Courtney Head is originally from San Antonio. She earned an associate's degree in paralegal studies from San Antonio college and a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Houston. Courtney lives with her husband and two children.

Courtney is a Contracts & Privacy Manager. She works at ESO Solutions, Inc, a software company based in Columbus, OH. She previously worked as a business manager and in public-sector contract negotiation and compliance.

Courtney currently works as a contracts and privacy manager for ARCOS, LLC, a software company. She previously worked as a contract manager for ESO Solutions, Inc., a software company.

Courtney Head's campaign for Lieutenant Governor of Texas is her first entry into politics.

Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2026 (March 3 Democratic ...

Courtney's campaign for lieutenant governor of Texas is her first run for public office.

Supports fair wages and small businesses to drive the economy forward.

Supports fair wages and small businesses.

For Candidate Courtney Head on Issue economy:  
Commits to delivering meaningful property tax relief while maintaining essential community services.

Commits to delivering meaningful property tax relief while maintaining essential services.

- Supports fair wages and small businesses.
- Commits to delivering meaningful property tax relief while maintaining essential services.

Economy

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Supports expanding mental health care, strengthening rural hospitals, and improving access to addiction treatment to enhance community health outcomes.

Supports expanding mental health care, strengthening rural hospitals, and improving access to addiction treatment.

Supports expanded access to medical cannabis for patients under doctor guidance and advocates for a fair marketplace that includes Texas farmers, veterans, and small business owners.

For Candidate Courtney Head on Issue healthcare:  
Prioritizes women's right to make autonomous healthcare decisions and aims to ensure care is accessible to all communities, both rural and urban.

Prioritizes women's right to make autonomous healthcare decisions and aims to ensure care is accessible to all communities, both rural and urban.

- Supports expanding mental health care, strengthening rural hospitals, and improving access to addiction treatment.
- Supports expanded access to medical cannabis for patients under doctor guidance and advocates for a fair marketplace that includes Texas farmers, veterans, and small business owners.
- Prioritizes women's right to make autonomous healthcare decisions and aims to ensure care is accessible to all communities, both rural and urban.
- Supports access to abortion.

Healthcare

Supports using legalization revenue to double Texas's renewable workforce and maintain leadership in both traditional and clean energy.

Supports using revenue from legalizing marijuana to double Texas's renewable workforce and maintain leadership in both traditional and clean energy.

- Supports using revenue from legalizing marijuana to double Texas's renewable workforce and maintain leadership in both traditional and clean energy.

Energy & the Environment

For Candidate Courtney Head on Issue public-safety:  
Supports Complete Streets planning to design safer roads for drivers, bus riders, cyclists, and pedestrians, while enhancing neighborhood resilience.

Supports safer roads for drivers, bus riders, cyclists, and pedestrians, while enhancing neighborhood resilience.

Supports investing in highways while expanding public transit to reduce congestion and improve transportation choices for Texans.

Supports investing in highways while expanding public transit to reduce congestion and improve transportation choice.

Supports utilizing Texas' budget surpluses and the Permanent School Fund to benefit children and public safety initiatives.

Supports targeted reinvestment to strengthen grid reliability through weatherization, modern transmission, and energy storage.

Supports legalizing marijuana and investing tax revenue into education, healthcare, transportation, and the energy grid.

- Supports safer roads for drivers, bus riders, cyclists, and pedestrians, while enhancing neighborhood resilience.
- Supports investing in highways while expanding public transit to reduce congestion and improve transportation choice.
- Supports utilizing Texas' budget surpluses and the Permanent School Fund to benefit children and public safety initiatives.
- Supports targeted reinvestment to strengthen grid reliability through weatherization, modern transmission, and energy storage.
- Supports legalizing marijuana and investing tax revenue into education, healthcare, transportation, and the energy grid.

Public Safety

Supports balanced immigration reform that reflects both compassion and security.

Supports immigration reform that reflects both compassion and security.

As of January 22, 2026, Courtney Head’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Supports paying teachers as professionals to attract and retain great educators.

Supports paying teachers as professionals.

Opposes private school vouchers, asserting that public funds should be used solely for public education and that such vouchers violate the state constitution and the principle of equal access to education.

Opposes school vouchers, saying that public funds should be used solely for public education and that such vouchers violate the state constitution and the principle of equal access to education.

For Candidate Courtney Head on Issue education: Supports directing funding into classrooms to raise teacher pay, modernize facilities, update curriculum, and ensure safe, supportive learning environments.

Supports directing funding into classrooms to raise teacher pay, modernize facilities, update curriculum, and ensure safe, supportive learning environments.

- Supports paying teachers as professionals.
- Opposes school vouchers, saying that public funds should be used solely for public education and that such vouchers violate the state constitution and the principle of equal access to education.
- Supports directing funding into classrooms to raise teacher pay, modernize facilities, update curriculum, and ensure safe, supportive learning environments.

Education

Commits to ensuring clear and open communication in government actions and spending, aiming to make processes more accessible and inclusive for all Texans.

- Commits to ensuring clear and open communication in government actions and spending, aiming to make processes more accessible and inclusive for all Texans.

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Courtney Head

- Supports fair wages and small businesses.
- Commits to delivering meaningful property tax relief while maintaining essential services.
- Supports immigration reform that reflects both compassion and security.

Courtney's campaign for Lieutenant Governor of Texas is her first run for public office.

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- The lieutenant governor is elected statewide by voters and is the second-highest elected official in Texas.
- They run the Texas Senate, deciding which bills are considered and who serves on Senate committees. This gives them major influence over state laws.
- They can cast a deciding vote in the Senate if there is a tie.
- The lieutenant governor helps shape the state budget and policy priorities by serving on key budget and oversight boards.
- If the governor is out of state, temporarily unable to serve, or leaves office, the lieutenant governor takes over the governor’s duties. If the governor leaves office permanently, the lieutenant governor becomes governor.
- The lieutenant governor serves a four-year term and can run again with no term limits.
- The position pays the same base salary as a Texas state legislator (about $7,200 a year), plus additional daily pay during legislative sessions.