Mike Wolfe
Mike Wolfe (Republican Party) ran for election for Harris County Clerk in Texas. Wolfe was on the ballot in the Republican primary on March 3, 2026.[source]
Wolfe also ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 128. Wolfe did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on March 3, 2026.
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.
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
Harris County Clerk
See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2026)
General election
The primary occurred on March 3, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
General election for Harris County Clerk
Incumbent Teneshia Hudspeth (D) is running in the general election for Harris County Clerk on November 3, 2026.
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| Teneshia Hudspeth (D) | ||
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Democratic primary
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Democratic primary for Harris County Clerk
Incumbent Teneshia Hudspeth (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for Harris County Clerk on March 3, 2026.
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| ✔ | Teneshia Hudspeth | |
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Republican primary
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Republican primary for Harris County Clerk
Lynda Sanchez (R) and Mike Wolfe (R) ran in the Republican primary for Harris County Clerk on March 3, 2026.
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| Lynda Sanchez | ||
| | Mike Wolfe | |
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Endorsements
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Texas State House
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 128
Desiree Klaus (D) and Tom Butler (R) are running in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 128 on November 3, 2026.
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| | Desiree Klaus (D) | |
| Tom Butler (R) | ||
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Democratic primary
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Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 128
Desiree Klaus (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 128 on March 3, 2026.
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Republican primary
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 128
Tom Butler (R) advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 128 on March 3, 2026.
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mike Wolfe (R)
Endorsements
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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 | ||
| ✔ | Annette Ramirez (D) ![]() | 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 | ||
| ✔ | Annette Ramirez ![]() | 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 | ||
| ✔ | Annette Ramirez ![]() | 40.6 | 63,325 | |
| ✔ | Desiree Broadnax | 17.5 | 27,260 | |
| Danielle Keys Bess | 16.9 | 26,410 | ||
| 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
- Mike Wolfe (R)
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 | ||
| ✔ | Will Hickman (R) ![]() | 60.3 | 364,447 | |
Michelle Palmer (D) ![]() | 39.7 | 240,384 | ||
Rebekah Plourde (Independent) (Write-in) ![]() | 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 | ||
| ✔ | Michelle Palmer ![]() | 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 | ||
| ✔ | Will Hickman ![]() | 64.9 | 81,302 | |
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | Israel Garcia Jr. (D) ![]() | 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | Israel Garcia Jr. ![]() | 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 | ||
| ✔ | Mike Wolfe | 43.0 | 21,390 | |
| ✔ | Russ Ridgway | 30.1 | 14,947 | |
Adrianna Higginbotham ![]() | 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 | ||
| ✔ | 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 | ||
| ✔ | Jeff Williams | 51.8 | 6,275 | |
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | Mike Wolfe | 46.0 | 16,981 | |
| ✔ | 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
Harris County Clerk
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Campaign website
Wolfe's campaign website stated the following:
Harris County Clerk Platform
The Harris County Clerk’s Office touches nearly every resident — through elections, property records, court filings, and vital statistics. This platform outlines practical, measurable steps to improve efficiency, accessibility, and transparency. These reforms focus on administration — not ideology — and are designed to strengthen public confidence in county government.
Election Administration
Professional. Accessible. Prepared.
- Secure and designate election locations early to allow time for accessibility and risk assessments.
- Assess each location for ADA compliance, parking adequacy, voter capacity, security, and weather-related risks.
- Review historical turnout data to allocate appropriate supplies and equipment for each polling site.
- Pre-order materials and ensure supplies are delivered and verified the night before Election Day.
- Coordinate with the County Attorney’s Office to establish rapid response support for election judges.
- Begin recruitment of Election Judges, Alternate Judges, and poll workers early.
- Maintain a database of experienced election workers and proactively invite them to return.
- Encourage election workers to participate in location assessment and supply staging for familiarity and preparedness.
- Implement accessibility-focused training for poll workers to ensure respectful and compliant voter assistance.
Records Administration
Accurate. Accessible. Modern.
- Modernize real property search tools to simplify navigation and improve usability.
- Coordinate with the Harris County Appraisal District to explore cross-linking where legally permissible.
- Publish clear guidance and instructional materials for property searches.
- Improve vital statistics processing transparency, including published processing timelines.
- Standardize annex office procedures and publish wait-time information.
- Enhance online filing systems and expand electronic certified copy options where permitted.
- Establish an optional appointment scheduling system while preserving walk-in access.
- Conduct records preservation and disaster recovery audits to ensure archival integrity.
- Streamline assumed name filings and support small business formation.
- Publish quarterly performance metrics including processing times and backlog data.
- Improve coordination with other county offices to reduce duplication and errors.
Court Support
Professional. Responsive. Collaborative.
- Hold quarterly stakeholder meetings with attorneys to identify operational issues.
- Request courts create filing checklists for common submissions and publish them online.
- Establish response time benchmarks for calls and email inquiries.
- Publish filing acceptance, rejection, and error-type metrics.
- Review common e-filing rejection causes and reduce unnecessary friction.
- Standardize rejection notices to provide clear explanations and corrective guidance.
- Provide specialized customer service training for probate and guardianship matters.
- Centralize court-specific filing preferences and standing orders for easier access.
Community & Commissioners Court Liaison
Transparent. Coordinated. Accountable.
- Ensure prompt posting and improved searchability of Commissioners Court records.
- Hold quarterly public administrative forums.
- During election periods, forums will focus on election readiness and accessibility.
- Outside election periods, forums will focus on court procedures and Commissioners Court access.
- Provide civic outreach and public records education sessions.
- Strengthen inter-office coordination across county departments.
- Maintain professional administrative neutrality in all public communications.
- Publish service performance benchmarks and operational reports.
— Mike Wolfe's campaign website (March 4, 2026)
Texas State House
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2024
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2022
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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- 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.
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2020
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Mike Wolfe, "Home," accessed February 8, 2022
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Gerald M. Birnberg, General Counsel for the Harris County Democratic Party," June 23, 2020
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Qualifications for Office," accessed January 14, 2016
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Texas; Limited Jurisdiction Courts," archived October 3, 2014
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