Cooke County, Texas

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Cooke County, Texas

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Cooke County is a county in Texas. The county population is 41,668, according to the United States Census Bureau. The county seat is Gainesville.

Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of the 100 largest cities in America by population. This encompasses all city, county, and special district elections appearing on the ballot within those cities. This county is outside of that coverage scope.[1]

Use the links below to learn more about federal officials, state officials, cities, school districts, courts, and ballot measures in this county.

Federal officials[edit]

The current members of the U.S. Senate from Texas are:

Office title Officeholder name Date assumed office Party affiliation

U.S. Senate Texas

John Cornyn

December 2, 2002

Republican Party

U.S. Senate Texas

Ted Cruz

January 3, 2013

Republican Party


To view a map of U.S. House districts in Texas and find your representative, click here.

State officials[edit]

The following is a list of the current state executive officials from Texas:


Office Name Party Date assumed office
Attorney General of Texas Ken Paxton Republican 2015
Governor of Texas Greg Abbott Republican 2015
Lieutenant Governor of Texas Dan Patrick Republican 2015
Texas Commissioner of Agriculture Sid Miller Republican 2015
Texas Commissioner of Insurance Cassie Brown Nonpartisan 2021


To view a list of state legislators from Texas, click here.

Cities[edit]

As of April 2022, Ballotpedia does not provide coverage for any cities in Cooke County, Texas. For a list of cities covered by Ballotpedia, click here.

School districts[edit]

As of April 2022, Ballotpedia does not provide coverage for any school districts in Cooke County, Texas.

Courts[edit]

See also: Cooke County, Texas (Judicial)

The following courts are located in Cooke County, Texas. This list is not meant to be comprehensive:

  1. Cooke County Court, Texas
  2. Cooke County Court at Law, Texas
  3. Texas Second District Court of Appeals
  4. Texas judicial district 235

Ballot measures[edit]

See also: List of Texas ballot measures and Cooke County, Texas ballot measures

To view a list of statewide measures in Texas, click here.

To view a list of local ballot measures in Cooke County, Texas, click here.


See also[edit]

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Footnotes[edit]

  1. As of April 2022, this municipal government-related article is not within Ballotpedia's coverage scope and does not receive regular updates by our staff. If you have any questions or comments about this page, please email us.

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