Sarah Eckhardt
Senator · State senate · Texas · District 14
Democratic
Biography
Sarah Eckhardt is honored to have been elected the Senator for Travis County in July of 2020. After receiving an LBJ School Master of Public Affairs and law degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1998, Eckhardt worked for eight years as an Assistant Travis County Attorney. From 2006-2013 she served as a Travis County Commissioner representing 300,000 people. From 2015-2020 she served as the Travis County Judge presiding over the Commissioners Court and representing 1.3 million people. Eckhardt's public service experience includes emergency response, health care, workforce and economic development, criminal justice, water policy, transportation, and budget and finance.
On the record
- Education
- University of Texas at Austin, Master of Public Affairs, 1998; University of Texas at Austin, law degree, 1998
- Profession
- Assistant Travis County Attorney; Travis County Commissioner; Travis County Judge
- Family
- Two children.
Contact
- Capitol office
- Room E1.804, 1100 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701 · 512-463-0114
- Phone
- 512-463-0114
- sarah.eckhardt@senate.texas.gov