In the March 10 party primaries, voters will narrow the field of candidates to the top Democratic and Republican vote-getters in state and county races. Nominees from each party will proceed to the Nov. 3 election. Below are the list of candidates on the ballot for County Judge and four seats on the county Commissioners Court. More on the other races later.

County Judge
Valarie Bristol (D)
Sam Biscoe (D)
Hank Gonzalez (R)
Dewayne Naumann (R)


County Commissioners Pct. 1
Ron Davis (D)
Stacy Dukes-Rhone (D)
Darwin McKee (D)*
Greg Parker (R)

Pct. 2
Karen Sonleitner (D)*
Haywood Ware (D)
Jim Shaw (R)
Bob Honts (R)

Pct. 3
Nan Clayton (D)
Ann Graham (D)
Todd Baxter (R)
Rick Schafer (R)
Darrell Wilson (R)
Albert W. “Al” Holmes (R)

Pct. 4
Richard Moya (D)
Margaret Gomez (D)*
Bob Larson (R)


Travis County Voting Demographics

Population: 683,967

1996 Democratic Primary: 40,132 voters
1996 Republican Primary: 42,978 voters

1994 Democratic Primary: 43,309
1994 Republican Primary: 19,142

This article appears in February 13 • 1998 and February 13 • 1998 (Cover).

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