What is Civic Mirror?

Civic Mirror is a civic technology platform designed to make government easier to understand, research and engage with. It brings together information about elected offices, public spending, legislation, judicial decisions and civic events into a single, searchable interface. The goal is to reduce fragmentation and help people see how public institutions function in practice, not just in theory.

What problem is Civic Mirror trying to solve?

Most public information already exists, but it is scattered across dozens of websites, written in technical language, and difficult to connect across roles, agencies and decision-making processes. Civic Mirror focuses on aggregation, context and clarity — helping users understand who is responsible for what, how decisions are made, and how those decisions connect over time.

Is Civic Mirror affiliated with a political party or campaign?

No. Civic Mirror is designed as a non-partisan platform. It does not endorse candidates, promote political parties, or tell users what positions to take. The platform is structured to present primary information and sourced material, allowing users to draw their own conclusions.

How does Civic Mirror maintain neutrality?

Neutrality is addressed structurally rather than rhetorically. The platform surfaces original sources wherever possible, clearly labels summarised content, and allows users to view information through different lenses — including progressive, conservative or just the facts. The intent is transparency about framing, not hidden editorial judgement.

What kind of information does the platform include?

Depending on availability, Civic Mirror can include: lists of elected offices at state, county and local level; role descriptions explaining what each office is responsible for; budget and spending information tied to specific offices; legislative bills with plain-language summaries; judicial rulings categorised by case type; public calendars, meetings and livestream links; and evidence panels linking officials to sourced articles, rulings or statements. All content is designed to be navigable without requiring specialist political knowledge.

How does Civic Mirror use AI?

AI is used primarily to process large volumes of public information and convert complex material — such as legislation or court rulings — into readable summaries. The underlying source material remains available, and summaries are intended as entry points, not replacements for original documents.

How can users engage with elected officials through Civic Mirror?

Where verified contact information exists, Civic Mirror allows users to send structured, one-click emails to elected officials about legislation, votes or public actions. The platform also supports pre-written question prompts to help users engage constructively, especially those new to civic participation.

Does Civic Mirror collect or sell user data?

Civic Mirror is designed to minimise data collection. User profiles exist to support engagement features, but the platform is not built around targeted advertising or data monetisation. Long-term sustainability is being approached cautiously, with an emphasis on trust and public value.

What makes Civic Mirror different from existing civic or transparency tools?

Many existing tools focus on a single dimension — voting records, legislation, budgets or elections. Civic Mirror's differentiator is connection: linking roles, decisions, money, events and outcomes so users can see how individual actions fit into a broader system. The emphasis is on continuity rather than snapshots.

Who is Civic Mirror for?

Civic Mirror is for anyone who wants a clearer, more connected understanding of how government works — whether they are voting, researching an issue, attending meetings, or simply trying to stay informed about the institutions that affect their daily lives. It is designed to be usable by people with no prior expertise, while still supporting deeper exploration for advanced users.

What is the long-term vision for Civic Mirror?

The long-term goal is to create durable civic infrastructure — what Pecenica describes as connective tissue between the public and their representatives. Rather than focusing on individual election cycles or controversies, Civic Mirror aims to support ongoing engagement, accountability and institutional memory over time.

What's next for the platform?

Planned enhancements include candidate profiles alongside existing officeholders, improved issue-based filtering (e.g. environment, education, infrastructure), deeper legislative tracking across committees and voting stages, and expanded coverage beyond Indiana. Development is iterative, with user feedback shaping priorities.

