February 17, 2014
(http://www.mysanantonio.com/default/article/Take-time-to-cast-ballot-in-primaries-5242675.php)
SAN ANTONIO — Early voting begins Tuesday in the Republican and Democratic primary elections.
Gov. Rick Perry‘s decision not to seek re-election has spawned a scramble for the GOP nomination to numerous statewide offices. Attorney General Greg Abbott is vacating his post to run for governor, and other statewide officeholders are seeking to move up the ladder.
Additionally, Bexar County judicial posts have attracted a large number of candidates.
Regardless of which candidates you support or which primary you prefer, we urge all eligible voters to cast a ballot.
Early voting continues through Feb. 28, and casting your vote early is more convenient than voting on Election Day. Election Day is March 4.
The party nominees selected in the primaries will be on the general election ballot in November. In many cases, the primary will determine who wins an office because of a lack of opposition from the other party.
Our recommendations in contested primary elections are listed below.
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
U.S. senator: John Cornyn
District 21: Lamar Smith
District 23: Will Hurd
Governor: Greg Abbott
Lieutenant governor: David Dewhurst
Attorney general: Dan Branch
Comptroller: Harvey Hilderbran
Land commissioner: George P. Bush
Agriculture commissioner: J. Allen Carnes
Railroad commissioner: Malachi Boyuls
Texas Supreme Court
Chief justice: Nathan Hecht
Place 6: Jeff Brown
Place 8: Phil Johnson
Court of Criminal Appeals
Place 3: Bert Richardson
Place 4: Jani Jo Wood
Place 9: David Newell
Texas Senate
District 25: Mike Novak
District 117: Rick Galindo
District 121: Joe Straus
District courts
45th District Court: Stephani Walsh
144th District Court: Lorina Rummel
227th District Court: Kevin O’Connell
Bexar County judge: Carlton Soules
County courts-at-law
County Court No. 1: John Fleming
County Court No. 9: Walden Shelton
County Court No. 10: Kim Pettit
County Court No. 11: Julie Wright
County Court No. 13: Crystal Chandler
County Court No. 14: Susan Skinner
County Court No. 15: Allison Lanty
Probate Court No. 1: Patricia Rouse Vargas
Probate Court No. 2: Tom Rickhoff
County commissioner, Precinct 4: Alan Baxter
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
U.S. senator: Maxey Scherr
Governor: Wendy Davis
Agriculture commissioner: Hugh Fitzsimons III
Railroad commissioner: Steve Brown
District judge
45th District Court: Laura Flores Macom
150th District Court: Paul Canales
186th District Court: Mary Green
187th District Court: Stephanie Boyd
224th District Court: Michele Petty
Bexar County judge: Nelson Wolff
County courts-at-law
County Court No. 10: Tina Torres
Probate Court No. 1: Barbara “Barbie”
Scharf-Zeldes
District attorney: Therese Huntzinger
District clerk: Elva Abundis-Esparza
County clerk: Chris Forbrich
County commissioner, Precinct 2:
County commissioner, Precinct 4:
No endorsement
