Jefferson County
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Roxanne Acosta-HellbergRepublican Incumbent
Carolyn L. GuidryDemocratic
On ballot as
Roxanne Acosta-Hellberg
Carolyn L. Guidry
Current role
Jefferson County Clerk (elected November 2022; sworn in January 3, 2023)
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Background
- Healthcare administration, including jobs managing hospitals (per 12News, Sept. 2022)
- Area chair, Texas Workforce Commission (2022) (per 12News)
- Board service including the Red Cross (per 12News, 2022)
- Involved with the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce (per 12News, 2022)
- Lifelong resident of Jefferson County (per her campaign announcement)
Experience
- November 2022 election: defeated Democrat Jes Prince
- County election official, as County Clerk (per the county website)
- Democratic nominee, Jefferson County Judge (2022); lost to Jeff Branick
- Jefferson County Clerk, nearly 16 1/2 years; stepped down in 2021 (per KFDM)
- Re-elected County Clerk (2018) over Republican Bailey Wingate
- Electronic voting systems, electronic poll books and countywide voting centers credited to her tenure (per her announcement)
Top priorities
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- "This office is not about politics—it's about people"
- Announcement: plans a quarterly "Know Your Vote" initiative on registration, ID requirements, mail-in ballots, polling procedures and election laws
- "Experience has taught me that secure elections start with an informed public"
- "The Clerk's Office belongs to the people—not a party"
Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
- Growth and infrastructure: No public statement found
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: No public statement found
- Property taxes and budget: At a 2018 candidate forum, when she was county clerk: "I am proud to say that my office contributes $4 million to the budget through fees, fines and services"
- Growth and infrastructure: No public statement found
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: No public statement found
Endorsements
None found in our research
None found in our research
Campaign website
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Roxanne Acosta-Hellberg
Republican Incumbent- On ballot as
- Roxanne Acosta-Hellberg
- Current role
- Jefferson County Clerk (elected November 2022; sworn in January 3, 2023)
- Background
- Healthcare administration, including jobs managing hospitals (per 12News, Sept. 2022)
- Area chair, Texas Workforce Commission (2022) (per 12News)
- Board service including the Red Cross (per 12News, 2022)
- Involved with the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce (per 12News, 2022)
- Experience
- November 2022 election: defeated Democrat Jes Prince
- County election official, as County Clerk (per the county website)
- Top priorities
- Not found
- Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
- Growth and infrastructure: No public statement found
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- Not found
Carolyn L. Guidry
Democratic- On ballot as
- Carolyn L. Guidry
- Current role
- Not found
- Background
- Lifelong resident of Jefferson County (per her campaign announcement)
- Experience
- Democratic nominee, Jefferson County Judge (2022); lost to Jeff Branick
- Jefferson County Clerk, nearly 16 1/2 years; stepped down in 2021 (per KFDM)
- Re-elected County Clerk (2018) over Republican Bailey Wingate
- Electronic voting systems, electronic poll books and countywide voting centers credited to her tenure (per her announcement)
- Top priorities
- "This office is not about politics—it's about people"
- Announcement: plans a quarterly "Know Your Vote" initiative on registration, ID requirements, mail-in ballots, polling procedures and election laws
- "Experience has taught me that secure elections start with an informed public"
- "The Clerk's Office belongs to the people—not a party"
- Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: At a 2018 candidate forum, when she was county clerk: "I am proud to say that my office contributes $4 million to the budget through fees, fines and services"
- Growth and infrastructure: No public statement found
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- Not found
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