Overview
- Eckhardt filed for comptroller on the final day for 2026 primary candidates, ending a roughly monthlong run for the 10th Congressional District vacated by Michael McCaul.
- Her campaign centers on budget oversight and anti-fraud promises, including scrutiny of a new $1 billion school voucher program administered by the comptroller.
- The office collects more than a quarter-trillion dollars in annual revenue and manages key fiscal levers that affect more than 200 state agencies.
- Democrats now include Eckhardt and investment manager Michael Lange in the comptroller primary, while Republicans Christi Craddick, Don Huffines and Interim Comptroller Kelly Hancock vie for the GOP nomination.
- A former Travis County chief executive and a state senator since 2020, Eckhardt was reelected in 2024 and would retain her Senate seat if she loses, in a state where Democrats have not won statewide since 1994.