Sheriff

🏛️ What the job does

Heads the Harris County Sheriff's Office, the largest sheriff's office in Texas and the main police force for the more than 2 million people living in unincorporated Harris County. The office also runs the county jail, the largest in Texas, and provides bailiffs for the courts. Elected countywide in a partisan race to a four-year term, with no term limits. Next election: November 2028.