Editing Chambers County, Texas (section)

== Government ==
Chambers County is governed by a five-member commissioners' court, consisting of the county judge and four county commissioners. The county judge is elected to four-year terms in a countywide election. Commissioners are elected to four-year terms from single-member districts.

=== Chambers County Commissioners' Court ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Office
!Name
!Political party
!First elected
!Area(s) represented
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|County Judge
|Jimmy Sylvia
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1996
|Countywide
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Commissioner, Precinct 1
|Jimmy E. Gore
|Republican
|2016
|Anahuac, Double Bayou, Hankamer, Oak Island, Seabreeze, Smith Point, Stowell, Wallisville, Winnie
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Commissioner, Precinct 2
|Mark Tice
|Republican
|2018
|Beach City, Cove, Turtle Bayou, Wallisville
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Commissioner, Precinct 3
|Tommy Hammond
|Republican
|2006
|Mont Belvieu, Old River-Winfree
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Commissioner, Precinct 4
|Ryan Dagley
|Republican
|2018
|Baytown, Beach City
|}

=== Elected Officials ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Office
!Name
!Political party
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|County Attorney
|Ashley Cain Land
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|County Clerk
|Heather H. Hawthorne
|Republican
|-
|
|County Court Judge
|Cindy S. Price
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|District Attorney
|Cheryl Swope Lieck
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|District Clerk
|Patti Henry
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Sheriff
|Brian Hawthorne
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Tax Assessor-Collector
|Laurie G. Payton
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Treasurer
|Nicole Whittington
|Republican
|-
|
|County Surveyor
|Michael W. Chandler
|
|}

==== Constables ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Office
!Name
!Political party
!Area(s) represented
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Constable, Precinct 1
|Dennis Dugat
|Republican
|Stowell, Winnie
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Constable, Precinct 2
|John Mulryan
|Republican
|Anahuac, Turtle Bayou, Wallisville
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Constable, Precinct 3
|Donnie Standley
|Republican
|Double Bayou, Oak Island, Smith Point
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Constable, Precinct 4
|Ben L. "Butch" Bean
|Republican
|Mont Belvieu, Old River-Winfree
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Constable, Precinct 5
|Bradley W. Moon
|Republican
|Hankamer, Wallisville
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Constable, Precinct 6
|Kirk W. Ritch
|Republican
|Baytown, Beach City, Cove
|}

=== United States Congress ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" align="center" valign="bottom" |'''Senators'''
! align="center" valign="bottom" |'''Name'''
! align="center" valign="bottom" |'''Political party'''
! align="center" valign="bottom" |'''First elected'''
! align="center" valign="bottom" |'''Level'''
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
| Senate Class 2
|[[John Cornyn]]
|Republican
| 2002
| Senior Senator
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
| Senate Class 1
|[[Ted Cruz]]
|Republican
| 2012
| Junior Senator
|-
! colspan="2" align="center" valign="bottom" |'''Representatives'''
! align="center" valign="bottom" |'''Name'''
! align="center" valign="bottom" |'''Political Party'''
! align="center" valign="bottom" |'''First Elected'''
! align="center" valign="bottom" |'''Area(s) Represented'''
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|[[Texas's 14th congressional district|Texas's 14th District]]
|[[Randy Weber]]
|Republican
|2012
|A small, unpopulated portion of the county that extends to the Gulf of Mexico, across the [[Intracoastal Waterway]].
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|[[Texas's 36th congressional district|Texas's 36th District]]
|[[Brian Babin]]
|Republican
| 2014
| All populated areas of the county
|}

=== Texas Legislature ===

==== Texas Senate ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |District
!Senator
!Political party
!First elected
!Area(s) represented
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|[[Texas Senate, District 4|4]]
|[[Brandon Creighton]]
|Republican
|2014
|Countywide, district also covers portions of Galveston, Harris, Jefferson, and Montgomery Counties
|}

==== Texas House of Representatives ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |District
!Representative
!Political party
!First elected
!Area(s) represented
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|23
|Terri Leo-Wilson
|Republican
|2022
|Chambers County, Galveston County (part)
|}

=== State Board of Education ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |District
!Member
!Political party
!First elected
!Area(s) represented
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|7
|Julie Pickren
|Republican
|2022
|Countywide, district also covers all of Brazoria, Galveston, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, and Tyler Counties and most of Fort Bend County
|}

=== Courts ===

==== Justices of the Peace ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Office
!Name
!Political party
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1
|Celia Devillier
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2
|Michael W. Wheat
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4
|Blake D. Sylvia
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Justice of the Peace, Precinct 5
|David Hatfield
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Justice of the Peace, Precinct 6
|Larry Ray Cryer
|Republican
|}

==== District Courts ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Office
!Name
!Political party
!Area(s) represented
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|253rd District Court
|Chap B. Cain, III
|Republican
|Countywide, district also covers Liberty County
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|344th District Court
|Randy McDonald
|Republican
|Countywide
|}

==== 1st Court of Appeals ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |
!Name
!Political party
!First elected
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Chief Justice
|Sherry Radack
|Republican
|2004, appointed in 2002
|-
| bgcolor="blue" |&nbsp;
|Place 2
|Gordon Goodman
|Democrat
|2018
|-
| bgcolor="blue" |&nbsp;
|Place 3
|Veronica Rivas-Molloy
|Democrat
|2020
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Place 4
|April Farris 
|Republican
|2020 (appointed)
|-
| bgcolor="blue" |&nbsp;
|Place 5
|Amparo Guerra
|Democrat
|2020
|-
| bgcolor="blue" |&nbsp;
|Place 6
|Sarah Beth Landau
|Democrat
|2018
|-
| bgcolor="blue" |&nbsp;
|Place 7
|Julie Countiss
|Democrat
|2018
|-
| bgcolor="blue" |&nbsp;
|Place 8
|Richard Hightower
|Democrat
|2018
|-
| bgcolor="blue" |&nbsp;
|Place 9
|Peter Kelly
|Democrat
|2018
|}

==== 14th Court of Appeals ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |
!Name
!Political party
!First elected
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Chief Justice
|Tracy E. Christopher 
|Republican
|2020
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Place 2
|Kevin Jewell
|Republican
|2016
|-
| bgcolor="blue" |&nbsp;
|Place 3
|Jerry Zimmerer
|Democrat
|2018
|-
| bgcolor="blue" |&nbsp;
|Place 4
|Charles A. Spain
|Democrat
|2018
|-
| bgcolor="blue" |&nbsp;
|Place 5
|Frances Bourliot
|Democrat
|2018
|-
| bgcolor="blue" |&nbsp;
|Place 6
|Meagan Hassan
|Democrat
|2018
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Place 7
|Ken Wise
|Republican
|2014, Appointed in 2013
|-
| bgcolor="blue" |&nbsp;
|Place 8
|Margaret "Meg" Poissant
|Democrat
|2018
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Place 9
|Randy Wilson
|Republican
|2020 (appointed)
|}