Primary election early voting now underway
The primary election season is underway with early voting running from Feb. 20 to March 1.
Election Day is on March 5. This election will include the local, state and federal positions on both ballots and the Republican Primary ballot alone.
District Judges
For Hays County on the Democratic ballot, District Judge of the 453rd Judicial District has Sherri K Tibbe on the ballot, uncontested by either party. District Judge of the 483rd Judicial District has Alicia Key, Joseph Aragon and Sarah Brandon on the Democratic ballot. On the Republican ballot for District Judge for the 483rd Judicial District, Tanner Neidhardt is uncontested.
County Court-at-Law
Elaine Brown is running uncontested on the Democratic ballot for County Court-at-Law #3. On the Republican ballot, for County Court-at-Law #3 has Robert Updegrove uncontested.
Sheriff’s Office
Hays County Sheriff has Alex Villalobos and Daniel Law on the Democratic ballot while Anthony Hipolito is uncontested on the Republican ballot.
Tax Assessor-Collector
Hays County Tax Assessor-Collector has Cynthia Millonzi, Jessica Sanchez, Vianna Garza and Jennifer Escobar on the Democratic ballot and no Republican candidates.
County Commissioners
Hays County Commissioner Pet. 1 has the incumbent com- missioner Debbie Gonzales-Ingalsbe as well as Alyssa Ramirez on the Democratic ballot and no Republican candidates. Hays County Commissioner Pct. 3 has Rebecca Minnick uncontested on the Democratic ballot. For Commissioner Pct. 3, Teresa Shell and Morgan Hammer are on the Republican ballot.
Justices of the Peace
Justice of the Peace Pct. 1 Place 1 has Nicholas Costilla and Jo Anne Prado on the Democratic ballot with no Republican candidates. Justice of the Peace Pct. 2 Place 2 has Amanda Calvert, J.R. Mendoza, Janie Flores, Paul Hill and Andrea Villescaz on the Democratic ballot with no Republican candidates.
Constable’s Office
Constable Pct. 1 has David Lois Peterson and Lorenzo Gonzales on the Democratic ballot with no Republican candidates. Constable Pct. 2 has Michael Torres uncontested on the Democratic ballot. with David Saenz Sr. uncontested on the Republican ballot. For Constable Pct. 3 Don Montague is on the ballot uncontested by candidates from either party. For Constable Pct. 4, Dave Graham and Ben Gieselman are on the Republican ballot, and there are no Democratic candidates. For Constable Pct. 5, John Ellen is on the Republican ballot uncontested by candidates from either party.
Party and Precinct Chairs
Hays County Democratic Party Chair has John Hatch uncontested. For Hays County Republican Party Chair, Michelle Lopez is uncontested on the ballot. For the democratic ballot, Pct. Chair #204 has Chelsea Flores and Lee Martin listed. For the Republican ballot, for Pct. Chair #228, Mike Zananiri and James Krizan listed. For Pct. Chair #332, Laura Nunn and Ana Rodriguez are on the Republican ballot. For Pct. Chair #3377, Debbie Adams and Ken Roberts are on the Republican ballot. For Pct. Chair #338, Nancye Britner and Mary Mitchell are on the Republican ballot. For Pct. Chair #449, Jane Philips and Phyllis Dindio are on the Republican ballot.
State Races
State Senator District 25 Merrie Fox is running uncontested on the Democratic ballot. State Representative of District 25 has Donna Campbell on the Republican ballot uncontested. For State Representative District 45, Chevo Pastrano and Erin Zweiner are on the Democratic ballot. State Representative of District 45 has Tennyson Moreno uncontested on the Republican ballot. State Representative District 73 has Sally Duval on the Democratic ballot uncontested. State representative for District 73 has Carrie Isaac uncontested on the Republican ballot.
Federal Races
On a national scale, the Democratic ballot has the presidential candidates: Joseph Biden, Dean Phillips, Cenk Uygur, Star Locke, Armando Perez- Serrato, Marianne Williamson, Frankie Lozada and Gabriel Cornejo. For the Republican ballot, the presidential candidates are Ron DeSantis, David Stuckenberg, Ryan Binkley, Nikki Haley, Vicek Ramaswamy, Asa Hutchinson, Chris Christie and Donald Trump.
Additional information for Hays County voting dates, locations and times can be found at hayscountytx. com/download/ departments/ elections/ 2024/ march_ 5_ 2024_ primaries/ Vote-Centers-2024-Joint-Primary-Election-final.pdf.