Rare bipartisan race set for Llano County Pct. 4 commissioner seat
A rare bipartisan race will be on the Nov. 3 ballot for residents of Precinct 4 in Llano County. Republican incumbent Jerry Don Moss will face Democratic challenger Leila Green Little at the polls for the Precinct 4 commissioner seat.
A rare bipartisan race will be on the Nov. 3 ballot for residents of Precinct 4 in Llano County. Republican incumbent Jerry Don Moss will face Democratic challenger Leila Green Little at the polls for the Precinct 4 commissioner seat.
Moss and Little are officially locked in as the only candidates for the Precinct 4 seat in Llano County as the window for write-in candidacy closed on Monday, Aug. 17.
- Last day to register to vote in this election- Oct. 5
- Early voting- Oct. 19-30
- Election day- Nov. 3
Llano County rarely sees bipartisan races, with most contests decided in the Republican primary due to a complete lack of Democratic or independent candidates on the ballot for the general election.
The intrigue of this race is multi-layered, with Moss defeating Robert Little, the husband of Leila Green Little, in the Republican primary to secure the party’s nomination this past March.
Leila ran as a Democrat, unopposed, securing her party’s nomination.
See the results of the 2026 Llano County March primary election in the March 5, 2026 DailyTrib story “New Llano County judge and JP 3; Republican commissioner to take on Democratic challenger in November”
Llano County commissioners serve four-year terms and, as of 2025, earn an annual salary of $73,786. There are no term limits for serving as a county commissioner.
The Llano County Precinct 4 commissioner is one of five members of the Llano County Commissioners Court. The court is responsible for determining county policy; setting the budget; setting the county tax rate; and representing the county at the local, state, and federal levels. This is not a court in the traditional judicial sense, but a body of elected officials that represent Llano County residents at the local level.
The Precinct 4 commissioner represents one of the four precincts in the county and is also responsible for maintaining the roads, bridges, and county-owned infrastructure outside of any city limits within that precinct. Precinct 4 includes the city of Llano and much of western Llano County.
Moss has served as the Precinct 4 commissioner since 2007, and before that worked as a crew chief for the Llano County Road and Bridge Department.
“I think that the community and Precinct 4 support me and the work I do for this county,” Moss told DailyTrib. “I’m looking forward to November.”
Little has not held political office in Llano County, but has been involved in local politics since 2022 when she and other residents filed a lawsuit against the county for perceived constitutional violations related to county officials and employees removing books from the Llano County Library System.
“I entered this race to provide west Llano County voters with an alternative to our incumbent politico (Moss),” Little told DailyTrib. “He has used his words and actions to stoke local culture wars instead of serving our community’s best interests in his votes. I look forward to informing voters so they can make an educated decision at the ballot box.”
Little has history with Moss, as he was a named defendant in the library system lawsuit. That legal dispute was settled by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2025, with the court refusing to hear an appeal that would have kept the suit alive after it was denied by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that sided with the county and its representatives earlier that year.