Jefferson County

162 seats · 162 filled · 0 vacant

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	✎▶Seat CAND	TIP Name ⊘ AMA	Next Election
▶ Municipal (58: 58 filled, 0 vacant)
+	Mayor, mayor	() Becky Ames	May 4, 2027
+	Beaumont City Council Member Dist synthetic at-large d	() Randy Feldschau	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member, 1	() Taylor Neild	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member, 2	() Mike Getz	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member, 3	() Audwin Samuel	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member, 4	() Robin Mouton	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member, synthetic at-large d	() W.L Pate	May 4, 2027
+	City of Beaumont	() Roy West	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Cory Crenshaw	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Chris Durio	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Joey Hilliard	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() LaDonna Sherwood	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Mike Williams	May 4, 2027
+	City of Beaumont	() Albert Turner	May 4, 2027
+	City of Bevil Oaks	() Cheri Mitchell	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Lonnie Clayton	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Roger Mannette	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Louis Merendino	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Jeff Thibodeaux	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Jim Wright	May 4, 2027
+	City of China	() Matthew Lopez	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Whitney Gray	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Phillip Kibodeaux	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Andy Kuebodeaux	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Rachel Shauberger	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Laura Zaro	May 4, 2027
+	City of Groves	() Chris Borne	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Rea Gay	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Brandon Holmes	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Pete Konidis	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Mark McAdams	May 4, 2027
+	City of Groves	() Christopher Robin	May 4, 2027
+	City of Nederland	() Jeffrey Darby	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Bret Duplant	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Britton Jones	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Jeff Ortiz	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Randy Sonnier	May 4, 2027
+	City of Nederland	() Gay Ferguson AMA	May 4, 2027
+	City of Nome	() Kerry Abney	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Sharon Abney	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() David Allen	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Aureliano Godinez	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Cindy Hood	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Katry Martin	May 4, 2027
+	City of Port Arthur	() Charlotte Moses	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Donean Beckcom	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Donald Frank, Sr	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Tiffany Hamilton	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Thomas Kinlaw, III	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Willie Lewis, Jr	May 4, 2027
+	City of Port Arthur	() Harold Doucet, Sr	May 4, 2027
+	City of Port Neches	() Robert Arnold	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Adam Anders	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Heather Burton	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Paul Lemoine	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Terry Schwertner	May 4, 2027
+	City Council Member	() Jim Wallace	May 4, 2027
+	City of Taylor Landing	() John Durkay AMA	May 4, 2027
▶ School (50: 50 filled, 0 vacant)
+	School Board Trustee	() Matilda Hickman	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Stacey Lewis	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Alvaro Agudelo	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Cheryl Cherry	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Aubrey Kimler	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Bobby Martin JR	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Ronald Mccraw	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() James Mcduffie	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Gilberto Moreno	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Rozanne Blount	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Autumn Brown	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() John Ceravolo	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Marcelo Molfino	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Katherine Ramsey	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Katherine Williams	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Dorothy Wilson	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Chad Blanchard	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Mike Broussard	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Jeff Burdick	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Bobby Mott	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() William Reneau	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Shawn Smith	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Jerry Albanese	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Kay Decuir	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Suzanne Isom	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Cody Meaux AMA	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Tonya Mitchell	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Micah Mosley	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Nicholas Phillips	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Roya Scott	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Brandon Bartie	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Dianne Brown	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Taylor Getwood	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Kenneth Lofton	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Jacori Narcisse	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Kimberly Wycoff-Johnson	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Dr Bartlett	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Brandon Cropper	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Dr Duhon	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Jake Lefort	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Dustin Marsh	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Lana Parker	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Eric Sullivan	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Phyllis Almond	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Ethan Blood	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Jennifer Blood	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Charlene Deslatte	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Kristi Heid AMA	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Kristina Marshall	May 4, 2027
+	School Board Trustee	() Julie Saunders	May 4, 2027
▶ County (7: 7 filled, 0 vacant)
+	Jefferson County	() Roxanne Acosta-Hellberg AMA	Nov 3, 2026
+	Constitutional County Judge	() Jeff Branick	Nov 3, 2026
+	County Legislator, 1	() Vernon Pierce	Nov 3, 2026
+	Criminal District Attorney	() Keith Giblin	Nov 3, 2026
+	Jefferson County Commissioner Dist 1	(R) Vernon Pierce	Nov 3, 2026
+	Sheriff, n/a	() Zena Stephens	Nov 3, 2026
+	Tax Assessor-Collector	() Kate Carroll AMA	Nov 3, 2026
▶ Judicial (11: 11 filled, 0 vacant)
+	279th District Court	() Jeffery (Randy) Shelton	Nov 3, 2026
+	County Court-at-Law Judge	() Gerald Eddins	Nov 3, 2026
+	Justice of Peace	() Brad Burnett	Nov 3, 2026
+	Justice of Peace	() Justin Ray Chesson	Nov 3, 2026
+	Justice of Peace	() Sr., Benjamin C. Collins	Nov 3, 2026
+	Justice of Peace	() Naomi Doyle	Nov 3, 2026
+	Justice of Peace	() Sr., Kalan Gardner	Nov 3, 2026
+	Justice of Peace	() Joseph L. Guillory II	Nov 3, 2026
+	Justice of Peace	() Jr., Ransom (Duce) W. Jones	Nov 3, 2026
+	Statutory County Court Judge	() Gerald W. Eddins	Nov 3, 2026
+	Statutory County Court Judge	() Terrence L. Holmes	Nov 3, 2026
▶ State (5: 5 filled, 0 vacant)
	TX Governor	(R) Greg Abbott 1	Nov 3, 2026
+	TX Attorney General	(R) Ken Paxton	Nov 3, 2026
+	TX Secretary of State	(R) Jane Nelson	Nov 3, 2026
+	Texas House of Representatives District 21	(R) Dade Phelan AMA	Nov 3, 2026
+	Texas House of Representatives District 22	(D) Christian Manuel AMA	Nov 3, 2026
▶ Federal (24: 24 filled, 0 vacant)
	U.S. Representative — District 14	(R) Randy Weber Sr. AMA	Nov 3, 2026
	U.S. Representative — District 36	(R) Brian Babin AMA	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas	(N) J. Barker	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas	(N) Ron Clark	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas	(N) Marcia Crone	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas	(N) Jane Boyle	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas	(N) Ada Brown	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas	(N) Samuel Cummings	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas	(N) A[llen] Fish	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas	(N) Sidney Fitzwater	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas	(N) Micaela Alvarez	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas	(N) Alfred Bennett	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas	(N) Jeffrey Brown	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas	(N) Randy Crane	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas	(N) Keith Ellison	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas	(N) Charles Eskridge III	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas	(N) Nicholas Ganjei	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas	(N) Marina Garcia Marmolejo	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas	(N) Alan Albright	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas	(N) Samuel Biery Jr.	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas	(N) David Briones	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas	(N) Kathleen Cardone	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas	(N) Walter Counts III	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas	(N) Orlando Garcia	Nov 3, 2026
▶ Special (7: 7 filled, 0 vacant)
+	Jefferson County Drainage District #7	() Allen Sims AMA	May 4, 2027
+	Jefferson County Water Control & Improvement District #10	() Thomas Mcdonald AMA	May 4, 2027
+	Meeker Municipal Water District	() Tommy Showers AMA	May 4, 2027
+	Northwest Forest Municipal Utility District	() Roger Croley AMA	May 4, 2027
+	Port of Beaumont Navigation District	() David Fisher AMA	May 4, 2027
+	Port of Port Arthur Navigation District	() Larry Kelley AMA	May 4, 2027
+	West Jefferson County Municipal Water District	() Daniel Hidalgo AMA	May 4, 2027

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