COLDSPRING — By far the largest slate of candidates facing voters in the March 3, 2026, primary election will be in the U.S. House of Representatives District 10, as there are 10 Republicans and four Democrats seeking the post.
San Jacinto County is now in the newly drawn district after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling putting the state’s redistricting plan on hold.
Locally, incumbent County Judge Fritz Faulkner has drawn two challengers — former county commissioner David Brandon, and Barbara Justice.
The local candidate lists have not yet been certified.
The San Jacinto News-Times has a longstanding policy to run a one-time free announcement with photo in the newspaper for every candidate running for office, allowing the candidates to have the opportunity to introduce themselves and their vision to readers.
The deadline to submit the announcement is end of day Dec. 19. No announcements will be accepted late and no announcements will run within two weeks of an election.
The photo should be a large .jpg and the announcement should be typed in a Word document not to exceed 400 words. Both should be emailed to news@sanjacnews.com.
Additionally, the San Jacinto News-Times also offers a political calendar which is a listing of candidates that is paid advertising. To be included, a candidate can call (936) 628-6851.
U.S. Senator
Republican
John Cornyn (incumbent)
Wesley Hunt
Ken Paxton
Democrat
Jasmine Crockett
James Talarico
U.S. Representative District 10
Republican
Rob Altman
Ben Bius
Robert Brown
Jenny Garcia Sharon
Chris Gober
Brandon Hawbaker
Christopher Hurt
Jessica Karlsruher
Kara King
Joshua Ross Lovell
Scott MacLeod
Carl Segan
Jeremy Story
Phil Suarez
Democrat
Tayhlor Coleman
Dawn Marshall
Bernie Reyna
Caitlin Rourk
State Senator District 5
Republican
Apollo Hernandez
Larry Nance
Charles Schwertner (incumbent)
State Representative District 18
Republican
Janis Holt (incumbent)
Democrat
Valorie Barton
District Judge, 258th Judicial District
Republican
Rob Freyer
Travis Kitchens
County Judge
Republican
Fritz Faulkner (incumbent)
David Brandon
Barbara Harrison Justice
Criminal District Attorney
Republican
Greg Magee
District Clerk
Republican
Tammy Currie (incumbent)
Katey Nelson
Lisa Miller
County Clerk
Republican
Dawn Wright (incumbent)
County Treasurer
Republican
DeeDee Bailey (incumbent)
Cindy McClure
Sonya Singleton Runyon
Commissioner - Precinct 2
Republican
Donny Marrs (incumbent)
Will Hall
Waid Williams
Commissioner - Precinct 4
Republican
Mark Nettuno (incumbent)
Zachary Currie
Justice of the Peace - Precinct 1
Republican
Christina McGee (incumbent)
Tony L. Sewell
Democrat
Dennis Ready
Justice of the Peace - Precinct 2
Republican
Harris "Red" Blanchette (incumbent)
Justice of the Peace - Precinct 3
Republican
Randy Ellisor (incumbent)
Shane Hindman
Tiffany Pinkston
Justice of the Peace - Precinct 4
Republican
Kim Webb (incumbent)
San Jacinto County Democratic Party Chair, Benita Malone
Precinct 2 Chair, Karl Carr
Precinct 3 Chair, Kathy Wilcher
Precinct 6 Chair, Kurt Danford
Precinct 6 Chair, Joy DeRaimo
Precinct 11 Chair, Angela Bal
Republican Party
Precinct 1 Chair, Jim Booth
Precinct 5 Chair, Carson Combs
Precinct 6 Chair, Dee Galando
Precinct 7 Chair, Marilyn Snider
Precinct 8 Chair, Gina Holcomb
Precinct 9 Chair, Jewel Jackson
