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Kelly Hancock
Republican Party
Acting Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Tenure
2025 - Present
Years in position
0
Predecessor: Glenn Hegar (R)
Prior offices:
Texas State Senate District 9
Years in office: 2013 - 2025
Successor: Taylor Rehmet (D)
Texas House of Representatives District 91
Years in office: 2007 - 2013
Elections and appointments
Last election
March 3, 2026
Appointed
July 1, 2025
Education
Bachelor's
Baylor University
Contact
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Kelly Hancock (Republican Party) is the acting Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. He assumed office on July 1, 2025.

Hancock (Republican Party) ran for re-election for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. He lost in the Republican primary on March 3, 2026.

Hancock left office in the Texas State Senate to serve as acting Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on July 1, 2025. He was appointed to the position by his predecessor, former comptroller Glenn Hegar (R).[1]

Biography

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Hancock received his B.B.A. from Baylor University. He has worked with Advanced Chemical Logistics, Agvantage Farm and Ranch, CKC Trinity Investment, Hancock Industries, and as a business owner. Hancock also served on the Birdville School Board.[2]

Elections

2026

See also: Texas Comptroller election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on April 12, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

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General election for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Sarah Eckhardt (D) and Donald Huffines (R) are running in the general election for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on November 3, 2026.

Candidate
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Sarah Eckhardt (D)  Candidate Connection
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Donald Huffines (R)  Candidate Connection

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Democratic primary

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Democratic primary for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Sarah Eckhardt (D) defeated Savant Moore (D) and Michael Lange (D) in the Democratic primary for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on March 3, 2026.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Sarah Eckhardt
Sarah Eckhardt  Candidate Connection
 
64.3
 
1,267,749
Image of Savant Moore
Savant Moore  Candidate Connection
 
18.9
 
371,437
Image of Michael Lange
Michael Lange  Candidate Connection
 
16.8
 
330,995

There were no incumbents in this race. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 1,970,181
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Republican primary

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Republican primary for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Donald Huffines (R) defeated incumbent Kelly Hancock (R), Christi Craddick (R), and Michael Berlanga (R) in the Republican primary for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on March 3, 2026.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Donald Huffines
Donald Huffines  Candidate Connection
 
57.4
 
1,136,323
Image of Kelly Hancock
Kelly Hancock
 
23.6
 
467,491
Image of Christi Craddick
Christi Craddick
 
15.1
 
299,151
Image of Michael Berlanga
Michael Berlanga
 
3.9
 
76,553

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 1,979,518
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Green Party convention

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Green convention for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Shehla Faizi (G) is running in the Green Party convention for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on April 11, 2026.

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Shehla Faizi

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Libertarian Party convention

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Libertarian convention for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

V. Alonzo Echevarria-Garza (L) is running in the Libertarian Party convention for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on April 12, 2026.

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Campaign finance

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2022

See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Texas State Senate District 9

Incumbent Kelly Hancock defeated Gwenn Burud in the general election for Texas State Senate District 9 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Kelly Hancock
Kelly Hancock (R)
 
60.0
 
166,864
Image of Gwenn Burud
Gwenn Burud (D) Candidate Connection
 
40.0
 
111,019

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 277,883
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 9

Gwenn Burud advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 9 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Gwenn Burud
Gwenn Burud Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
23,474

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 23,474
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 9

Incumbent Kelly Hancock advanced from the Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 9 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Kelly Hancock
Kelly Hancock
 
100.0
 
55,084

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 55,084
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas State Senate District 9

Incumbent Kelly Hancock defeated Gwenn Burud in the general election for Texas State Senate District 9 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Kelly Hancock
Kelly Hancock (R)
 
54.0
 
132,256
Image of Gwenn Burud
Gwenn Burud (D) Candidate Connection
 
46.0
 
112,537

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 244,793
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 9

Gwenn Burud advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 9 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Gwenn Burud
Gwenn Burud Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
21,382

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 21,382
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 9

Incumbent Kelly Hancock advanced from the Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 9 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Kelly Hancock
Kelly Hancock
 
100.0
 
31,188

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 31,188
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2014

See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for 15 of the 31 seats in the Texas State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 4, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was December 9, 2013. Incumbent Kelly Hancock was unopposed in the Republican primary, while Greg Perry was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Hancock defeated Perry in the general election. Nicolas Wallace (L) was removed from the ballot before the election.[3][4][5]

