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.
Trinity 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.
commissioner David Brandon, and Barbara Justice.
The local candidate lists have not yet been certified.
The Trinity County News-Standard 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 grovetonnews@gmail.com.
Additionally, the Trinity County News-Standard also offers a political calendar which is a listing of candidates that is paid advertising. To be included, a candidate can call (936) 642-1726.
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 3
Republican
Trent Ashby
Rhonda Ward
Democrat
Bobby Tillman
State Representative District 9
Republican
Paulette Carson
Rocky Thigpen
Democrat
Shelley Tatum
District Judge, 258th Judicial District
Republican
Rob Freyer
Travis Kitchens
County Judge
Republican
Danny R Martin
Doug Page
District Clerk
Republican
Jillian Phillips Steptoe
County Clerk
Republican
Shasta Bergman
Crystal Due
County Treasurer
Republican
Rebecca Cockrell Fann
County Commissioner Precinct 2
Republican
Mike Loftin
County Commissioner Precinct 4
Republican
Joe Arnold
Steven Truss
Justice of the Peace Precinct 1
Republican
Mary Wallace
Justice of the Peace Precinct 2
Republican
Richard “Ricky” Hortman
Randall Wheeler
Justice of the Peace Precinct 3
Republican
Keith Johnson
Justice of the Peace Precinct 4
Republican
Richard Steptoe
Republican Party Chair, Haden Hudson
Precinct 3 Chair, Darrell A Doyle
Precinct 4 Chair, Sheran Casey
Precinct 11 Chair, Tillie Kutta Poe
Precinct 14 Chair, Rena I Tempel
Precinct 16 Chair, Jo Ann Kennedy
Precinct 19 Chair, Donna Hester
Precinct 21 Chair, Jim Cleburn
