Rusk County
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Joel R. HaleRepublican IncumbentNicholas BennettDemocratic
On ballot as
JOEL R. HALE
NICHOLAS BENNETT
Current role
Rusk County Judge
Attorney (per Secretary of State filing)
Background
- Longtime Henderson ISD employee: teacher, coach, principal and administrator (per The Henderson News)
Not found
Experience
- Took office as Rusk County Judge, January 2011, after winning the Republican primary runoff (per The Henderson News)
Not found
Top priorities
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Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
- Growth and infrastructure: On a 2026 Commissioners Court resolution asking the state to change county road funding: "Counties have been asked to do more with less for over 70 years, and the math simply no longer works."
- 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
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Joel R. Hale
Republican Incumbent- On ballot as
- JOEL R. HALE
- Current role
- Rusk County Judge
- Background
- Longtime Henderson ISD employee: teacher, coach, principal and administrator (per The Henderson News)
- Experience
- Took office as Rusk County Judge, January 2011, after winning the Republican primary runoff (per The Henderson News)
- Top priorities
- Not found
- Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
- Growth and infrastructure: On a 2026 Commissioners Court resolution asking the state to change county road funding: "Counties have been asked to do more with less for over 70 years, and the math simply no longer works."
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- Not found
Nicholas Bennett
Democratic- On ballot as
- NICHOLAS BENNETT
- Current role
- Attorney (per Secretary of State filing)
- Background
- Not found
- 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
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