Regional Association Elects Judge McKinney to Leadership Post

(PHOTO: Dr. Peter McGuill, director of the V.G. Young Institute of County Government, administers the oath of office to incoming Association First Vice President Wade McKinney, Henderson County Judge.)

Henderson County Judge Wade McKinney has been elected first vice president
of the North & East Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association, a 74-
county subregion of the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas
(CJCAT).

County officials applauded McKinney as he took his oath of office during the
North & East Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association Annual
Conference conducted July 11-14 in Denton.

The CJCAT is a statewide organization comprised of County Judges and
County Commissioners with more than 1,200 active members. Both the CJCAT
and its regional associations promote the interests of county government through
continuing education and active participation in governmental affairs, particularly
the Texas Legislature.

“The people of Texas and the members of the North & East Association will be
well served by the leadership provided by Judge McKinney and the other officers,”
said Jim Allison, general counsel to the CJCAT. “We look forward to a successful
year for the organization.”

For more information on this article, please contact Julie Anderson, editor of
County Progress magazine, at 325-280-1158 or janderson@zacpubs.com.

(PHOTO: The 2022-23 North & East Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association officers include, from left: Secretary/Treasurer Jim Lovell, Houston County Judge; First Vice President Wade McKinney, Henderson County Judge; President Kelly Traylor, Cherokee County Commissioner; Second Vice President Larry Woolley, Johnson County Commissioner; and Immediate Past President Byron Ryder, Leon County Judge.)