Corpus Christi, Texas Public Records

The city's thriving tourism industry, anchored by attractions like the Texas State Aquarium and the USS Lexington Museum, generates substantial revenue and supports a wide range of businesses, from hotels and restaurants to retail establishments and cultural institutions.

Texas residents can register to vote online through the Texas Secretary of State at texas.gov or by submitting a voter registration application by mail; applications must be postmarked at least 30 days before an election. Voters need to provide their Texas driver's license number or personal identification number, and if they don't have either, the last four digits of their Social Security number. Municipal elections for mayor and city council occur every two years in November of odd-numbered years. The city operates under a council-manager government with a mayor and eight council members elected from single-member districts. The next municipal election is scheduled for November 2025, when all nine positions will be on the ballot. Local ballot measures, including bond propositions for infrastructure improvements, are also decided in these elections. Residents find their assigned polling place through the Nueces County elections website, which provides a polling place lookup tool by entering name and date of birth or by address. The county operates approximately 60 election day polling locations and numerous early voting sites. In Texas, public election records include voter registration lists (available for purchase for political purposes), campaign finance reports filed with the Texas Ethics Commission and city clerk, candidate applications and filings, and precinct-level election results. The department publishes detailed election results on its website after each election. In the November 2024 presidential election, the county recorded approximately 105,000 total votes cast, representing roughly 53% turnout of registered voters, with the county narrowly supporting the Republican presidential candidate. The November 3, 2026 general election will feature critical races for local voters, including the Texas gubernatorial race (Governor Greg Abbott's term expires), all statewide executive offices including Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General, U.S. Senate (the seat currently held by Senator John Cornyn is up in 2026), all U.S. House seats including Texas District 27 which covers the city, all Texas House seats (Districts 32, 33, 34, and 43 serve parts of Corpus Christi/Nueces County), half of the Texas Senate seats, and county offices including County Judge, County Clerk, District Clerk, Tax Assessor-Collector, and various constable and justice of the peace positions. Texas has restrictive mail-in voting laws; absentee voting by mail is only available to voters who are 65 or older, disabled, out of the county during the election period including early voting, or confined in jail. Applications for mail-in ballots must be submitted to the Nueces County Elections Department and received (not postmarked) by the 11th day before election day. Early voting for most elections runs for two weeks before election day at multiple locations throughout Nueces County, with extended hours on some days.