Laura Hughes
Republican · TX · Kaufman County Clerk
Laura Hughes is the Kaufman County Clerk, whose office keeps the county's land, vital, probate and court records. Her office has won the state's Five Star Award for vital records many times, and she has stressed keeping records accurate and quickly accessible.
Where Laura Hughes stands, based on their records
Supports
Anti-Corruption (1 record), Government Efficiency (6 records)
Track record
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 1 support
Laura Hughes and her team selected an automated system to stream and archive county commissioners’ meetings. It replaced tablet webcam broadcasts.
January 31, 2019Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: prweb.com
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 6 support
Laura Hughes and her staff developed a way to issue marriage licenses remotely during the 2020 COVID-19 courthouse closure. They used video calls and electronic signatures to verify applicants and collect payments. The Texas Association of Counties listed the program among its 2020 Best Practices Award recipients.
October 13, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: county.org
Laura Hughes requested and won county approval for a Tyler Technologies software cleanup paid from records-management funds. She said old case data had inflated the counts in a required court report.
January 14, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: kaufmancountytx.new.swagit.com
Laura Hughes’s clerk’s office secured county approval for a $485,223.70 contract with Kofile to preserve and index county records. Purchasing director Jack Sebastian presented the recommendation.
December 13, 2022Supports Government Efficiency
Source: kaufmancountytx.new.swagit.com
Laura Hughes’s clerk’s office secured county approval for a VitalChek contract that allowed residents to request vital records online.
March 24, 2020Supports Government Efficiency
Source: swagit-attachments.granicus.com
Laura Hughes and her team selected an automated system to stream and archive county commissioners’ meetings. It replaced tablet webcam broadcasts.
January 31, 2019Supports Government Efficiency
Source: prweb.com
Laura Hughes’s clerk’s office introduced a free property-fraud alert service. It sent property owners an email when a recorded document used their name.
March 18, 2013Supports Government Efficiency
Source: inforney.com
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Laura Hughes presented her office’s records-archive funding plan. County commissioners adopted it after a public hearing.
August 30, 2022
Source: kaufmancountytx.new.swagit.com
Laura Hughes acknowledged that her office had mistakenly certified a liquor-store application for an area where liquor sales were not authorized.
November 19, 2019
Source: inforney.com
Past race Laura Hughes ran in:
- Kaufman County Clerk · November 3, 2026 · Kaufman County, Texas · incumbent