Voters head to the polls for primary election day

March 1, 2022

Tuesday, March 1, is primary election day – the day when those who didn’t cast their ballots in early voting will head to the polls. Election day voting will continue through 7 p.m. tonight. Bluebonnet News will provide election returns later this evening at https://bluebonnetnews.com/ and on the Bluebonnet News Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/bluebonnetnews

Voters must decide between two ballots – Republican and Democrat. One of the candidates on the Republican ballot for governor shares the name of former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, so it’s important to understand who is running before heading to the polls. Primary elections often decide who will be elected as many local Republican races in Liberty County are unopposed by Democrat candidates. For other races, particularly statewide races, the ultimate victors will not be decided until the general election in November.

While ballots will vary based on where persons live, here’s a consolidated view of what is on the Republican and Democrat ballots:

REPUBLICAN BALLOT

U.S. Representative, District 36

Brian Babin

Governor

Kandy Kaye Horn
Paul Belew
Greg Abbott
Chad Prather
Don Huffines
Allen B. West
Danny Harrison
Rick Perry

Attorney General

Ken Paxton
George P. Bush
Louie Gohmert
Eva Guzman

Comptroller of Public Accounts

Mark V. Goloby
Glenn Hegar

Commissioner of the General Land Office

Weston Martinez
Victor Avila
Rufus Lopez
Jon Spiers
Dawn Buckingham
Don W. Minton
Ben Armenta
Tim Westley

Agriculture Commissioner

James White
Carey A. Counsil
Sid Miller

Railroad Commissioner

Tom Slocum Jr.
Sarah Stogner
Marvin “Sarge” Summers
Dawayne Tipton
Wayne Christian

Supreme Court Justice, Place 3

Debra Lehrmann

Supreme Court Justice, Place 5

Rebeca Huddle

Supreme Court Justice, Place 9

David J. Schenck
Evan Young

Court of Criminal Appeals Justice, Place 2

Mary Lou Keel

Court of Criminal Appeals Justice, Place 5

Scott Walker
Clint Morgan

Court of Criminal Appeals Justice, Place 6

Jesse F. McClure III

Member, State Board of Education, District No. 7

Julie Pickren
Abolaji Tijani “Ayo” Ayobami
Michael Barton
Danny Surman

State Senator, District 3

Robert Nichols

State Rep. District 18

Stephen A. Missick
Ronnie “Bubba” Tullos
Janis Holt
Ernest Bailes

9th Court of Appeals Justice, Place 2

Stephanie Hall
Jay Wright

District Judge, 75th Judicial District

Mark Morefield

District Judge, 253 Judicial District

Chap Cain

County Judge

Jay Knight
Lee Ann Penton-Walker

Judge, County Court at Law

Tommy Chambers
Michelle Mangum-Merendino

District Clerk

Miranda Litton Hulvey
Delia Sellers

County Clerk

Lee Haidusek Chambers

County Treasurer

Kim Harris

County Surveyor

John C. “Johnny” Moorman

County Commissioner, Pct. 2

Greg Arthur

County Commissioner, Pct. 4

Leon Wilson
Craig McNair

Justice of the Peace, Pct. 1

Stephen Hebert

Justice of the Peace, Pct. 2

Pamela Smith
Jimmy Belt

Justice of the Peace, Pct. 3

Cody Parrish

Justice of the Peace, Pct. 4

Larry Wilburn

Justice of the Peace, Pct. 5

Wade Brown

Justice of the Peace, Pct. 6

Ralph Fuller

County Chairman

Emily K. Cook

Republican voters also will be asked to answer yes or no to the following propositions:

Proposition 1: In light of the federal government’s refusal to defend the southern border, Texas should immediately deploy the National Guard, Texas Military Forces, and necessary state law enforcement to seal the border, enforce immigration laws, and deport illegal aliens.

Proposition 2: Texas should eliminate all property taxes within ten (10) years without implementing a state income tax.

Proposition 3: Texans should not lose their jobs, nor should students be penalized, for declining a COVID-19 vaccine.

Proposition 4: Texas schools should teach students basic knowledge and American exceptionalism and reject Critical Race Theory and other curricula that promote Marxist doctrine and encourage division based on creed, race, or economic status.

Proposition 5: Texas should enact a State Constitutional Amendment to defend the sanctity of innocent human life, created in the image of God, from fertilization until natural death.

Proposition 6: The Republican-controlled Texas Legislature should end the practice of awarding committee chairmanships to Democrats.

Proposition 7: Texas should protect the integrity of our elections by verifying that registered voters are American citizens, restoring felony penalties and enacting civil penalties for vote fraud, and fighting any federal takeover of state elections.

Proposition 8: Texas should ban chemical castration, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and genital mutilation surgery on all minor children for sex transition purposes.

Proposition 9: Texas parents and guardians should have the right to select schools, whether public or private, for their children, and the funding should follow the student.

Proposition 10: Texans affirm that our freedoms come from God and that the government should have no control over the conscience of individuals.

DEMOCRAT BALLOT