Nueces County
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Kara SandsRepublican Incumbent
Leanna Gutierrez GonzalesDemocratic
On ballot as
Kara Sands
Leanna Gutierrez Gonzales
Current role
Nueces County Clerk (elected November 4, 2014; took office January 1, 2015)
Mortgage lender (per 2026 candidate filing)
Background
- Home town: Corpus Christi (per Texas State Directory)
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Experience
- Re-elected 2018 and 2022 (per Ballotpedia)
- Also county treasurer (per Texas State Directory biography from her second term, after 2018 re-election)
- Member, Nueces County Investment Committee, Bail Bond Board and Housing Finance Corporation (per Texas State Directory biography)
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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
None found in our research
- Blue Horizon Texas PAC
Campaign website
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Kara Sands
Republican Incumbent- On ballot as
- Kara Sands
- Current role
- Nueces County Clerk (elected November 4, 2014; took office January 1, 2015)
- Background
- Home town: Corpus Christi (per Texas State Directory)
- Experience
- Re-elected 2018 and 2022 (per Ballotpedia)
- Also county treasurer (per Texas State Directory biography from her second term, after 2018 re-election)
- Member, Nueces County Investment Committee, Bail Bond Board and Housing Finance Corporation (per Texas State Directory biography)
- 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
Leanna Gutierrez Gonzales
Democratic- On ballot as
- Leanna Gutierrez Gonzales
- Current role
- Mortgage lender (per 2026 candidate 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
- Blue Horizon Texas PAC
- Campaign website
- Not found
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