The District is governed by a Board of five members that serve staggered four-year terms. In accordance with Texas Water Code § 49.103, director elections are held on the November uniform election date, or the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, in even-numbered years. The District’s next director election will be held on November 3, 2026 at the polling places for each election precinct within the District established by Ector County.

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A person that desires to be a candidate in the District’s next director election must be qualified to serve as a director and must timely submit an application for a place on the ballot to the District. To be qualified to serve as a director, a person must be at least 18 years old, a resident citizen of the State of Texas, and either own land subject to taxation in the District or be a registered voter within the District. The first day and time that a candidate may file an application for a place on the ballot is 8:00 a.m. on Monday, July 18, 2026, and the last day that a candidate may file an application for a place on the ballot is 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 17, 2026. A person may run for election to the District’s Board of Directors as a write-in candidate and to do so must file a declaration of write-in candidacy. The declaration must be filed with the Secretary of the District’s Board of Directors or his/her designated agent by mail, fax, email or in person. A declaration form may be downloaded/printed from the website of the Texas Secretary of State at https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/pol-sub/2-23f.pdf

The deadline for a declared write-in candidate to file an application is Monday, August 21, 2026.