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General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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Board Director for Single Member District #3

Race · November 3, 2026 general election

Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District
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Ashton JamesNonpartisan
Carlos Torres-VerdínCarlos Torres-VerdínNonpartisan Incumbent
On ballot as
Ashton James
Carlos Torres-Verdín
Current role
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District 3 Director, Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District; professor of petroleum and geosystems engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Background
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  • B.Sc. in engineering geophysics, National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico
  • Master's degree in electrical engineering, UT Austin
  • Ph.D. in engineering geoscience, University of California, Berkeley
  • Faculty, UT Austin's Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering (since August 1999) (per official biography)
  • Full Professor
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  • Brian James Jennings Memorial Endowed Chair in Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
  • Affiliated faculty, Jackson School of Geological Sciences at UT Austin
  • Founder and director, formation evaluation research consortium at UT Austin
Experience
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Top priorities
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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
  • 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
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Campaign website
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Ashton James

Nonpartisan
On ballot as
Ashton James
Current role
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Background
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Experience
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Top priorities
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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
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Carlos Torres-Verdín

Carlos Torres-Verdín

Nonpartisan Incumbent
On ballot as
Carlos Torres-Verdín
Current role
District 3 Director, Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District; professor of petroleum and geosystems engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Background
  • B.Sc. in engineering geophysics, National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico
  • Master's degree in electrical engineering, UT Austin
  • Ph.D. in engineering geoscience, University of California, Berkeley
  • Faculty, UT Austin's Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering (since August 1999) (per official biography)
  • Full Professor
Show all 8
  • Brian James Jennings Memorial Endowed Chair in Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
  • Affiliated faculty, Jackson School of Geological Sciences at UT Austin
  • Founder and director, formation evaluation research consortium at UT Austin
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
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