Early voting for the Republican and Democratic Primary will wrap up this week, and Election Day will be held Tuesday, March 3 as voters cast ballots on county, state and federal candidates.
Erath County races including County Commissioner Precinct 2 and both Justice of the Peace races will be on the Republican Party ballot varied by which precinct voters live in.
Early voting and Election Day votes can be cast at both the Erath County Annex II located at 222 E. College Street in Stephenville and the Dublin Annex located at 219 S. Grafton Street in Dublin.
Early voting hours for the Stephenville location are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Friday, Feb. 27. At the Dublin location voting will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Friday, Feb. 27.
For Election Day, voting locations will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 3 at the Erath County Annex, Dublin Annex, Lingleville Volunteer Fire Department (19010 W. FM 8 – Stephenville), Texas A&M Agrilife Research and Extension Center (1229 N. U.S. Hwy. 281 in Stephenville), Texas Bank (988 Wolfe Nursery Rd. in Stephenville), Morgan Mill Community Center (406 CR 156); Selden Community Center (4142 FM 913), United Cooperative Services (1200 Glen Rose Highway, Stephenville), Bluff Dale Community Center (175 Holt, Bluffdale), and Huckabay Community Center (42346 North FM 219, Stephenville).
Candidate profiles and information about the races are now available in a free digital voter’s guide on dublincitizen. com.
Races featured on the Republican ballot for Erath County are listed below.
Federal (Republican) U.S. Senator – Wesley Hunt, Sara Canady, Gulrez ‘Gus Khan, (i) John Coryn, John O. Adefope, Ken Paxton, Virgil John Bierschwale and Anna Bender U.S. Rep, District 28 – (i) Roger Williams State (Republican) Governor – Nathaniel Welch, Arturo Espinosa, Charles Andrew Crouch, R.F. ‘Bob’ Achgill, Evelyn Brooks, Pete ‘Doc’ Chambers, Kenneth Hyde, Mark V. Goloby, (i) Greg Abbott, Stephen Samuelson and Ronnie Tullos.
Lt. Gov. – Perla Munoz Hopkins, Timothy Mabry, Esala Wueschner and (i) Dan Patrick.
Attorney General – Chip Roy, Joan Huffman, Mayes Middleton and Aaron Reitz.
Comptroller of Public Accounts – Kelly Hancock, Michael Berlanga, Don Huffines and Christi Craddock.
Commissioner of the General Land Office – (i) Dawn Buckingham.
Commissioner of Agriculture – (i) Sid Miller and Nate Sheets Railroad Commissioner – Bo French, Hawk Dunlap, Katherine Culbert, (i) Jim Wright and James (Jim) Matlock.
Chief Justice, Supreme Court – (i) Jimmy Blacklock.
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2, unexpired term – (i) James P. Sullivan Justice, Supreme Court, Place 7 – Kyle Hawkins Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8 – Brett Busby Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3 – (i) Thomas Smith, Brent Coffee, Alison Fox and Lesli Fitzpatrick.
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4 – Kevin Patrick Yeary.
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9 – (i) John Messinger and Jennifer Balido.
Member, State Board of Education, District 14 – Mindy Bungarner.
State Senator, District 22 – David Cook, Rena Schroeder and Jon Gimble.
State Representative, District 59 – (i) Shelby Slawson Chief Justice, 15th Court of Appeals District – (i)Scott Brister.
Justice, 15th Court of Appeals District, Place 2 – (i) Scott K. Field.
Justice, 15th Court of Appeals District, Place 3 – (i)April Farris.
Justice, 11th Court of Appeals District, Place 2 – (i) Bruce Williams
District Judge, 266th Judicial District – (i) Jason Cashon County (Republican) County Judge – (i) Brandon Huckabee.
Judge, County Court at Law – (i) Blake Thompson.
District Clerk – (i) Wanda Greer.
County Clerk – (i) Gwinda Jones.
County Treasurer – (i) Angie Shawver.
Justice of the Peace,
Precinct 1, 3 and 4 – (i) Jeff ‘Chili’ Alexander and Melissa Sanchez Ferguson County Commissioner Precinct 4 –(i) Jim Buck Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2 – Dionica Azua and (i) David Martin.
County Commissioner, Precinct 2 – (i) Albert Ray, Dale Spurlen and David Bays.
