Texas general election: November 3, 2026

Who is running for District Clerk (Denton County, Texas) in 2026?

Here are the candidates for District Clerk on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This race is on the ballot for voters in Denton County.

This office runs county services rather than voting on the quiz issues, so we show each candidate's experience and record instead of an issue match.

David Trantham

Republican · Incumbent

District Clerk, Denton County

David Trantham is the Denton County District Clerk²³. Before running for the office in 2018 he worked about seven years in the Denton County Clerk's Office, by his own account⁴. He is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for the office¹.

Denton County District Clerk²
About seven years of work in the Denton County Clerk's Office before running for district clerk, per his 2018 candidate Q&A⁴
Ran in the March 2018 Republican primary for district clerk against three other candidates⁴. He filed for reelection in December 2025 as the incumbent³.

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