The Primary Candidates
Local and statewide candidates hit the campaign trail
Fri., Jan. 22, 2010
There were several late filings for the March 2 primaries that didn't make it into our Jan. 8 chart. This updated list of contested races includes those of the Libertarian Party of Texas (which selects nominees in a series of conventions). Contested primaries are in italics.
STATEWIDE
Governor
D: Bill White, Farouk Shami, Star Locke, Felix Alvarado, Alma Ludivina Aguado, Bill Dear, Clement Glenn
R: Rick Perry*, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Debra Medina
L: Jeff Daiell, Steve Nichols, M.J. "Smitty" Smith, Edward Tidwell, Katherine Youngblood Glass
Lieutenant Governor
D: Ronnie Earle, Marc Katz, Linda Chavez-Thompson
R: David Dewhurst*
L: Scott Jameson, Todd Minor
Agriculture Commissioner
D: Hank Gilbert, Kinky Friedman
R: Todd Staples*
Land Commissioner
D: Hector Uribe, Bill Burton
R: Jerry Patterson*
Supreme Court Place 3
D: Jim Sharp
R: Jeff Brown, Rick Green, Debra Lehrmann, Jim Moseley, Rebecca Simmons, Rick Strange
L: William Strange
Supreme Court Place 9
D: Blake Bailey
R: Eva Guzman*, Rose Vela
L: Jack Armstrong
Railroad Commission
D: Jeff Weems
R: Victor Carrillo*, David Porter
CONGRESSIONAL
Congressional District 10
D: Ted Ankrum
R: Michael McCaul*, Joe Petronis, Rick Martin
L: Jeremiah "JP" Perkins
CD 21
D: Lainey Melnick
R: Lamar Smith*, Stephen Schoppe
L: James Arthur Strohm
CD 25
D: Lloyd Doggett*
R: Donna Campbell, George Morovich
L: Cory W. Bruner, Jim Stutsman
TEXAS LEGISLATURE
Senate District 14
D: Kirk Watson*
R: Mary Lou Serafine
L: Kent Phillips, Ron Bennett, Sid Atkinson Jr.
SD 25
R: Jeff Wentworth*
L: Arthur Maxwell Thomas IV
House District 46
D: Dawnna Dukes*
L: George E. Emery
HD 47
D: Valinda Bolton*
R: Holly Turner, Paul Workman, David Sewell
L: Joe Edgar, Kris Bailey
HD 48
D: Donna Howard*
R: Dan Neil
L: Ben Easton
HD 49
D: Elliott Naishtat*
L: Nathan Kleffman, Norman Horn
HD 50
D: Mark Strama*
R: Ryan Lambert, Patrick McGuinness
L: Emily Cowan
HD 51
D: Eddie Rodriguez*
R: Marilyn Jackson
L: Arthur DiBianca
3RD COURT OF APPEALS
Place 4
R:
Scott Field, Melissa GoodwinJUDICIAL RACES (CONTESTED)
147th District Court
D: Cliff Brown, Bill Gammon
201st District Court
D: Jan Patterson, Amy Clark Meachum
299th District Court
D: Leonard Martinez, Mindy Montford, Eve Schatelowitz Alcantar, Karen Sage
331st District Court
D: David Crain, Keith Lauerman
County Court at Law 3
D: John Lipscombe, Olga Seelig
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE (CONTESTED)
Precinct 1
D: Daniel Bradford, Yvonne M. Williams
Precinct 2
D: Fidel "Ace" Acevedo, Karin Crump
Precinct 3
D: Susan Steeg*
R: Michael Barré, Madeleine Connor
Precinct 5
D: Richard Glasheen, Herb Evans*
TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT
County Judge
D: Sam Biscoe*
R: Mike McNamara
Commissioner, Precinct 2
D: Sarah Eckhardt*
R: David Buttross
L: Matthew Finkel
Commissioner, Precinct 4
D: Margaret Gómez*, Raul Alvarez
L: David Dreesen
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
District 5
D: Robert Bohmfalk, Rebecca Bell-Metereau, Josiah Ingalls, Daniel Boone
R: Ken Mercer*, Tim Tuggey
District 10
D: Judy Jennings
R: Rebecca Osborne, Brian Russell, Marsha Farney
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