Voters will decide several contested primary races

Several Burnet County Republican candidates are on the ballot for the election, during the March 5 primary.

Early voting is underway today, Feb. 20 through Friday, March 1. (See voting location story on Page 1).

Caleb Carrasco, Chad Collier, Joseph Rosser, Homer D. Will and Cord Woerner plan to run for Pct. 3 Burnet County commissioner. Incumbent Pct. 3 Commissioner Billy Wall did not run for re-election.

Candidates Susan Allen, Adrienne Feild and DeAnne Fisher plan to run for Burnet County tax assessor-collector.

Garry Adams and Brian Knowles plan to run for Pct. 2 constable.

In the 33rd/424th Judicial District position, incumbent Wiley “Sonny” McAfee did not run for re-election. Vying for the position are Marie Primm and Perry Thomas.(Find articles about the candidates in the Tuesday, Feb. 13 issue of The Highlander.

Uncontested Races

Scott Davis seeks election to a full term as Pct. 3 constable in Burnet County. Currently, Davis is serving the unexpired term of Chip Leake, who retired last year. Also, Millicent “Missy” Bindseil seeks re-election as the Pct. 4 constable.

County Attorney Eddie Arredondo plans to seek re-election and is unopposed as are Sheriff Calvin Boyd and Burnet County Pct.1 Commissioner Jim Luther Jr.

Leslie Ray will be on the ballot uncontested for the Pct. 1 constable position.

No Democratic candidates have filed for any Burnet County office.

Higher Office

At the top of the upcoming primary election ballot is the position of president of the United States.

According to the Texas Secretary of State website, Democrats Gabriel A. Cornejo, Star Locke, Frankie Lozada, Armando “Mando” Perez-Serrato, Cenk Uygur, Dean Phillips and Marianne Williamson plan to oppose incumbent Democrat President Joseph Biden for re-nomination. In the GOP party race, the sample ballot shows that Asa Hutchinson, Florida Governor Ron Desantis, South Carolina Nikki Haley, Chris Christie, former president Donald J. Trump, David Stuckenberg, Ryan L. Binkley of McKinney, Vivek Ramaswamy are on the ballot for the Republican presidential nomination.

Meanwhile, Republican hopefuls Holland “Redd” Gibson of Houston and R.E. “Rufus” Lopez of San Antonio plan to run during the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate Texas seat held by incumbent Ted Cruz.

In the Democratic party, Colin Allred of Dallas, Mark Gonzalez of Corpus Christi, Heli Rodriguez Prilliman of Fort Worth, Carl Oscar Sherman of DeSoto, Meri Gomez, Roland Gutierrez, A. “Robert” Hassan, Steven J. Keough, and Thierry Tchenko plan to run against each other for the right to vie against the eventual U.S. Senate Republican candidate.

All 38 Texas seats in the U.S. Congress are up for election. In U.S. District 31, (which includes Burnet County) Republicans Mike Williams, John Carter, Abhiram Garapati, Mack Latimer, William Abel and John Carnan Anderson plan to oppose incumbent John Carter who is up for re-election.

Also running for the Texas congressional District 31 seat are Democrats Rick Von Pfeil, Brian Walbridge and Stuart Winslow.

All 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives are scheduled for election.

In District 19, which represents Burnet County, Republicans Kyle Biedermann and Manny Campos will oppose Republican incumbent Ellen Troxclair for re-election. Also in District 19, Dwain Handley and Zach Vance plan to seek the Democratic nomination.

Texas Supreme Court places 2, 4 and 6 are up for election during 2024.

Place 2 Republican incumbent Jimmy Blacklock plans to run against Democratic opponents, either Dasean Jones or Randy Sarosdy.

Place 4 Republican incumbent John Devine will oppose Brian Walker and Democrat Christine Vinh Weems and Place 6 Republican incumbent Jane Bland will oppose Democrat Bonnie Lee Goldstein during the November election.

For more information, call the local elections offic es: Burnet County, at 512715-5288; or Llano County, call 325-247-5425.