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Sharla Baldridge

Republican · TX · Hockley County Judge

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Sharla Baldridge is the Hockley County Judge. She presides over the commissioners court, which sets the county budget and tax rate, and leads county emergency management.

Where Sharla Baldridge stands, based on their records

Supports

Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record)

Mixed record

Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 2 oppose)

Campaign finance information not available

Track record

Track record — Government Spending Reduction

Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 2 oppose

  • Signed the county order setting the Hockley County property tax rate for 2026 at 56.5866 cents per $100 of value on August 24, 2026. The order states the rate raises maintenance and operations taxes 3.69 percent, or about $51.48 more on a $100,000 home. She also signed the order ratifying that tax increase in the 2027 county budget.

    August 24, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: co.hockley.tx.us · researched September 6, 2026

  • Asked the Hockley County commissioners court on August 26, 2024, to change the courthouse bailiff job from part-time to full-time for safety and consistency, and backed a $1,000 cost of living raise for county employees. At the same meeting the court adopted the 2025 budget and a tax rate of 48.1462 cents per $100, up from 47.3945 cents.

    August 26, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: levellandnews.net · researched September 6, 2026

  • Explained why the Hockley County commissioners court turned down a $560,000 contract with two outside lawyers to prosecute a capital murder case on May 13, 2024. She said the court's duty was to be good stewards of tax dollars, and that no one had agreed to track the rules attached to a $730,000 state grant. The district attorney's office kept the case.

    May 13, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

    Source: kcbd.com · researched September 6, 2026

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support

  • Issued a local disaster declaration for Hockley County on May 29, 2024, after straight-line winds damaged homes, businesses and roads on May 28 and 29. The declaration turned on the county emergency plan and opened the way for state and federal help. The commissioners court renewed it for 30 days on June 4, 2024.

    May 29, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: co.hockley.tx.us · researched September 6, 2026

Track record — General

General · 4 records

  • Certified the Hockley County Juvenile Board's request to spend county money in budget year 2027, acting as chairman of that board. The commissioners court approved the request 4-0 on August 24, 2026.

    August 24, 2026

    Source: levellandnews.net · researched September 6, 2026

  • Presented Hockley County's 2024 tax rate options to the commissioners court on August 5, 2024. She read out a no-new-revenue rate of 47.6985 cents and a voter-approval rate of 48.8090 cents per $100, and named 48.1462 cents as the rate the county needed to run its business. The court approved that proposed rate.

    August 5, 2024

    Source: levellandnews.net · researched September 6, 2026

  • Completed the Commissioners Court Advanced Curriculum, a voluntary 64-hour course on county government, and was honored for it on October 4, 2023. The County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas gave her the certificate. The course goes beyond the training the law requires.

    October 4, 2023

    Source: levellandnews.net · researched September 6, 2026

  • Took office as Hockley County Judge on September 1, 2016, the first woman to hold the job in the county's history. She had worked as a legal assistant in Levelland law offices from 1985 to 2011, then as Hockley County Court Coordinator from 2011 to 2016.

    September 1, 2016

    Source: levellandnews.net · researched September 6, 2026

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Profile last researched September 6, 2026.