People · Williamson County Commission
Drew Torres
Commissioner for District 8 on the Williamson County Commission, which adopts the county budget and sets the county property tax rate each June. Torres holds one of the district's two seats, re-elected as a Republican on August 6, 2026, for a term that runs to August 31, 2030.
The seat
District 8.
- Seat
- One of District 8's two seats on the Williamson County Commission
- Party
- Republican, as on the ballot
- This term
- September 1, 2026 to August 31, 2030
- Last elected
- August 6, 2026: 2,199 votes (unofficial)
- The district's race
- Barb Sturgeon 2,352; Drew Torres 2,199; Emily F. Paisley (Democratic) 1,697; Bobbi Saltsman (Democratic) 1,101, for two seats
- Next on the ballot
- August 1, 2030, the county general election
- Earlier in 2026
- Held a seat on the commission; the record below covers the whole year
- Also District 8
- Barb Sturgeon
- County page
- County directory
Election results are the unofficial count the Williamson County Election Commission posted on election night. Districts are from the county's directory and terms from the commission's minutes. The county has not posted the minutes of the May 11 meeting, so the record below leaves that meeting out.
Jan. 12 to Sept. 14, 2026
The 2026 record.
246
Votes cast, of 303
11
Voted no
57
Not cast
1
Meetings missed
Every motion counts, procedure, amendments and deferrals included, and a consent agenda counts once. Absent June 8. How we count.
2026
The commission's 58 split votes, and Torres's.
| Date | What | Result | Torres | Voted no |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 12 | Money for the county attorney to hire counsel on a possible Williamson Health sale (Res. 1-26-17) | Passed 21 to 3 | Yes | Hayes, Richards, Sturgeon |
| Jan. 12 | Independent legal counsel for the commission on Williamson Health (Res. 1-26-1) | Failed 6 to 18 | No | Aiello, Hester, Sanford, Beathard, Jones, Steve Smith, Carden, Mason, Torres, Clifford, Morton, Tunnicliffe, Guffee, O’Neil, Webb, Herbert, Petty, Williams |
| Jan. 12 | Motion to table a commission-hired consultant on any Williamson Health deal (Res. 1-26-2) | Passed 16 to 8 | No | Hayes, Herbert, Lawrence, Petty, Richards, Mary Smith, Sturgeon, Torres |
| Jan. 12 | Giving the county's share of the Fairview ball park to the City of Fairview (Res. 1-26-25) | Passed 23 to 1 | Yes | Hayes |
| Feb. 9 | First step toward $17.85 million in bonds for courthouse land (Res. 2-26-7), which failed on a tie | Failed 11 to 11 | Yes | Aiello, Richards, Clifford, Mary Smith, Herbert, Stresser, Lawrence, Sturgeon, O’Neil, Webb, Petty |
| Feb. 9 | Motion to defer the $17.85 million courthouse land bonds to March (Res. 2-26-8) | Passed 21 to 2 | No | Sturgeon, Torres |
| Feb. 9 | Asking the legislature to review growth-plan and annexation law (Res. 2-26-20): amendment rewording one request | Failed 6 to 17 | No | Beathard, Jones, Steve Smith, Carden, Mason, Sturgeon, Clifford, Morton, Torres, Guffee, Petty, Tunnicliffe, Hayes, Richards, Williams, Herbert, Mary Smith |
| Feb. 9 | Motion to table the growth-plan and annexation resolution (Res. 2-26-20) | Failed 9 to 14 | No | Aiello, Petty, Beathard, Richards, Hayes, Mary Smith, Herbert, Steve Smith, Hester, Stresser, Jones, Sturgeon, Lawrence, Torres |
| Feb. 9 | Motion to end debate on the growth-plan and annexation resolution (Res. 2-26-20) | Passed 22 to 1 | Yes | Richards |
| Feb. 9 | Asking the legislature to review growth-plan and annexation law (Res. 2-26-20) | Passed 16 to 7 | Yes | Carden, Clifford, Guffee, Mason, O’Neil, Tunnicliffe, Webb |
| Feb. 9 | Up to $15 million for LED lighting on school sports fields (Res. 2-26-2) | Failed 5 to 18 | No | Aiello, Hester, Stresser, Beathard, Lawrence, Sturgeon, Carden, Mason, Torres, Clifford, Petty, Tunnicliffe, Guffee, Richards, Webb, Hayes, Mary Smith, Williams |
