Rusk County
County Judge
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
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