Who is running for County Judge (Taylor County, Texas) in 2026?
Here are the candidates for County Judge on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This race is on the ballot for voters in Taylor County.
Positions come only from each candidate's own votes, official actions, statements and questionnaire answers, never from party labels. Every item links to its source.
Phil Crowley
Republican · IncumbentTaylor County Judge
Phil Crowley (Republican) is the Taylor County Judge and the only candidate for County Judge on the November 3, 2026 ballot1. The county's biography of him says he graduated from Hardin-Simmons University and Texas Wesleyan School of Law, joined the Taylor County District Attorney's Office in 2015, and became a felony prosecutor in 20172. It says he was sworn in as County Judge on January 1, 2023, after winning the Republican nomination in March 2022 and running unopposed in November 20222. The county's Elected Officials page lists him as the holder of the office3.
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AI data centersNo single answer fitslow
Said · low confidence- Said at a public panel that counties have much less authority over data centers than cities, that abatements are unpopular, and that "if people want counties that have control over data centers, you have to have an abatement because that is the only way you're going to have any authority otherwise." (2026-09-04) source
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