Judge, 274th District Court (Hays County)

Gary L. Steel is the sitting judge of the 274th District Court and is listed by Hays County as a Republican officeholder². An October 13, 2021 Corridor News staff report (photo credited to Hays County Communications) says he is elected by his colleagues to be Local Administrative Judge for Hays County and that he holds a Texas Tech law degree³. He is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for the seat¹.

• Judge, 274th District Court; Hays County lists him as Judge, 274th²
• Local Administrative Judge for Hays County, elected by his colleagues, per a Corridor News report dated October 13, 2021³
• Appointed by the Supreme Court of Texas to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct to an unexpired term through November 19, 2023; the report says he would be the only District Judge serving on the Commission³
• Chairman of the Guadalupe County Juvenile Board and Vice-Chairman of the Comal County Juvenile Board, per the same report³
• B.B.A. in Finance (1980) and J.D. (1983), Texas Tech University³
• Hays County's official officeholder list shows him as the sitting 274th District judge with a term listed through 2026². The sources reviewed do not state when or how he first took the bench.