Hays County
County Judge
Liz 'Sumter' Gajdos
Independent- On ballot as
- Liz 'Sumter' Gajdos
- Current role
- Small business owner (per her Community Impact candidate profile)
- Background
- Hays County resident for more than 40 years (per campaign)
- Volunteer, San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter (per campaign)
- Full name in campaign materials: Elizabeth Ann Liz Gajdos Potolicchio
- Served as county judge as Liz Sumter
- Experience
- Former Hays County Judge (in office in 2008, when news reports name her as Judge Liz Sumter)
- First woman to serve as Hays County Judge (per campaign)
- Running as an independent
- Top priorities
- Told Community Impact: "All things start and end with WATER"
- "Protecting our aquifers, managing growth and not permitting beyond our environmental infrastructure"
- Data centers: "Growth vs Citizens is an easy choice. Citizens first."
- Campaign site: "Oppose unnecessary debt to protect taxpayers from irresponsible decisions"
- Campaign site: "Require new development to pay its own way"
- Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: Campaign site: "Cut wasteful government spending and stop unnecessary expansion projects" and "Oppose unnecessary debt to protect taxpayers from irresponsible decisions"
- Growth and infrastructure: Campaign site: "Require new development to pay its own way" and "Plan for long-term growth"
- Flooding and drainage: Campaign site says that as county judge she "Partnered regionally to protect rivers and reduce flood risk"
- Public safety: Campaign site: "Prioritize infrastructure, public safety, and essential services"
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- liz2026.com
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