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General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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Shelby Williams

Candidate · November 3, 2026 general election

Collin County

County Commissioner, Precinct No. 4

Shelby Williams

Republican
On ballot as
Shelby Williams
Current role
Business consultant; former Plano City Council member
Background
  • Bachelor's degree, Western Governors University (2006)
  • Graduate degree, University of Texas at Austin (2009)
  • Has worked as a consultant to Fortune 1000 companies (per campaign)
  • Moved to Plano in 2003 (per campaign)
Experience
  • Collin County Republican Party Chair (stepped down April 2025 ahead of his campaign)
  • Plano City Council Member, Place 5 (June 2019–March 2025; resigned to run for this seat)
  • On the Plano council, "successfully championed the No-New-Revenue tax rate four years in a row" (per campaign)
Top priorities
  • "I'll focus proactively on public safety, transportation, water, and energy, smart growth, maximizing livability and economic opportunity and responsible taxation."
  • "We need to prepare for that before it happens, not after it's too late."
  • "Lead on transportation and DART reform to deliver real value for taxpayers"
  • "Increase government transparency and make county spending easy to follow"
Tidbits
  • Property taxes and budget: Campaign site: "On Plano City Council, I successfully championed the No-New-Revenue tax rate four years in a row, keeping city property taxes flat".
  • Growth and infrastructure: In a Community Impact Q&A: "We're growing faster than we're adapting to the growth. This puts strain on law enforcement, emergency services, infrastructure, budgeting, water and energy."
  • Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
  • Public safety: Campaign site: "The #1 job of government is to secure our rights, and public safety is central to that."
Claims and the record
  • Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
Endorsements
  • Texas Values Action
  • Texas Home School Coalition
  • Plano Police Association (listed by campaign)
  • Dallas Police PAC (listed by campaign)
  • MetroTex Association of Realtors (listed by campaign)
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  • The Business Development Alliance (listed by campaign)
  • Hispanics Against Socialism (listed by campaign)
  • Collin County Young Republicans (listed by campaign)
  • Texas Young Republican Federation (listed by campaign)
  • African American Republican Club of Collin County (listed by campaign)
  • Greg Abbott, Texas Governor (listed by campaign)
  • Dustin Burrows, Speaker of the Texas House (listed by campaign)
  • Pat Fallon, Congressman, District 4 (listed by campaign)
  • Beth Van Duyne, Congresswoman, District 24 (listed by campaign)
  • Pete Sessions, Congressman, District 32 (listed by campaign)
  • Mayes Middleton, Texas State Senator, District 11; Candidate for Texas Attorney General (listed by campaign)
  • Brent Hagenbuch, Texas State Senator, District 30 (listed by campaign)
  • Matt Shaheen, Texas State Representative, District 66 (listed by campaign)
  • Jeff Leach, Texas State Representative, District 67 (listed by campaign)
  • Chris Hill, Collin County Judge (listed by campaign)
  • Darrell Hale, Collin County Commissioner, Precinct 3 (listed by campaign)
  • Susan Fletcher, Collin County Commissioner, Precinct 1 (listed by campaign)
  • Michael Slaughter, Collin County Commissioner-Elect, Precinct 2 (listed by campaign)
  • Jim Skinner, Collin County Sheriff (listed by campaign)
  • Greg Willis, Collin County District Attorney (listed by campaign)
  • Scott Grigg, Collin County Tax Assessor-Collector (listed by campaign)
  • Matt Carpenter, Collin County Constable, Precinct 1 (listed by campaign)
  • Dwayne Kurtz, Collin County Constable, Precinct 2 (listed by campaign)
  • Sammy Knapp, Collin County Constable, Precinct 3 (listed by campaign)
  • Steve Asher, Collin County Constable, Precinct 4 (listed by campaign)
  • Matt Krause, Tarrant County Commissioner, Precinct 3 (listed by campaign)
