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Bastiat & Liberty Watchdog Index

Texas Local Government Freedom Index

Objective, empirical rankings grading 6,167 Texas local governments and 31,351 elected officials on fiscal restraint, tax burden, private property rights, and regulatory overreach. Zero peer normalization.

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Top Ranked Elected Officials

Showing 676–700 of 12,798 matching elected officials
28-Year Freedom & Budget Trend Benchmark (FY 2000 – FY 2027)
Cohort Average Across Visible Page (25 Ranked Entities)
5-Yr Freedom Trend (FY 22→27)
▲ +1.1 pts
27-Yr Liberty Shift (FY 00→27)
▲ +2.8 pts
Annual Budget Growth (YoY)
+2.3% YoY
5-Yr Budget Expansion
+14.3% (CAGR +2.6%/yr)
#676
State #986
Joey Silva
Commissioner, Place 6 (Place 6) • Port of Bay City (Marion County)
Fiscal: 94.6Reg: 96.7Pro-Liberty: 159Expansion: 5▲ +4.3 pts (5Y)
Grade A+(96.4/100)
#677
State #985
Matthew Ashcraft
Commissioner, Place 5 (Place 5) • Port of Bay City (Marion County)
Fiscal: 94.6Reg: 95.8Pro-Liberty: 159Expansion: 5▲ +4.3 pts (5Y)
Grade A+(96.4/100)
#678
State #984
Trey Treybig
Commissioner, Place 4 (Place 4) • Port of Bay City (Marion County)
Fiscal: 95Reg: 97.9Pro-Liberty: 159Expansion: 5▲ +4.3 pts (5Y)
Grade A+(96.4/100)
#679
State #983
George Harrison
Commissioner, Place 3 (Place 3) • Port of Bay City (Marion County)
Fiscal: 96.3Reg: 96.4Pro-Liberty: 159Expansion: 5▲ +4.3 pts (5Y)
Grade A+(96.4/100)
#680
State #982
Lee Weathers
Commissioner, Place 2 (Place 2) • Port of Bay City (Marion County)
Fiscal: 97.3Reg: 97.1Pro-Liberty: 158Expansion: 6▲ +4.3 pts (5Y)
Grade A+(96.4/100)
#681
State #981
Buddy Treybig
Commissioner, Place 1 (Place 1) • Port of Bay City (Marion County)
Fiscal: 97.2Reg: 96.9Pro-Liberty: 135Expansion: 29▲ +4.3 pts (5Y)
Grade A+(96.4/100)
#682
State #980
Robert Sol Mayer
Director, Place 5 • Sutton County Underground Water Conservation District (Sutton County)
Fiscal: 93.9Reg: 95.8Pro-Liberty: 161Expansion: 3▲ +4.4 pts (5Y)
Grade A+(96.4/100)
#683
State #979
Wheless Baker
Director, Place 4 • Sutton County Underground Water Conservation District (Sutton County)
Fiscal: 94.7Reg: 94.5Pro-Liberty: 158Expansion: 6▲ +4.4 pts (5Y)
Grade A+(96.4/100)
#684
State #978
Erika Campbell
Director, Place 3 • Sutton County Underground Water Conservation District (Sutton County)
Fiscal: 95Reg: 95.4Pro-Liberty: 135Expansion: 29▲ +4.4 pts (5Y)
Grade A+(96.4/100)
#685
State #977
Susan Joliff
Director, Place 5 • McCulloch County Hospital District (Mason County)
Fiscal: 94.7Reg: 95.7Pro-Liberty: 157Expansion: 7▲ +4.3 pts (5Y)
Grade A+(96.4/100)
#686
State #976
Orlando Rubio
Director, Place 4 • McCulloch County Hospital District (Mason County)
Fiscal: 97.6Reg: 97.3Pro-Liberty: 151Expansion: 13▲ +4.3 pts (5Y)
Grade A+(96.4/100)
#687
State #975
Kyle Moseley
