Weekly Newsletter July 21, 2025

Dear Democrats,

Early newsletter this week since I will be out of town this weekend. Gives me a chance to remind you about the Candidate Recruitment Rally taking place from 4:00pm to 6:00pm on Sunday, July 20, at the County Courthouse Annex. We are sponsoring this event in conjunction with Blue Texas, the Texas Democratic Party’s eight-figure statewide strategy with Texas Majority PAC to mobilize volunteers, recruit candidates, and build the largest voter-contact effort in state history.

So come out and support our effort to contest every race.  We want to have Democratic Candidates running in every race on the ballot in 2026.  We can't win if we don't enter. There is a list of the offices up for election below, so if you are a surveyor, lawyer, retired librarian, or concerned citizen come to the event so we can talk about what running would take.

Upcoming events in the next few weeks 

1. The Nacogdoches Community Coalition will meet at 5:30pm on Monday, July 21, in Memorial Hospital. Contact Celena Garrett (936) 615-2797 or Joyce Mills (936)-552-9324 for more information.

2. The Stonewall Baptist Church is holding their annual back pack giveaway on Saturday, August 9, from 9:00am to 1:00pm in Festival Park.

Nacogdoches City Council

The Nacogdoches City Council will hold their regular meeting at 5:30pm on Tuesday, August 5, in the City Hall, 202 East Pilar Street. See the City’s “Friday Update” for more information about meeting and more on their Facebook site https://www.facebook.com/CityofNacogdoches. Agendas for city meetings can be found at https://www.nactx.us/agendas. Meetings are streamed at www.nactx.us/1198/Channel-21.

Nacogdoches County Commissioners

The Nacogdoches County Commissioners Court will have a regular meeting on Tuesday, July 22, at 9:00am in the Commissioners’ Courtroom, Suite 170 of the Nacogdoches County Courthouse, 101 West Main Street. Recordings of meetings are posted on the county website.  

NISD School Board meetings

The NISD School Board generally meets on the third Thursday of each month in the E.J. Campbell District Support Center Annex, 420 South Shawnee Street. Summer meeting dates have not been posted yet, however. Go to their website for more information.

Nacogdoches County Hospital District

Nacogdoches County Hospital District Board of Directors routinely meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month. For information about the Hospital District go to their website https://nachd.org.

Major holidays and events in Nacogdoches and elsewhere in the near future

Here is the list of events that we know about through the end of 2025. “tbd” are probable  events where the date has not yet been announced. Please send us information about errors of commission or omission!

21 July             First day to apply for place on Hospital Board election

11 August       Executive Committee and Nac Dems monthly meetings

22 August       SFA dorms open

1 September   Labor Day

15 Sep-15 Oct Hispanic Heritage Month

16 September  National Voter Registration Day

20 September 5th Annual RISE event for local entrepreneurs

4 October        African-American Heritage Project BBQ

8-12 October  Pineywoods Fair

4 October        Farmers Market “Fall Fling”

13 October      Columbus Day/ Indigenous Peoples' Day

18  October     SFA Homecoming Parade

tbd November Veteran’s Day Parade

1 November    Día de los Muertos

4 November    Hospital Board, Texas Constitution Amendments  election

11 November  Veteran’s Day

11 November  Solid Foundation gala

27 November  Thanksgiving

6 December    Christmas Parade

13 December  SFA graduation

25 December  Christmas Day

Regards,

Mike Strong

Nac Dems

Offices up for election in November 2026

Nacogdoches County ballot

US Senate

US House

Governor

Lieutenant Governor

Attorney General

Agriculture Commissioner                                                                            

Comptroller

Land Commissioner

Railroad Commissioner

State Board of Education District 9

   (includes Nacogdoches County)

Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Texas

Justice, Supreme Court of Texas Place 6

Justice, Supreme Court of Texas Place 7

Justice, Supreme Court of Texas Place 8

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals Place 3

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals Place 4

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals Place 9

Chief Justice, Court of Appeals District 12

   (includes Nacogdoches County)

State Senate District 3

State House District 11

County Judge

Judge, County Court at Law

District Clerk

County Clerk

County Treasurer

County Surveyor

County Commissioner, Precinct No. 2

County Commissioner, Precinct No. 4

Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 1

Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 2

Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 3

Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 4