Sarah Eckhardt
What this job does: The state's chief tax collector, accountant and money forecaster. The comptroller collects state taxes, pays the state's bills and estimates how much money the state will have; the Legislature cannot pass a budget that spends more than that estimate. A term is four years.
- Current office
- State Senator, Texas Senate District 14 (since 2020)
- Occupation
- Attorney; state senator
- Lives in
- Austin
Background
- B.F.A. from New York University (1986); master's in public affairs and law degree from the University of Texas at Austin. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Assistant Travis County attorney, 1998 to 2005; Travis County commissioner, Precinct 2, 2007 to 2013. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Travis County Judge, 2015 to 2020. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Texas Senate, District 14, since July 2020. Won the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary for comptroller with 64.1% of the vote. source: en.wikipedia.org
In their own words
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- "Protect Public Schools" source: saraheckhardt.com
- "Audit the Voucher Scheme" source: saraheckhardt.com
- "Stop No-Bid Contracts" source: saraheckhardt.com
- End "corporate tax breaks for the rich and powerful" source: saraheckhardt.com
- A moratorium on data center development source: click2houston.com
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