2026 Bell County Municipal & County Electoral Record: Primary, Runoff, and General Election Outcomes
Empirical summary of the five 2026 Bell County and City of Killeen campaigns managed under Cerberus Campaigns.
Compilation of official primary, primary runoff, municipal general, and county general election returns across the five 2026 Central Texas campaigns directed by Mack Latimer through Cerberus Campaigns: David Bass (Killeen City Council District 3), Adriane Hodges (Bell County Treasurer), Michael Tice (Bell County Justice of the Peace Precinct 2), John Gauntt Jr. (Bell County Court at Law No. 3), and Curtis Emmons (Bell County Commissioner Precinct 4).
1. Managers-First Campaign Architecture in the 2026 Cycle
Founded in Belton, Texas, in May 2024 by Mack Latimer, Cerberus Campaigns was structured to replace agency advertising markups with dedicated county campaign managers equipped with integrated voter-file and field-operations software (VictoryOS). During the 2026 cycle, the firm managed five local and county campaigns in Bell County, winning four offices across municipal, county executive, and judicial ballots.
2. Summary of Official 2026 Primary, Municipal, and General Election Returns
City of Killeen (May 2, 2026 Municipal General Election): In District 3, challenger David Bass won outright with 572 votes (51.76%), succeeding incumbent councilmember Nina Cobb according to official canvassed returns of the City of Killeen.
Bell County Treasurer (March 3, 2026 Primary & November 3, 2026 General Election): Running on a platform to abolish the constitutional office of County Treasurer, Adriane Hodges defeated incumbent Gaylon Evans in the March 3, 2026 Republican primary by 11,817 votes (52.5%) to 10,707 votes (47.5%), and was elected unopposed on November 3, 2026 with 70,456 votes (100.0%).
Bell County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2 (March 3 Primary, May 26 Runoff & November 3 General Election): Michael Tice placed first in a four-candidate March 3, 2026 Republican primary with 1,219 votes (39.6%), won the May 26, 2026 Republican primary runoff with 1,287 votes (53.65%) to 1,112 votes (46.35%), and was elected unopposed on November 3, 2026 with 6,778 votes (100.0%).
Bell County Court at Law No. 3 & County Commissioner, Precinct 4 (November 3, 2026 General Election): John Gauntt Jr. won the Republican nomination unopposed in March 2026 and was elected Judge of Bell County Court at Law No. 3 unopposed on November 3, 2026 with 69,939 votes (100.0%). In the Precinct 4 County Commissioner race, Republican nominee Curtis Emmons received 6,511 votes (33.53%) against Democratic nominee Ernest Wilkerson (12,909 votes, 66.47%).