  • Mark Hill, Mayor of Frisco; also listed as President, Frisco ISD Board of Trustees (listed by campaign)
  • Ryan Tubbs, Mayor of Celina (listed by campaign)
  • David Bristol, Mayor of Prosper (listed by campaign)
  • Eugene Escobar, Mayor of Princeton (listed by campaign)
  • Matthew Porter, Mayor of Wylie (listed by campaign)
  • Dusty Kuykendall, Mayor of Lucas (listed by campaign)
  • Ken Cook, Allen City Council, Place 3 (listed by campaign)
  • Carl Clemencich, Allen City Council, Place 5 (listed by campaign)
  • Anthony Ricciardelli, Plano City Council, Place 2 (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Rick Smith, Plano City Council, Place 8 (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Richard Grady, Plano City Council, Place 3 (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Lily Bao, Plano City Council, Place 7 (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Ron Kelley, Plano City Council, Place 5 (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Shep Stahel, Plano City Council (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Tony Singh, Mayor Pro Tem, Little Elm (listed by campaign)
  • Michael Jones, McKinney City Council, at Large (listed by campaign)
  • Burt Thakur, Frisco City Council, Place 2 (listed by campaign)
  • John Keating, Frisco City Council, Place 1 (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Brian Livingston, Frisco City Council, Place 6 (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Kelly Herndon, Anna City Council, Place 4 (listed by campaign)
  • Manny Singh, Anna City Council, Place 6 (listed by campaign)
  • Gino Mulliqi, Mayor Pro Tem, Wylie (listed by campaign)
  • Cathie Alexander, Collin College Trustee, Place 3 (listed by campaign)
  • Justin Adcock, Collin College Trustee, Place 6 (listed by campaign)
  • Mike Perry, President, Elm Ridge WCID (listed by campaign)
  • Matt Gauntt, Vice President, Mustang Water District (listed by campaign)
  • John Berry, Jack County Commissioner (former); Jack County Republican Party Chair (listed by campaign)
  • Ken Fulk, Mayor of Allen (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Henry Lessner, Mayor of Fairview (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Corbett Howard, Mayor of Celina (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Roy Magno, Mayor of Aubrey (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Joe Cordina, Mayor of Parker (former) (listed by campaign)
  • David Rettig, Mayor of Northlake (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Chuck Branch, McKinney City Council, District 4 (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Dave Shafer, Allen City Council, Place 5 (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Dave Cornette, Allen City Council, Place 3 (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Yoram Solomon, Plano ISD Trustee, Place 4 (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Sam Abiog, Allen ISD Trustee, Place 2 (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Elle Holland, Allen ISD Trustee, Place 5 (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Ray Huffines, Owner, Huffines Auto Dealerships (listed by campaign)
  • Natasha Owens, Christian Country Music Star (listed by campaign)
  • Darrell Rodenbaugh, CEO, North Texas Performing Arts (listed by campaign)
  • Sara Akers, Community Leader, North Texas Performing Arts (listed by campaign)
  • Shon Celik, Owner, Turkish Cafe & Lounge (listed by campaign)
  • Stan Penn, Owner, The Celt (listed by campaign)
  • George Elking, Secretary, Plano Sunrise Rotary (listed by campaign)
  • John Scheef, Founding Partner, Scheef & Stone (listed by campaign)
  • Troy Jackson, Pastor, New Beginnings Church (listed by campaign)
  • Greg Rushin, Chief of Police, City of Plano (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Sammy Yang, Collin County Planning Board (listed by campaign)
  • Carson Underwood, Chair, Collin County Park Foundation Advisory Board (listed by campaign)
