Frisco Voter Guide

The Texas General Land Office manages 13 million acres of state lands, with duties including allocating disaster recovery funds, leasing state lands to generate revenue for the state's Permanent School Fund, preserving state landmarks such as The Alamo and overseeing several veterans programs.

The commissioner leads the Texas Department of Agriculture, which regulates agriculture, administers nutrition programs and provides rural economic development assistance. There is no incumbent in this race.

The lieutenant governor leads the Texas Senate and can exercise the powers of the governor if the governor dies, resigns, is removed from office or is absent from the state, according to the Texas State Historical Association.

U.S. senators serve staggered six-year terms, and whoever is elected will work alongside Republican Sen. Ted Cruz. The winner of the election will replace Sen. John Cornyn in January, and there is no incumbent in this race.

As Texas’ top elected official, the governor signs and vetoes legislation, serves as commander-in-chief of the state military and appoints members of state agencies or advisory boards.

The attorney general serves as Texas’ top lawyer and law enforcement officer. There is no incumbent in this race.

The Texas Railroad Commission regulates Texas’ oil and gas industry. The agency has three commissioners who are elected to staggered six-year terms. There is no incumbent in this race.

The comptroller is Texas’ chief financial officer, overseeing government spending and administering the state’s education savings account program.

A county judge has a wide range of judicial and administrative duties, is the presiding officer of the commissioners court, and serves as head of emergency management.

A county commissioner oversees policy-making budget decisions, adopts the county's budget and tax rate, and builds and maintains roads and bridges within the county.

<p>The issuance of $600,000,000 in bonds for college facilities used for workforce training, career and technical education, and academic instruction, and the levying of taxes sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the bonds.</p>

<p>The issuance of $296,500,000 bonds for the purpose of designing, developing, constructing, renovating, improving, expanding, and equipping court facilities, adult detention facilities, medical and mental health detention facilities, and including adult probation facilities, and the levy of a tax sufficient to pay principal and interest thereon.</p>

<p>The issuance of $475,000,000 bonds for the purpose of acquiring, designing, developing, constructing, renovating, improving, and equipping land for park and open space purposes, and including joint county-city projects, and the levy of a tax sufficient to pay principal and interest thereon.</p>

<p>The issuance of $6,000,000 bonds for the purpose of designing, developing, constructing, renovating, improving, extending, expanding and maintaining non-tolled roads and bridges within Collin County, including the acquisition of land and rights-of-way therefor, and the levy of a tax in payment thereof.</p>

<p>The issuance of $40,000,000 bonds for the purpose of designing, developing, constructing, and equipping a new County elections and storage facility, including election department offices, election training, election storage, County records, historical documents and equipment storage, and the levy of a tax in payment thereof.</p>