, per the campaign site. The campaign site says he pursued equity-focused budgeting during his time as mayor.
Priorities: Public safety and an efficient justice system · A regional growth plan for infrastructure and resilience · Workforce, healthcare access, and affordable housing (per the San Antonio Report candidate profile)
Von Dohlen has spent more than 28 years helping families build financial security, per the campaign site. He says he wants to bring that background in fiscal discipline to the office of Bexar County Judge, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Results oriented budgeting · Addressing the county jail crisis · Property tax relief (per the campaign site)
An open seat: Joe Gonzales is not seeking reelection, per the San Antonio Report. A three-way November race decided by plurality, with an independent who qualified by petition.
Luz Elena Chapa · Democratic▾
Chapa has been a licensed attorney for more than 25 years and served 12 years on the Fourth Court of Appeals, authoring more than 1,400 opinions including nearly 600 in criminal cases, per the campaign site. She is a graduate of St. Mary's University and St. Mary's Law School, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Fully funding and staffing the office · Victim advocacy and reducing the domestic violence case backlog · Repairing the relationship with law enforcement (per the campaign site)
Foster served 11 years as an Assistant District Attorney, prosecuting felony cases including violent crime, organized theft, and complex financial fraud, per the campaign site. She describes herself as a seventh generation South Texan, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Reducing the case backlog · Victim-centered prosecution · A prosecutor training academy (per the campaign site)
Jason Wolff is a criminal defense attorney and former Bexar county court judge who qualified for the November ballot by petition, per the San Antonio Report, which reports he is running as an independent because of partisan division. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 3, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Jason Wolff.
Justin Rodriguez has served as a San Antonio City Council member and a Texas state representative and currently serves as a Bexar County Commissioner, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Elections and voting rights · Criminal justice reform · Mental and behavioral health services (per the campaign site)
Hill is a civil engineer with a degree from Texas A&M who spent 14 years at Procter & Gamble and six years at NIBCO before building businesses as an entrepreneur for more than 20 years, per the campaign site. He holds a Ph.D. in organizational leadership from Our Lady of the Lake University and is active with the Harvard Business School Club of San Antonio, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Cutting taxes · Scrutinizing the county budget · A property tax relief pilot with the state (per the campaign site)
No Republican filed; an independent qualified by petition, per the county elections department as reported by the San Antonio Report.
Tommy Calvert · DemocraticIncumbent▾
Calvert currently serves as Bexar County Commissioner for Precinct 4 and previously led the American Anti-Slavery Group's international democratic advocacy work, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Economic development and job recruitment, including new employers and infrastructure investment · Workforce programs such as a Second Chance Job Fair and reentry services for the formerly incarcerated · Housing bond advocacy and community infrastructure, including parks and fire and rescue facilities (per the campaign site)
Anthony holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and founded EclipseTickets LLC, per the campaign site. He also founded the LEAD10 Youth Civic Leadership Program in partnership with the Northeast Neighborhood Alliance, where he serves as a board member, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Flood control and drainage · Transparency and responsible spending · Safer neighborhoods (per the campaign site)
The sitting clerk won her nomination in the May 26 runoff; no Republican filed, so she is the only name printing in November.
Lucy Adame-Clark · DemocraticIncumbent▾
Lucy Adame-Clark is Bexar County's sitting county clerk, first elected in 2018 after beginning her county career in the sheriff's office, per the clerk's official page and the San Antonio Report. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 3, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Lucy Adame-Clark.
Priorities: Expanding satellite offices and the Records on the Run mobile service program · Deploying self-service kiosks for after-hours access and launching electronic certification services · Continuing judicial records modernization projects (per the San Antonio Report candidate profile)
Sitting district clerk Gloria A. Martinez lost the May 26 Democratic runoff and serves out her term; no Republican filed, so the runoff winner is the only name printing in November.
Christine "Chris" Castillo · Democratic▾
Christine "Chris" Castillo worked 33 years in the Bexar County district clerk's office, retiring in 2019 as division chief of records and finance, per Texas Public Radio.
Priorities: Improving the District Clerk's office and implementing changes to better serve the public, per the campaign site · Modernizing office processes with experience, accountability and service, per San Antonio Report candidate profile
Note: Use address lookup for your exact ballot; local pages preview tracked races.Profiles: Hand-verified profiles are added race by race; always confirm with the official election office linked above.
