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General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Nonpartisan voter guide · Texas

County Judge

Race · November 3, 2026 general election

Lampasas County
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David Lee MillicanRepublican
Wade Dudley WootenDemocratic
On ballot as
DAVID LEE MILLICAN
WADE DUDLEY WOOTEN
Current role
Self-employed (per Secretary of State filing)
Retired (per Secretary of State filing)
Background
  • Lampasas High School, class of 1979 (per Lampasas Dispatch Record)
  • Longtime Lampasas County resident (per Lampasas Dispatch Record)
  • Owner, David Millican Insurance (per Dispatch Record, August 2025)
  • Owner, Copperas Cove-based insurance agency, 33 years (per candidate, January 2026 forum)
  • Plans to retire from it in summer 2026 (per candidate, January 2026 forum)
  • Retired businessman; Lampasas native, returned to the town (per Lampasas Dispatch Record, November 2025)
Experience
  • Served nine years on the Lampasas ISD Board of Trustees, including two as president (per candidate, January 2026 forum)
Not found
Top priorities
  • "It will be a full-time job, and it will have my full attention." (January 2026 Republican primary forum)
  • Budgets: "I am very familiar with the way it works and being a good steward of taxpayer money." (January 2026 Republican primary forum)
Not found
Tidbits
  • Property taxes and budget: At a January 2026 Republican primary forum, on his school board budget experience: "I am very familiar with the way it works and being a good steward of taxpayer money."
  • Growth and infrastructure: No public statement found
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: No public statement found
  • 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
None found in our research
Campaign website
Not found
Not found

David Lee Millican

Republican
On ballot as
DAVID LEE MILLICAN
Current role
Self-employed (per Secretary of State filing)
Background
  • Lampasas High School, class of 1979 (per Lampasas Dispatch Record)
  • Longtime Lampasas County resident (per Lampasas Dispatch Record)
  • Owner, David Millican Insurance (per Dispatch Record, August 2025)
  • Owner, Copperas Cove-based insurance agency, 33 years (per candidate, January 2026 forum)
  • Plans to retire from it in summer 2026 (per candidate, January 2026 forum)
Experience
  • Served nine years on the Lampasas ISD Board of Trustees, including two as president (per candidate, January 2026 forum)
Top priorities
  • "It will be a full-time job, and it will have my full attention." (January 2026 Republican primary forum)
  • Budgets: "I am very familiar with the way it works and being a good steward of taxpayer money." (January 2026 Republican primary forum)
Tidbits
  • Property taxes and budget: At a January 2026 Republican primary forum, on his school board budget experience: "I am very familiar with the way it works and being a good steward of taxpayer money."
  • 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

Wade Dudley Wooten

Democratic
On ballot as
WADE DUDLEY WOOTEN
Current role
Retired (per Secretary of State filing)
Background
  • Retired businessman; Lampasas native, returned to the town (per Lampasas Dispatch Record, November 2025)
Experience
Not found
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