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Mike Wolfe
Prior offices:
Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees Position 5, At-Large
Years in office: 2015 - 2020
Successor: Erica Davis (D)

Elections and appointments
Last election
March 5, 2024
Education
Bachelor's
University of St. Thomas, Houston
Personal
Birthplace
Houston, TX
Profession
Law enforcement

Mike Wolfe (Republican Party) was an at-large member of the Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees in Texas. Wolfe assumed office in 2015. Wolfe left office on December 31, 2020.

Wolfe (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 128. Wolfe will not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on March 3, 2026.

Biography

Mike Wolfe was born in Houston, Texas. Wolfe earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of St. Thomas in Houston. His career experience includes working as a child support officer with the Texas Attorney General's office, a juvenile supervision officer with Harris County, and an educator with the Houston Independent School District. Wolfe has served as a Harris County School trustee.[1]

Elections

2026

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 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.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 128

Desiree Klaus (D) is running in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 128 on March 3, 2026.

Candidate
Image of Desiree Klaus
Desiree Klaus

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Republican primary

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 128

Tom Butler (R) is running in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 128 on March 3, 2026.


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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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2024

See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2024)

General election

General election for Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector

Annette Ramirez defeated Steve Radack in the general election for Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Annette Ramirez
Annette Ramirez (D) Candidate Connection
 
51.2
 
755,786
Steve Radack (R)
 
48.8
 
719,555

Total votes: 1,475,341
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector

Annette Ramirez defeated Desiree Broadnax in the Democratic primary runoff for Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector on May 28, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Annette Ramirez
Annette Ramirez Candidate Connection
 
55.9
 
24,619
Desiree Broadnax
 
44.1
 
19,427

Total votes: 44,046
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector

Annette Ramirez and Desiree Broadnax advanced to a runoff. They defeated Danielle Keys Bess, Jerry Davis, and Claude Cummings III in the Democratic primary for Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Annette Ramirez
Annette Ramirez Candidate Connection
 
40.6
 
63,325
Desiree Broadnax
 
17.5
 
27,260
Image of Danielle Keys Bess
Danielle Keys Bess
 
16.9
 
26,410
Image of Jerry Davis
Jerry Davis
 
15.4
 
24,023
Claude Cummings III
 
9.5
 
14,818

Total votes: 155,836
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector

Steve Radack advanced from the Republican primary for Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Steve Radack
 
100.0
 
152,368

Total votes: 152,368
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Texas State Board of Education election, 2022

General election

General election for Texas State Board of Education District 6

Incumbent Will Hickman defeated Michelle Palmer and Rebekah Plourde in the general election for Texas State Board of Education District 6 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Will Hickman
Will Hickman (R) Candidate Connection
 
60.3
 
364,447
Image of Michelle Palmer
Michelle Palmer (D) Candidate Connection
 
39.7
 
240,384
Image of Rebekah Plourde
Rebekah Plourde (Independent) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.0
 
59

Total votes: 604,890
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 6

Michelle Palmer advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 6 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michelle Palmer
Michelle Palmer Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
53,055

Total votes: 53,055
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 6

Incumbent Will Hickman defeated Mike Wolfe in the Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 6 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Will Hickman
Will Hickman Candidate Connection
 
64.9
 
81,302
Image of Mike Wolfe
Mike Wolfe
 
35.1
 
43,944

Total votes: 125,246
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Campaign finance

2020

Note: After the filing deadline for this election, Eman Afshar's application was declared to be invalid. Because Afshar was disqualified from the race after December 10, 2019, his name remained on the ballot, but votes cast for him did not count. Once his votes were disregarded, Israel Garcia received more than a majority of votes cast in the Democratic primary, which allowed him to advance to the general election without a primary runoff.[2]

See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2020)

General election

General election for Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 5 Place 1

Israel Garcia Jr. defeated incumbent Russ Ridgway in the general election for Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 5 Place 1 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Israel Garcia Jr.
Israel Garcia Jr. (D) Candidate Connection
 
51.4
 
214,542
Russ Ridgway (R)
 
48.6
 
202,592

Total votes: 417,134
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 5 Place 1

Incumbent Russ Ridgway defeated Mike Wolfe in the Republican primary runoff for Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 5 Place 1 on July 14, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Russ Ridgway
 
