Early voting begins Monday for the Nov. 3 General Election and will conclude Oct. 30 and will feature both weekend voting, as well as extended hour voting.
Three locations – open to ALL registered voters – are available for early voting and voters may cast their ballot at ANY of the three locations. These are: the Polk County Judicial Center at 101 W. Mill St. in Livingston, the Sechrest Webster Community Center at 100 W. Front St. in Corrigan and the Onalaska Sub-Courthouse at 14111 US Hwy. 190 West in Onalaska.
Early voting will be available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 19-23; from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Oct. 24; from 1-7 p.m. on Oct. 25 and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 26-30.
The last day to apply for a ballot by mail is Oct. 23.
Listed below are the candidates. A “D” signifies Democrat and an “R” signifies Republican. An “I” indicates the candidate is the incumbent.
United States Senator (6-year term)
James Talarico (D)
Ken Paxton (R)
United States Representative, District 10 (2-year term)
Caitlin Rourk (D)
Chris Gober (R)
Governor (4-year term)
Gina Hinojosa (D)
(I) Greg Abbott (R)
Lieutenant Governor (4-year term)
Vikki Goodwin (D)
(I) Dan Patrick (R)
Attorney General (4-year term)
Nathan Johnson (D)
Mayes Middleton (R)
Agriculture Commissioner (4-year term)
Clayton Tucker (D)
Nate Sheets (R)
Comptroller (4-year term)
Sarah Eckhardt (D)
Donald Huffines (R)
Land Commissioner (4-year term)
Benjamin Flores (D)
(I) Dawn Buckingham (R)
Railroad Commissioner (6-year term)
Jon Rosenthal (D)
Bo French (R)
Chief Justice, Supreme Court, Place 1 (6-year term)
Maggie Ellis (D)
(I) Jimmy Blacklock (R)
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2 (6-year term)
Chari Kelly (D)
(I) James P. Sullivan (R)
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 7 (6-year term)
Kristen Hawkins (D)
(I) Kyle Hawkins (R)
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8 (6-year term)
Gisela Triana (D)
(I) Brett Busby (R)
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3 (6-year term)
Okey Anyiam (D)
Thomas Smith (R)
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4 (6-year term)
Audra Riley (D)
(I) Kevin Yeary (R)
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9 (6-year term)
Holly Taylor (D)
John Messinger (R)
State Board of Education, District 8 (4-year term)
Dana Van de Walker (D)
(I) Audrey Young (R)
State Senator, District 3 (4-year term)
Bobby Tillman (D)
Trent Ashby (R)
State Representative, District 9 (2-year term)
Shelley Tatum (D)
Rocky Thigpen (R)
District Judge, 258th Judicial District (4-year term)
(I) Travis E. Kitchens Jr. (R)
County Clerk (4-year term)
Ida Bencomo (D)
Margie West (R)
County Commissioner, Precinct 2 (4-year term)
Jay Stutts (R)
County Commissioner, Precinct 4 (4-year term)
(I) Jerry Cassity (R)
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1 (4-year term)
(I) Terri L. Mayer (R)
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2 (4-year term)
(I) Sarah Rasberry (R)
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3 (4-year term)
(I) Robert “Dooley” Johnson (R)
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4 (4-year term)
(I) Jamie Richardson (R)
Livingston ISD School Board (4-year term; eight people running for four “at large” positions)
(I) Andrew Boyce
(I) Kevin Robert Grimm
(I) John Allen Slocomb
Merek Anthony Brister
Devan Roy Shannon
Howard William Smith
Lorine Jefferson
Helen Murphy Wiggins
Leggett ISD School Board (4-year term; nine people running for three “at large” positions)
(I) Vicki Russell
(I) Armando Diosdado
Sharlon Jackson
Jason McDonald
Angelina Pantel
Taylor Jackson
Robert Nowlin
Ra’Shod Jefferson
Triston Batchelor
