Editing Wood County, Texas (section)

==Government==
Wood County is represented in the [[Texas House of Representatives]] by the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Bryan Hughes (Texas politician)|Bryan Hughes]], a lawyer in Mineola and a native of Wood County. The county is split between two different U.S. congressional districts, the First and the Fifth Congressional Districts. Thus, the county is represented by Congressman [[Nathaniel Moran]] and Congressman [[Lance Gooden]]. The county is currently represented in the Texas Senate by [[Kevin Eltife]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us/County.aspx?CountyCode=499&CountyName=Wood|title=Who Represents Me – Districts By County|website=www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us|access-date=November 25, 2016}}</ref>

The current county judge is Lucy Hebron, elected in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mywoodcounty.com/default.aspx?name=countyjudge|title=Wood County Texas|website=www.mywoodcounty.com}}</ref> As county judge, Hebron is both the county's chief administrator and judge of the constitutional county court, which handles misdemeanor cases.

In 2017, former Sheriff Jim Brown and former Chief Deputy Miles Tucker were arrested for various offenses stemming from a shooting incident over access to an oilfield lease.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tucker | first1=Larry |title=Former sheriff, chief deputy arrested|url=http://woodcountymonitor.com/stories/former-sheriff-chief-deputy-arrested,118218|work=[[Wood County Monitor]] | oclc = 1097161696 | date = November 8, 2017 | access-date = July 22, 2021 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171113114004/http://woodcountymonitor.com/stories/former-sheriff-chief-deputy-arrested,118218 | archive-date = November 13, 2017 | quote= Brown was indicted on two misdemeanor counts of official oppression with bonds issued for $1,500 on each count. The former sheriff was also indicted on a state felony charge of abuse of official capacity over $2,500 and under $30,000 with a $20,000 bond. The indictment claims "Wood County Sheriff, did with intent to harm another, John Winston Forrester, did unlawfully then and there intentionally and knowingly misuse government property, services, personnel and any other thing of value belonging to the government that had come into custody and possession of James Brown by virtue of James Brown's office and employment, by using the services of Officer Dustin Moffett and a Wood County Sheriff's vehicle to obstruct and prevent access by John Winston Forrester to a tract of property owned by James Brown, and the value of the use of the services and vehicle misused was $2,500 or more but less than $30,000." Tucker had more indictments added to those from two months ago when he was arrested on two counts of tampering with evidence and one count of official oppression. At that time he had bonds of $50,000 each on the tampering charges and $1,500 on the official oppression. Tucker faces a new charge of aggravated perjury, a third-degree felony and two new charges of class A official oppression, following indictments filed on Oct. 25. He further has a state felony charge of abuse of official capacity which had a $15,000 bond. Tucker turned himself in Wednesday. He allegedly broke several laws to arrest a person who had cut a lock to gain access to a well in which he had the rights to, then tried to cover up evidence afterward. | df = dmy-all}}</ref> Two of the felony charges were dismissed, however {{as of|2020|01|lc=y|post=,}} four misdemeanor charges remain pending.<ref>{{cite news | last1 = Bass | first1 = Gary | date = January 7, 2020 | title = Judge dismisses abuse of official capacity charges against former Wood County sheriff | url = https://www.kltv.com/2020/01/07/judge-dismisses-abuse-official-capacity-charges-against-former-wood-county-sheriff/ | url-status = live | work = [[KLTV]] | language = en-us | location = [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]], [[Texas]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200108021419/https://www.kltv.com/2020/01/07/judge-dismisses-abuse-official-capacity-charges-against-former-wood-county-sheriff/ | archive-date = January 8, 2020 | access-date = July 26, 2021 | quote = A district judge has dismissed two felony abuse of official capacity charges that were filed against former Wood County Sheriff James "Jim" Arthur Brown in connection with a shooting incident that occurred adjacent to his property in November 2015. However, four misdemeanor official oppression charges filed against Brown are still pending, according to online judicial records. | df = dmy-all}}</ref>

=== Historic election results ===
In spite of an increasing number of voters in every U.S. presidential election since 1992, the percentage of registered Wood County voters turning out to vote in presidential elections has fallen about 10% between 1992 and 2012.

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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|20,621|3,618|147|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|19,049|3,509|221|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|15,700|2,630|397|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|14,351|3,056|174|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|13,658|4,010|116|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|12,831|4,034|64|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|9,810|3,893|181|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|6,228|4,711|1,222|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|4,708|4,084|3,526|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|6,216|4,553|597|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|7,144|3,449|19|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|4,515|4,033|123|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|3,076|4,107|43|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|4,746|1,842|70|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|2,046|2,192|2,021|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,068|3,528|10|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|2,400|2,633|79|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|2,508|2,199|15|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|2,748|3,026|6|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|629|2,590|666|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|485|3,045|511|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|585|3,659|5|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|192|2,751|7|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|189|3,308|19|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|1,161|1,645|0|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|342|2,806|132|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|798|1,643|719|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|248|1,719|428|Texas}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|146|1,441|438|Texas}}

=== Elections mapped by Precinct ===
[[File:Wood County, Texas 2024 Republican Primary.png|thumb|206x206px|2024 Primary Results. All precincts were won by Donald Trump. The numbers denote total percentage of the votes awarded to Trump, not margin of victory.]]

==== 2024 ====
Republican: [[Donald Trump]] won every precinct with total percentages of over 80%. [[Nikki Haley]] came in second in every precinct.

For more election results in Wood County, [[commons:Category:Elections in Wood County, Texas (set)|see this group of maps]].
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