Texas State Senate, District 9 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngKelly Hancock Incumbent 65.1% 89,331
     Democratic Greg Perry 34.9% 47,965
Total Votes 137,296

2012

See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2012

Hancock won election in the 2012 election for Texas State Senate, District 9. Hancock defeated Todd Smith in the May 29 primary election and won election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[6]

Texas State Senate, District 9, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngKelly Hancock 58.3% 136,288
     Democratic Pete Martinez 38.2% 89,255
     Libertarian Dave McElwee 3.4% 8,034
Total Votes 233,577
Texas State Senate District 9 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngKelly Hancock 65% 22,411
Todd Smith 35% 12,088
Total Votes 34,499

2010

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2010

Hancock won re-election in District 91. He defeated Charles Scoma in the March 2 Republican primary and faced no opposition in the November 2 general election.[6]

Texas House of Representatives, District 91
2010 General election results
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Kelly Hancock (R) 22,445 100%

2008

On November 4, 2008, Hancock won re-election to the Texas House of Representatives from Texas' 91st District, defeating Chris Utchell (D) and Paul Mastin (L). Hancock received 33,383 votes in the election while Utchell received 19,567 votes, and Mastin received 1,535 votes.[6] Hancock raised $195,720 for his campaign; Utchell raised $16,812.[7]

Texas House of Representatives, District 91
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Kelly Hancock (R) 33,383 61.27%
Chris Utchell (D) 19,567 35.91%
Paul Mastin (L) 1,535 2.81%

Campaign themes

2026

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2022

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Campaign finance summary

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Kelly Hancock campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Texas State Senate District 9Won general$2,852,157 $974,665
2018Texas State Senate District 9Won general$2,617,887 N/A**
2014Texas State Senate, District 9Won $733,578 N/A**
2012Texas State Senate, District 9Won $1,712,407 N/A**
2010Texas State House, District 91Won $293,328 N/A**
2008Texas State House, District 91Won $195,720 N/A**
2006Texas State House, District 91Won $203,277 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

State legislative tenure

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  • Conservative Roundtable — Legislators are scored on their votes for or against the organization's position and principles.
  • Heritage Alliance — Legislators are scored based on votes on social issues, economic issues, and other issues.
  • Humane Society Legislative Fund — Legislators are scored on their votes on animal protection bills.
  • Texans for Fiscal Responsibility — Legislators are scored based by the organization on their votes on bills relating to "core budget and free enterprise issues."
  • Texas Eagle Forum — Legislators are scored based on votes relating to conservative issues.
  • Texas League of Conservation Voters — Legislators are scored based on votes relating to environment and conservation issues.
  • Texas Right to Life — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
  • Texas Tribune — Legislators are scored on their liberal or conservative voting records by Mark P. Jones, chairman of Rice University’s political science department.
  • Texas Watch — Legislators are scored based on consumer-related bills.
  • Young Conservatives of Texas — Legislators are scored based on their votes on conservative issues.

Issues

  • HB 1192 - Relating to a pilot project in certain school districts exempting those districts from state requirements, restrictions, and prohibitions.
  • HB 1193 - Relating to ballot certification of a political party presidential candidate.
  • HB 2256 - Relating to mediation of out-of-network health benefit claim disputes concerning enrollees, facility-based physicians, and certain health benefit plans; imposing an administrative penalty.
  • HB 3828 - Relating to equitable funding under the public school finance system.[8]-->

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Committee assignments

2023-2024

Hancock was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Hancock was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Hancock was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Texas committee assignments, 2017
• Business & Commerce, Chair
• Finance
• Natural Resources and Economic Development
• Transportation

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Hancock served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Hancock served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Hancock served on the following Texas House of Representatives committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Hancock served on the following Texas House of Representatives committees:

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Fort Worth StarTelegram, "Sen. Kelly Hancock of Fort Worth resigns to join Texas comptroller office," June 19, 2025
    2. ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed May 24, 2014
    3. ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current ELECTION HISTORY," accessed December 2, 2014
    4. ↑ Green Party of Texas, "Greens Release Candidate List," accessed July 26, 2014
    5. ↑ The Libertarian Party of Texas, "2014 Texas Senate Candidates List," accessed July 26, 2014
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History," accessed February 17, 2014
    7. ↑ Follow the Money, "2008 Candidate funds," accessed May 24, 2014
    8. ↑ Texas Legislature, "Bills Authored / Joint AuthoredLegislation," accessed May 27, 2014

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    2013-2025    		 Succeeded by
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