65.8
 
13,367
Image of Mike Wolfe
Mike Wolfe
 
34.2
 
6,938

Total votes: 20,305
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 5 Place 1

Israel Garcia Jr. defeated Roel Garcia and Eman Afshar in the Democratic primary for Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 5 Place 1 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Israel Garcia Jr.
Israel Garcia Jr. Candidate Connection
 
48.1
 
26,821
Roel Garcia
 
30.5
 
16,981
Eman Afshar
 
21.4
 
11,938

Total votes: 55,740
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 5 Place 1

Mike Wolfe and incumbent Russ Ridgway advanced to a runoff. They defeated Adrianna Higginbotham in the Republican primary for Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 5 Place 1 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mike Wolfe
Mike Wolfe
 
43.0
 
21,390
Russ Ridgway
 
30.1
 
14,947
Image of Adrianna Higginbotham
Adrianna Higginbotham Candidate Connection
 
26.9
 
13,354

Total votes: 49,691
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2018

General election

General election for Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 5 Place 2

Incumbent Jeff Williams won election in the general election for Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 5 Place 2 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jeff Williams
Jeff Williams (R)
 
100.0
 
181,948

Total votes: 181,948
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 5 Place 2

Incumbent Jeff Williams defeated Mike Wolfe in the Republican primary runoff for Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 5 Place 2 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jeff Williams
Jeff Williams
 
51.8
 
6,275
Image of Mike Wolfe
Mike Wolfe
 
48.2
 
5,848

Total votes: 12,123
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 5 Place 2

Mike Wolfe and incumbent Jeff Williams advanced to a runoff. They defeated J.R. Harris in the Republican primary for Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 5 Place 2 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mike Wolfe
Mike Wolfe
 
46.0
 
16,981
Image of Jeff Williams
Jeff Williams
 
36.6
 
13,482
J.R. Harris
 
17.4
 
6,414

Total votes: 36,877
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Selection method

The members of the Texas Justice of the Peace Courts are elected in partisan elections and serve four-year terms. They are elected in a precinct-wide election.[3]

To serve as a justice of the peace, justices must complete a 40-hour course on relevant duties within one year of his or her election. They must also complete a similar 20-hour course each year they continue to serve.[4]

Campaign themes

2026

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2024

Mike Wolfe did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Candidate Connection

Michelle Palmer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Palmer's responses.

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I am a history and government teacher and I am running for SBOE District 6 because I am tired of my curriculum being controlled by people who believe the earth is 6000 years old and that the US History curriculum should include Moses. I have been a public education advocate and a Democratic activist for over a decade and decided to run for this position after being frustrated by the standards I am expected to teach my students.
  • Include ALL of the groups of people who helped build this country in the US History curriculum.
  • Include the teaching of the science behind climate change in the high school science curriculum.
  • Comprehensive Sex education for all students in Texas unless parents opt out.
I have been advocating for public education issues for over a decade. Between finance, teacher pay, and curriculum issues, it has been almost a full time job in the state of Texas.
The Texas State Board of Education is one of the most overlooked and yet important offices in the country. Because of textbook buying power, they control textbooks for much of the country. We need people overseeing the textbook adoption process who want to make sure the information being conveyed to students is factual.
I look up to many strong Texas women. State Rep Senfronia Thomson was a teacher who went to law school and then ran for state house. I don't want to run for that position but I would like to make as much of a difference as she has in her long career.
I believe that someone elected to this office needs to listen to the experts. Let them create/adjust the curriculum as needed and then vote FOR it. Don't let your religious or political views get in the way.
I remember the TV playing Nixon's resignation address when I was 4 years old.
My first job was working at Whataburger in high school. I only had that job for about 8 months because I moved to go to college.
Helping to shape the curriculum. In this age of anti-CRT madness, people who don't even know what CRT is are arguing that including more African American, Mexican American, Native American, Asian American, LGBTQIA+, and Women's History is CRT but it is really just being inclusive. It was not only straight, white men who built this country and our curriculum should acknowledge that.
I believe that having a background as a teacher is extremely helpful in this position. I have taught math, English, and social studies. I am VERY familiar with curriculum and with pedagogy. This will help immensely in this position

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2020

Mike Wolfe did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.


Campaign finance summary


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Mike Wolfe campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Texas State Board of Education District 6Lost primary$2,000 $4,300
Grand total$2,000 $4,300
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

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