| Feb. 9 | Up to $6 million to renovate Grassland Middle School (Res. 2-26-3) | Passed 21 to 1 | Yes | Herbert |
| Feb. 9 | Up to $3.6 million to renovate Hillsboro K-8 (Res. 2-26-4) | Passed 21 to 1 | Yes | Herbert |
| Feb. 9 | Motion to take the Williamson Health consultant resolution (Res. 1-26-2) off the table | Failed 11 to 12 | Yes | Aiello, Morton, Beathard, O’Neil, Clifford, Steve Smith, Guffee, Tunnicliffe, Herbert, Webb, Hester, Williams |
| March 9 | Motion to defer the $17.85 million courthouse land bonds to June (Res. 3-26-1) | Passed 18 to 3 | Yes | Carden, O’Neil, Williams |
| March 9 | Motion to defer the first step toward the courthouse land bonds to May (Res. 3-26-25) | Passed 20 to 1 | Yes | O’Neil |
| March 9 | Agreement to buy 926 Columbia Avenue in Franklin for a new courthouse (Res. 3-26-26) | Passed 19 to 2 | Yes | Richards, Tunnicliffe |
| March 9 | Motion to overrule the chair's ruling that a new consultant resolution (Res. 3-26-3) could not be heard while Res. 1-26-2 sat on the table | Failed 6 to 15 | No | Aiello, Morton, Tunnicliffe, Beathard, O’Neil, Webb, Carden, Sanford, Williams, Guffee, Steve Smith, Herbert, Stresser, Jones, Torres |
| March 9 | Motion to take the Williamson Health consultant resolution (Res. 1-26-2) off the table, which failed short of 13 votes | Failed 11 to 10 | Yes | Beathard, Steve Smith, Carden, Tunnicliffe, Guffee, Webb, Herbert, Williams, O’Neil, Sanford |
| March 9 | New education impact fee rates on new homes (Res. 3-26-4) | Passed 19 to 2 | Yes | Hayes, Mary Smith |
| March 9 | Beer and wine sales at the Ag Expo Park during the Rotary rodeo (Res. 3-26-19) | Passed 20 to 1 | Yes | Lawrence |
| March 9 | A revised service agreement with Williamson, Inc., the county chamber (Res. 3-26-22) | Passed 18 to 1 | Yes | Richards |
| March 9 | Overruling four parking and design conditions Franklin's planning staff set on the county's juvenile justice center (Res. 3-26-27) | Passed 20 to 1 | Yes | Richards |
| June 8 | Motion to defer a Hospital Board of Trustees appointment to July | Passed 15 to 6 | Not voting | Beathard, Guffee, Herbert, Steve Smith, Tunnicliffe, Webb |
| June 8 | Motion to defer the $17.85 million courthouse land bonds to July (Res. 6-26-1) | Passed 19 to 2 | Not voting | Herbert, Hester |
| June 8 | Moving $1.18 million to the debt funds to pay energy-savings debt (Res. 6-26-13) | Passed 20 to 1 | Not voting | Hayes |
| June 8 | Adding $600,000 to the parks capital budget (Res. 6-26-22) | Passed 19 to 2 | Not voting | Aiello, Lawrence |
| June 8 | Annual review of the county's lobbying contract (Res. 6-26-42): amendment moving the report's deadline to December 1 | Passed 20 to 1 | Not voting | Webb |
| June 8 | Annual review of the county's lobbying contract (Res. 6-26-42): amendment striking one section | Passed 18 to 2 | Not voting | Hayes, Petty |
| June 18 | Cutting the visitors bureau's share of the hotel tax from 25% to 20% (Res. 6-18-26-1) | Failed 1 to 19 | No | Aiello, Mason, Steve Smith, Beathard, Morton, Stresser, Carden, O’Neil, Torres, Hayes, Petty, Tunnicliffe, Herbert, Richards, Williams, Hester, Sanford, Lawrence, Mary Smith |
| June 18 | 2026-27 budget: amendment removing a raise for county commissioners | Passed 19 to 1 | Yes | Tunnicliffe |
| June 18 | 2026-27 budget: general administration, without the commissioners' raise | Passed 19 to 1 | Yes | Richards |
| June 18 | 2026-27 budget: social, cultural and recreational services | Passed 19 to 1 | Yes | Sanford |
| June 18 | 2026-27 budget: amendment cutting the general fund's employee benefits line | Passed 14 to 6 | Yes | Beathard, Hayes, Mason, Morton, Tunnicliffe, Williams |
| June 18 | 2026-27 budget: other general government, with the benefits cut | Passed 15 to 5 | Yes | Hayes, Hester, Mason, Richards, Tunnicliffe |
