{"id":320352,"date":"2026-06-03T04:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T04:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/320352\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T04:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T04:22:09","slug":"jane-nelson-texas-top-election-official-stepping-down-as-secretary-of-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/320352\/","title":{"rendered":"Jane Nelson, Texas\u2019 top election official, stepping down as Secretary of State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:Fox local;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"Fox local\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/232C1E841BC0BB863E0E9B74B574D5BADEBDCEDD7912DF6C56EBCD799BAD61E9\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefill_w0_h40;quality_80;format_webp\/\"\/><\/a>Tue, June 2, 2026 at 10:21 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>The Brief<\/p>\n<p>Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson says she will step down in July.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson has served in the office since 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Among other things, the Secretary of State oversees elections and business filings in the state and serves as the chief diplomat of Texas.<\/p>\n<p>AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson said Tuesday she will leave the post next month.<\/p>\n<p>What we know<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Nelson said her resignation will be effective July 17 but did not provide a reason for the departure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has been an honor to serve the people of Texas in this role,&#8221; Nelson said. &#8220;My time as Secretary came at an important moment for Texas, and I am proud of what we have been able to accomplish as an agency in under four years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nelson has served in the role since 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Among other things, the Secretary of State oversees elections and business filings in the state and serves as the chief diplomat of Texas.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_fox_aggregated_articles_807\/9d6c6ff668ba6be6fda2039c46d9bf43.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>View of Texas State Senator Jane Nelson, during the 80th Texas Legislature, on the floor of the Senate at the Texas State Capitol, Austin, Texas, January 22, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>(John Anderson\/The Austin Chronicle \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>What they&#8217;re saying<\/p>\n<p>Texas Gov. Greg Abbott described Nelson as extraordinary.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am deeply grateful for her long and loyal service and outstanding leadership. She has represented our state with grace and honor across the globe, and Texas is better because of it,&#8221; Abbott said. &#8220;Cecilia and I wish her all the best in the next chapter of her distinguished career.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dig deeper<\/p>\n<p>According to the Secretary of State\u2019s office, Nelson has presided over seven statewide elections during her tenure with a cumulative 27 million ballots cast and broke a record with more than 3 million active business filers.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson also served three decades in the Texas Senate, where she remains the longest-serving Republican in state history.<\/p>\n<p>The Source<\/p>\n<p>Information in this story came from the Texas Secretary of State\u2019s office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tue, June 2, 2026 at 10:21 PM UTC The Brief Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson says she&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,9538,27,2281,14772],"class_list":["post-320352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-jane-nelson","tag-texas","tag-texas-secretary-of-state","tag-texas-state-capitol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}