County Chair – Rick Gann
Republican Ballot Propositions
(These propositions are non-binding measures that appear on the ballot to gauge voter support for specific issues and voters will cast either a yes or no vote) Prop. 1 – Texas property taxes should be assessed at the purchase price and phased out entirely over the next six years through spending reductions.
Prop. 2 – Texas should require any local government budget that raises property taxes to be approved by voters at a November general election.
Prop. 3 – Texas should prohibit the denial of healthcare or any medical service based solely on the patient’s vaccination status.
Prop. 4 – Texas should require its public schools to teach that life begins at fertilization.
Prop. 5 – Texas should ban gender, sexuality and reproductive clinics and services in K-12 schools.
Prop. 6 – Texas should enact term limits on all elected officials.
Prop. 7 – Texas should ban the large-scale export or sale of our groundwater and surface water to any single private or public entity.
Prop. 8 – The Texas Legislature should reduce the burden of illegal immigration on taxpayers by ending public services for illegal aliens.
Prop. 9 – The Republican- controlled Texas Legislature should stop awarding leadership positions, including committee and subcommittee chairmanships and vice chairmanships, to Democrats.
Prop. 10 – Texas should prohibit Sharia Law.
Races featured on the Democratic ballot for Erath County are listed below.
Federal (Democrat) U.S. Senator – Ahmad R. Hassan, Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico.
U.S. Representative, District 25 – Dione Sims and William Marks.
State (Democrat) Governor – Gina Hinojosa, Jose Navarro Balbuena, Carlton W. Hart, Andrew White, Patricia Abrego, Chris Bell, Zach Vance, Angela “TiaAngie” Villescaz and Bobby Cole.
Lt. Gov. – Courtney Head, Vikki Goodwin and Marcos Isias Velez.
Attorney General – Nathan Johnson, Anthony ‘Tony’ Box and Joe Jaworski.
Comptroller of Public Accounts – Sarah Eckhardt, Michael Lange and Savant Moore.
Commissioner of the General Land Office – Benjamin Flores and Jose Loya.
Commissioner of Agriculture – Clayton Tucker.
Railroad Commissioner – Jon Rosenthal.
Chief Justice, Supreme Court – Cory L. Carlyle and Maggie Ellis.
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2 – unexpired term-Chari Kelly Justice, Supreme Court, Place 7 – Gordon Goodman and Kristen Hawkins Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8 – Gisela D. Triana.
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3 – Okey Anyiam.
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4 – Audra Riley.
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9 – Holly Taylor.
Member, State Board of Education, District 14 – Amy Taylor.
State Senator, District 22 – Amy Martinez-Salas. State Representative, District 59 – Ethan Newcomer and Andrew Turner.
Chief Justice, 15th Court of Appeals District – Jerry Zimmerer.
Justice, 15th court of appeals district, Place 2 – Tom Baker Justice, 15th Court of
Appeals District, Place 3 – Marc M. Meyer County (Democrat) County Chair – Moumin Quazi.
Democrat Ballot Propositions Prop 1. – Texas should expand Medicaid and ensure access to affordable healthcare for all.
Prop. 2 – Texans should support humane and dignified immigration policies and pathways to citizenship.
Prop. 3 – Texans should have the right to make their own healthcare decisions, including reproductive rights.
Prop. 4 – Texas should address the state’s housing crisis in affordability and access in both urban and rural communities.
Prop. 5 – Texas should fund all public schools at the same per-pupil rate as the national average.
Prop. 6 – Secure online voter registration should be accessible to all eligible Texas residents.
Prop. 7 – Texas should have a clean and healthy environment that includes water, air and biodiversity. Texas must preserve the state’s natural, cultural, scenic and recreational resources.
Prop. 8 – Texas should legalize cannabis for adults and automatically expunge criminal records for past low-level cannabis offenses.
Prop. 9 – Texas should raise salaries to at least the national average and should provide a cost-ofliving increase based on the national Consumer Price Index every two years to current/retired school and state employees.
Prop. 10 – Texas should ban racially motivated redistricting, ban middecade redistricting, and create a non-partisan redistricting board to redraw lines every 10 years.
Prop. 11 – The Working Class should be eligible for greater federal income tax relief and have their tax burden fairly shifted onto the wealthiest.
Prop. 12 – Texas should expand accessible public transportation opportunities in rural and urban communities so residents can get to their workplaces, schools and healthcare.
Prop. 13 – Texas should prevent individuals with a history of domestic abuse from purchasing firearms by implementing ‘red flag’ laws.