| June 18 | 2026-27 budget: the general fund, $184.9 million | Passed 18 to 2 | Yes | Hayes, Richards |
| June 18 | 2026-27 budget: solid waste fund, with a cut to its benefits line | Passed 15 to 5 | Yes | Hayes, Mason, Morton, Tunnicliffe, Williams |
| June 18 | 2026-27 budget: highway fund, with a cut to its benefits line | Passed 15 to 5 | Yes | Hayes, Mason, Morton, Tunnicliffe, Williams |
| June 18 | 2026-27 budget: schools' operating fund, $566.8 million, after cutting insurance per employee from $12,500 to $12,000 | Passed 16 to 4 | Yes | Hester, Mason, Morton, Williams |
| June 18 | 2026-27 budget: school cafeteria fund, with the same insurance cut | Passed 15 to 5 | Yes | Hester, Mason, Morton, Tunnicliffe, Williams |
| June 18 | 2026-27 budget: motion to reconsider the schools' operating fund | Passed 18 to 2 | Yes | Hayes, Stresser |
| June 18 | 2026-27 budget: amendment cutting the schools' operating fund to $564 million | Failed 8 to 12 | No | Beathard, Sanford, Carden, Mary Smith, Hayes, Steve Smith, Lawrence, Torres, Mason, Tunnicliffe, O’Neil, Webb |
| June 18 | 2026-27 budget: extended school program fund, with the insurance cut | Passed 15 to 5 | Yes | Hester, Mason, Morton, Tunnicliffe, Williams |
| June 18 | 2026-27 budget: the whole county budget, $921.9 million | Passed 18 to 2 | Yes | Aiello, Richards |
| June 18 | The 2026-27 budget resolution, as amended (Res. 6-18-26-5) | Passed 17 to 3 | Yes | Aiello, Hayes, Richards |
| June 18 | 2026 property tax rate (Res. 6-18-26-6): amendment lowering the schools' rate from 80 to 77 cents, for a county rate of $1.30 | Passed 13 to 7 | Yes | Beathard, Carden, Hester, Mason, Morton, Tunnicliffe, Williams |
| June 18 | The 2026 property tax rate, $1.30 per $100 of assessed value (Res. 6-18-26-6) | Passed 17 to 3 | Yes | Carden, Mason, Tunnicliffe |
| July 13 | $17.85 million in bonds for courthouse land (Res. 7-26-1, formerly 6-26-1, 3-26-1 and 2-26-8) | Passed 23 to 1 | Yes | Richards |
| July 13 | Intent to fund $6.24 million of county projects from the 2026-27 bond issue (Res. 7-26-9) | Passed 23 to 1 | Yes | Richards |
| July 13 | Intent to fund $13.7 million of school capital needs for 2026-27 (Res. 7-26-32) | Passed 23 to 1 | Yes | Richards |
| July 13 | Intent to fund $15.9 million of school security and network technology (Res. 7-26-33) | Passed 23 to 1 | Yes | Richards |
| July 13 | Intent to fund $5.5 million of school paving and roofs (Res. 7-26-34) | Passed 23 to 1 | Yes | Richards |
| July 13 | Changing the date and time of the commission's June budget meeting (Res. 7-26-37) | Passed 22 to 1 | Yes | Mason |
| Sept. 9 | Motion to end debate on deferring the Williamson Health letter of intent | Passed 16 to 8 | No | Carden, Goodspeed, Jones, Lawrence, Mason, O’Neil, Sturgeon, Torres |
| Sept. 9 | Motion to defer the Williamson Health letter of intent to November 9 | Failed 8 to 16 | Yes | Bailey, McElroy, Beasley, Mitchell, Carden, Morton, Clifford, Sanford, Floyd, Tunnicliffe, Herbert, Verell, Jones, Webb, Mason, Williams |
| Sept. 9 | Letting the county mayor sign a non-binding letter of intent to sell Williamson Health to Ascension Saint Thomas (Res. SS 9-26-1) | Passed 19 to 5 | Yes | Goodspeed, Lawrence, Petty, Sturgeon, Todd |
| Sept. 14 | Motion to let a resident speak on the hospital-sale consultant resolution | Passed 13 to 10 | Yes | Bailey, Tunnicliffe, Beasley, Webb, Clifford, Williams, Herbert, McElroy, Morton, Sanford |
| Sept. 14 | Motion to table hiring an independent consultant on the Williamson Health sale (Res. 9-26-47) | Passed 13 to 10 | No | Bailey, Torres, Fellhauer, Tunnicliffe, Goodspeed, Williams, Lawrence, Petty, Sturgeon, Todd |
Each date links to the page of the county's minutes that records the vote. Every other vote of the year was unanimous among those voting.