Kelly Hancock

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Kelly Hancock
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Candidate, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Acting Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Tenure

2025 - Present

Years in position

0

Predecessor
Prior offices
Texas House of Representatives District 91

Texas State Senate District 9

Elections and appointments
Next election

March 3, 2026

Appointed

July 1, 2025

Education

Bachelor's

Baylor University

Contact

Kelly Hancock (Republican Party) is the acting Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. He assumed office on July 1, 2025.

Hancock (Republican Party) is running for re-election for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. He declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on March 3, 2026.[source]

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]

Hancock served as state Senate president pro tempore in 2023.[2]

Hancock served in the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 91 from 2007 to 2013.

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.[3]

Committee assignments

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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:

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.


Elections

2026

See also: Texas Comptroller election, 2026

General election

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

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Incumbent Kelly Hancock is running in the Republican primary for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on March 3, 2026.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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.[4][5][6]

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.[7]

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.[7]

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.[7] Hancock raised $195,720 for his campaign; Utchell raised $16,812.[8]

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.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Glenn Hegar (R)
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
2025-Present
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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Texas State Senate District 9
2013-2025
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Texas House of Representatives District 91
2007-2013
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