The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts is an executive branch position created by the Texas Constitution. As with nearly every other executive branch head, the comptroller is popularly elected every four years concurrently with the governor and the other elected executive branch positions (elections take place in even number years not divisible by four; e.g., 2006, 2010, and so on). The current comptroller is Susan Combs, having been elected to her first term in 2006 after the incumbent, Carole Keeton Strayhorn, chose not to run for re-election to a third term.
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