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#2026
State #2676
Hershel Dykema
Commissioner (Place 1) • Kaufman Emergency Services District No. 7 (Kaufman County)
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#2027
State #2675
Derek Herring
Commissioner (Place 5) • Caldwell Hays Emergency Services District #1 (Caldwell County)
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#2028
State #2674
Skip Dorsett
Commissioner (Place 4) • Caldwell Hays Emergency Services District #1 (Caldwell County)
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#2029
State #2673
Karen Gallaher
Commissioner (Place 3) • Caldwell Hays Emergency Services District #1 (Caldwell County)
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#2030
State #2672
Randy Schaefer
Commissioner (Place 2) • Caldwell Hays Emergency Services District #1 (Caldwell County)
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#2031
State #2671
Lisa Murphy
Commissioner (Place 1) • Caldwell Hays Emergency Services District #1 (Caldwell County)
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#2032
State #2670
Heather Burks
Commissioner (Place 5) • Ector County Emergency Services District No. 2 (Ector County)
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#2033
State #2669
Pattie Kappauf
Commissioner (Place 4) • Ector County Emergency Services District No. 2 (Ector County)
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#2034
State #2668
Randy Lightfoot
Commissioner (Place 3) • Ector County Emergency Services District No. 2 (Ector County)
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#2035
State #2667
Kevin Searcy
Commissioner (Place 2) • Ector County Emergency Services District No. 2 (Ector County)
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#2036
State #2666
John Turner
Commissioner (Place 1) • Ector County Emergency Services District No. 2 (Ector County)
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#2037
State #2665
Aaron Permenter
Commissioner (Place 5) • Jefferson County Emergency Services District No. 5 (Jefferson County)
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#2038
State #2664
Doug Saunders
Commissioner (Place 4) • Jefferson County Emergency Services District No. 5 (Jefferson County)
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#2039
State #2663
Jerry Nelson
Commissioner (Place 3) • Jefferson County Emergency Services District No. 5 (Jefferson County)
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#2040
State #2662
Steve Rice
Commissioner (Place 2) • Jefferson County Emergency Services District No. 5 (Jefferson County)
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#2041
State #2661
Daniel Hidalgo
Commissioner (Place 1) • Jefferson County Emergency Services District No. 5 (Jefferson County)
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#2042
State #2660
Conrad Newton
Director (Zone 5) • Navarro Soil and Water Conservation District #514 (Navarro County)
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#2043
State #2659
MARY BROWN
Director (Zone 4) • Navarro Soil and Water Conservation District #514 (Navarro County)
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#2044
State #2658
CLINT MONTFORD
Director (Zone 3) • Navarro Soil and Water Conservation District #514 (Navarro County)
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#2045
State #2657
BENNY MELTON
Director (Zone 2) • Navarro Soil and Water Conservation District #514 (Navarro County)
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#2046
State #2656
LARRY BOSWELL
Director (Zone 1) • Navarro Soil and Water Conservation District #514 (Navarro County)
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#2047
State #2655
Errett Edmiston
Director (Zone 4) • McCulloch Soil and Water Conservation District #249 (Mason County)
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#2048
State #2654
Bardin Striegler
Director (Zone 3) • McCulloch Soil and Water Conservation District #249 (Mason County)
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State #2653
Mark Moseley
Director (Zone 2) • McCulloch Soil and Water Conservation District #249 (Mason County)
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State #2652
Jeffrey Kaspar
Director (Zone 1) • McCulloch Soil and Water Conservation District #249 (Mason County)
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