County Clerk, Washington County (since March 28, 2025)

Nicholas Prenzler has been Washington County Clerk since March 28, 2025, when he succeeded retiring Clerk Beth Rothermel²³. He joined the office in 2020 as a deputy clerk and rose to chief deputy². He is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for County Clerk¹.

• County Clerk, Washington County, since March 28, 2025; the county guide lists him from that date⁴
• Deputy clerk from 2020, then assistant chief deputy and chief deputy in the same office, per KWHI²³
• BA in Government and History, University of Texas at Austin, 2016; interned for Lois Kolkhorst in the Texas House and Senate, per KWHI³
• Says he has emphasized transparency, modernization and accessibility, and is leading a software transition for county records (his own account, as reported by KWHI)³
• Per KWHI, Washington County commissioners appointed him on March 11, 2025 to take over on March 28, 2025 and fill the rest of Rothermel's term through the end of 2026².