  • Gary Cary, 1st Vice-Chair, Plano Planning & Zoning Commission (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Connor Barron, Chair, Plano Board of Adjustment (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Hayden Padgett, Chair, Plano Parks & Recreation Planning Board (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Bill Lisle, Plano Planning & Zoning Commission (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Allan Samara, Plano Planning & Zoning Commission (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Scott Goebel, Vice-Chair FSS Board; Vice-Chair, Plano Parks & Recreation Planning Board; Plano Library Advisory Board (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Diane Goebel, Chair, Plano Cultural Arts Commission (listed by campaign)
  • Rita Cosgrove, Plano Cultural Arts Commission (listed by campaign)
  • Matt Foster, President, Allen Community Development Corporation; Collin County Lifepath Board (listed by campaign)
  • Mike Rumfield, President, Collin County Deputies Association (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Tim Bates, HD 66 Chair & Precinct 112 Chair (listed by campaign)
  • Desiree Brown, Former Chairwoman, Collin County Young Republicans (listed by campaign)
  • Russ Buettner, Precinct 173 Chair (listed by campaign)
  • Ally Burns, Secretary, Collin County Young Republicans (listed by campaign)
  • Rick Cromack, Precinct 80 Chair (listed by campaign)
  • Michael Deffendall, Texas Legislative Liaison, Convention of States (listed by campaign)
  • Frank DeSimone, Precinct 76 Chair (listed by campaign)
  • Maria Garcia, President, Hispanic Republican Club of North Texas; former Vice-Chair, Collin County Republican Party (listed by campaign)
  • Anne Gebhart, SREC, Senate District 9 (listed by campaign)
  • Stephen Gellman, Precinct 246 Chair (listed by campaign)
  • Catherine Gibb, Precinct 61 Chair (listed by campaign)
  • Pat Greer, Precinct 67 Chair (listed by campaign)
  • Sandra Halsey, Precinct 32 Chair (listed by campaign)
  • Don Hartman, Denton County Precinct 2096 Chair (listed by campaign)
  • Erika Hatfield, Texas State Director, Convention of States (listed by campaign)
  • Rachel Horton, SREC, Senate District 30 (listed by campaign)
  • Jordan Hulcy, Former Precinct 57 Chair (listed by campaign)
  • Terri Hunnicutt, Precinct 21 Chair (listed by campaign)
  • Ravi Jain, Precinct 90 Chair (listed by campaign)
  • Shelby Johnston, Chairwoman, Collin County Young Republicans (former); Precinct 176 Chair (listed by campaign)
  • Jacquez Jones, Vice Chairman, Texas Federation of Teenage Republicans (listed by campaign)
  • David Kemp, Precinct 109 Chair (listed by campaign)
  • Steve Kleinberg, Precinct 85 Chair (listed by campaign)
  • Joan Konkel, Precinct 158 Chair (listed by campaign)
  • David Lethe, Precinct 119 Chair (listed by campaign)
  • Jeneria Lewis, SREC, Senate District 27 (listed by campaign)
  • Marco Hunter Lopez, President, Republican Student Club (listed by campaign)
  • Cleo Marchese, President, Plano Republican Women (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Lynn McCoy, VP / Awards of Plano Republican Women (listed by campaign)
  • Kathy Morgan, Chaplain, Collin County Republican Party; Past President Golden Corridor Republican Women (listed by campaign)
  • Mary Moses, President, African American Republican Club (listed by campaign)
  • Michael Padilla, Precinct 166 Chair (listed by campaign)
  • Cat Parks, Vice Chair, Republican Party of Texas (former) (listed by campaign)
  • John Paulson, Precinct 47 Chair (listed by campaign)
  • Srini Raghavan, Precinct 222 Chair (listed by campaign)
  • Stephani Reazor, Precinct 29 Chair (listed by campaign)
  • Robert Ressler, Precinct 63 Chair (listed by campaign)
  • Juan Rodriguez, Co-Founder, Hispanics Against Socialism (listed by campaign)
  • Ed Rowen, President, Collin County Republican Assembly (listed by campaign)
  • Lailani Rumfield, Precinct 207 Chair (listed by campaign)
  • Phil Stillo, Precinct 71 Chair (listed by campaign)
  • Janet Stovall, President, Conner Harrington Republican Women (former) (listed by campaign)
  • Patrick Wamhoff, SREC, Senate District 30 (listed by campaign)
  • Jerry West, Precinct 122 Chair (listed by campaign)
  • Maggie Whitt, SREC, Senate District 8 (listed by campaign)
Campaign website
shelbyhwilliams.com

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