Atascosa County
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Mark L. BowenRepublican IncumbentVickie EckertDemocratic
On ballot as
MARK L. BOWEN
VICKIE ECKERT
Current role
Atascosa County Commissioner, Precinct 2
Director of a nonprofit (per Secretary of State filing)
Background
- Hometown: Lytle (per candidate, 2022 voter guide statement)
- 25 years serving Lytle "in both council and mayoral capacities" (per candidate, 2022 voter guide statement)
- Says she comes "from a working background" (per candidate, 2022 voter guide statement for this seat)
Experience
- Precinct 2 commissioner election, November 2022: won, 1,723 votes to Eckert's 933 (per Pleasanton Express)
- 2022 Republican primary: defeated then-commissioner Stuart Knowlton (per Pleasanton Express)
- Mayor of Lytle (12 years; per Pleasanton Express)
- Republican primary (March 3, 2026): 629 votes (per Pleasanton Express)
- Democratic nominee, this seat (2022); lost the general election to Bowen (per Pleasanton Express)
- Democratic primary (March 3, 2026): 495 votes (per Pleasanton Express)
Top priorities
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Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: At the Sept. 14, 2026 meeting where commissioners unanimously adopted a higher property tax rate: "The one thing we always have to remember is that we're here to serve the citizens"
- Growth and infrastructure: The Pleasanton Express reported that at a July 7, 2026 public meeting on potential data center development he answered "no" when commissioners were asked whether they supported data centers in the county.
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: No public statement found
- Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
- Growth and infrastructure: In a 2022 voter guide statement for this seat: "I have surveyed Precinct 2 and find it interesting that the roads with a particular type of nice house have the best roads."
- 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
Not found
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Mark L. Bowen
Republican Incumbent- On ballot as
- MARK L. BOWEN
- Current role
- Atascosa County Commissioner, Precinct 2
- Background
- Hometown: Lytle (per candidate, 2022 voter guide statement)
- 25 years serving Lytle "in both council and mayoral capacities" (per candidate, 2022 voter guide statement)
- Experience
- Precinct 2 commissioner election, November 2022: won, 1,723 votes to Eckert's 933 (per Pleasanton Express)
- 2022 Republican primary: defeated then-commissioner Stuart Knowlton (per Pleasanton Express)
- Mayor of Lytle (12 years; per Pleasanton Express)
- Republican primary (March 3, 2026): 629 votes (per Pleasanton Express)
- Top priorities
- Not found
- Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: At the Sept. 14, 2026 meeting where commissioners unanimously adopted a higher property tax rate: "The one thing we always have to remember is that we're here to serve the citizens"
- Growth and infrastructure: The Pleasanton Express reported that at a July 7, 2026 public meeting on potential data center development he answered "no" when commissioners were asked whether they supported data centers in the county.
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- Not found
Vickie Eckert
Democratic- On ballot as
- VICKIE ECKERT
- Current role
- Director of a nonprofit (per Secretary of State filing)
- Background
- Says she comes "from a working background" (per candidate, 2022 voter guide statement for this seat)
- Experience
- Democratic nominee, this seat (2022); lost the general election to Bowen (per Pleasanton Express)
- Democratic primary (March 3, 2026): 495 votes (per Pleasanton Express)
- Top priorities
- Not found
- Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
- Growth and infrastructure: In a 2022 voter guide statement for this seat: "I have surveyed Precinct 2 and find it interesting that the roads with a particular type of nice house have the best roads."
- 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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