Director, Place 3 • McCulloch County Hospital District (Mason County)
Fiscal: 98.2Reg: 97.4Pro-Liberty: 131Expansion: 33▲ +4.3 pts (5Y)
Grade A+(96.4/100)
#688
State #974
Clem Smith
Director, Place 5 • Grand Prairie Public Improvement District #9, High Hawk (Dallas County)
Fiscal: 95.5Reg: 98.3Pro-Liberty: 156Expansion: 8▲ +4.5 pts (5Y)
Grade A+(96.4/100)
#689
State #973
Terry Webb
Director, Place 4 • Grand Prairie Public Improvement District #9, High Hawk (Dallas County)
Fiscal: 94.2Reg: 97.7Pro-Liberty: 151Expansion: 13▲ +4.5 pts (5Y)
Grade A+(96.4/100)
#690
State #972
Anthony Meridith
Director, Place 3 • Grand Prairie Public Improvement District #9, High Hawk (Dallas County)
Fiscal: 98.5Reg: 96.4Pro-Liberty: 140Expansion: 24▲ +4.5 pts (5Y)
Grade A+(96.4/100)
#691
State #971
Barbara Odom-Wesley
Director, Place 5 • Downtown Business Improvement District (City of Arlington) (Tarrant County)
Fiscal: 96.4Reg: 94.4Pro-Liberty: 159Expansion: 5▲ +4.5 pts (5Y)
Grade A+(96.4/100)
#692
State #970
Nikkie Hunter
Director, Place 4 • Downtown Business Improvement District (City of Arlington) (Tarrant County)
Fiscal: 98.3Reg: 94.8Pro-Liberty: 153Expansion: 11▲ +4.5 pts (5Y)
Grade A+(96.4/100)
#693
State #969
Jim Ross
Director, Place 3 • Downtown Business Improvement District (City of Arlington) (Tarrant County)
Fiscal: 94.6Reg: 96.7Pro-Liberty: 134Expansion: 30▲ +4.5 pts (5Y)
Grade A+(96.4/100)
#694
State #968
Lynn Allison
Director, Place 5 • Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority (Nueces County)
Fiscal: 96Reg: 95.6Pro-Liberty: 159Expansion: 5▲ +4.4 pts (5Y)
Grade A+(96.4/100)
#695
State #967
Jeremy Coleman
Director, Place 4 • Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority (Nueces County)
Fiscal: 94.3Reg: 95.6Pro-Liberty: 152Expansion: 12▲ +4.4 pts (5Y)
Grade A+(96.4/100)
#696
State #966
Eloy Salazar
Director, Place 3 • Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority (Nueces County)
Fiscal: 98.5Reg: 96.2Pro-Liberty: 137Expansion: 27▲ +4.4 pts (5Y)
Grade A+(96.4/100)
#697
State #965
Larry Schiller
Secretary (Place 3) • Concho Soil and Water Conservation District #201 (Concho County)
Fiscal: 95.4Reg: 96.5Pro-Liberty: 153Expansion: 11▲ +4.5 pts (5Y)
Grade A+(96.4/100)
#698
State #964
Billy Sims
Member (Place 1) • Concho Soil and Water Conservation District #201 (Concho County)
Fiscal: 94.9Reg: 96.4Pro-Liberty: 147Expansion: 17▲ +4.5 pts (5Y)
Grade A+(96.4/100)
#699
State #963
Phil Drake
Member (Place 2) • Concho Soil and Water Conservation District #201 (Concho County)
Fiscal: 96.3Reg: 98.1Pro-Liberty: 133Expansion: 31▲ +4.5 pts (5Y)
Grade A+(96.4/100)
#700
State #1025
Carl J. Cahill
Director, Place 2 • Sutton County Underground Water Conservation District (Sutton County)
Fiscal: 94.2Reg: 97.4Pro-Liberty: 161Expansion: 3▲ +4.4 pts (5Y)
Grade A+(96.4/100)
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