Texas primaries 2024: What’s on the ballot?

Aaron McGuire
·5 min read

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — With early voting already underway, many Texans may wonder what to expect when they finally get to the ballot box. Here’s a guide to who and what you’ll be casting your vote for during the March primaries here in San Angelo.

Where can I vote early for the March primary election?

Candidates

There are several people on the ballot running for offices at the federal, statewide and local levels. They’re all listed below, as depicted by the sample ballots available online on the Tom Green County website.

President

  • Vivek Ramaswamy (R)

  • Donald J. Trump (R)

  • Chris Christie (R)

  • Nikki Haley (R)

  • Ron Desantis (R)

  • Ryan L. Binkley (R)

  • Asa Hutchinson (R)

  • David Stuckenberg (R)

  • Gabriel A. Cornejo (D)

  • Armando “Mando” Perez-Serrato (D)

  • Frankie Lozada (D)

  • Dean Phillips (D)

  • Marianne Williamson (D)

  • Star Locke (D)

  • Cenk Uygur (D)

  • Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D, incumbent)

U.S. Senator

  • Ted Cruz (R, incumbent)

  • Holland “Redd” Gibsom (R)

  • R. E. (Rufus) Lopez (R)

  • Mark Gonzales (D)

  • Thierry Techenko (D)

  • Colin Allred (D)

  • Meri Gomez (D)

  • Heli Rodriguez Prilliman (D)

  • Carl Oscar Sherman (D)

  • Steven J. Keough (D)

  • Roland Gutierrez (D)

  • A. “Robert” Hassan (D)

U.S. Representative, District 11

  • August Pfluger (R, incumbent)

Railroad Commissioner

  • Christi Craddick (R, incumbent)

  • Corey Howell (R)

  • Christie Clark (R)

  • Petra Reyes (R)

  • James “Jim” Matlock (R)

  • Bill Burch (D)

  • Katherine Culbert (D)

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2

  • Jimmy Blacklock (R, incumbent)

  • Dasean Jones (D)

  • Randy Sarosdy (D)

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 4

  • Brian Walker (R)

  • John Devine (R, incumbent)

  • Christine Vinh Weems (D)

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 6

  • Jane Bland (R, incumbent)

  • Bonne Lee Goldstein (D)

  • Joe Pool (D)

Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals

  • David J. Schenck (R)

  • Sharon Keller (R, incumbent)

  • Holly Taylor (D)

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 7

  • Gina Parker (R)

  • Barbara Parker Hervey (R, incumbent)

  • Nancy Mulder (D)

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 8

  • Lee Finley (R)

  • Michelle Slaughter (R, incumbent)

  • Chika Anylam (D)

Member, State Board of Education, District 15

  • Aaron Kinsey (R, incumbent)

  • Morgan Kirkpatrick (D)

State Representative, District 72

  • Drew Darby (R, incumbent)

  • Stormy Bradley (R)

Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals District, Place 2

  • John Messinger (R)

  • Edward Smith (D, incumbent)

  • Melissa Lorber (D)

  • Maggie Ellis (D)

Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals District, Place 3

  • Chari Kelly (D, incumbent)

Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals District, Place 5

  • Thomas J. Baker (D, incumbent)

  • Karin Crump (D)

Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals District, Place 6

  • Gisela D. Triana (D, incumbent)

District Judge, 51st Judicial District

  • Carmen Symes Dusek (R, incumbent)

District Judge, 119th Judicial District

  • Gonzalo P. Rios Jr. (R)

District Judge, 340th Judicial District

  • Jay K. Weatherby (R, incumbent)

District Judge, 391st Judicial District

  • Brad Goodwin (R, incumbent)

District Attorney, 51st Judicial District

  • Allison Palmer (R, incumbent)

District Attorney, 119th Judicial District

  • John Best (R, incumbent)

County Attorney

  • Chris Taylor (R, incumbent)

Sheriff

  • J. Nick Hanna (R, incumbent)

County Tax Assessor-Collector

  • Juan Acevedo (R)

  • Becky Robles (R, incumbent)

County Chair

  • Ruth Staton (R)

  • Bruce Burkett (R, incumbent)

  • Jon Mark Hogg (D)

County Commissioner, Precinct 1

  • Michele Schniers DeRusso (R)

  • Ralph Hoelscher (R, incumbent)

  • Daniel “Danny” Cardenas (D)

County Constable, Precinct 1

  • Mike Magee (R, incumbent)

County Constable, Precinct 2

  • Deen Dickson (R, incumbent)

County Commissioner, Precinct 3

  • Rick Bacon (R, incumbent)

  • Mercedes Dela Cruz (D)

County Constable, Precinct 3

  • Mark A. Whitaker (R, incumbent)

County Constable, Precinct 4

  • Thomas Bigham (R)

  • Gary Cole (R)

Propositions

There will also be multiple propositions on the ballot that address several matters, such as border security, education and voting requirements. The propositions, as seen on the sample ballots, are as follows:

Proposition 1

  • Texas should eliminate all property taxes without increasing Texans’ overall tax burden.

Proposition 2

  • Texas should create a Border Protection Unit, and deploy additional state law enforcement and military forces, to seal the border, to use physical force to prevent illegal entry and trafficking, and to deport illegal aliens to Mexico or to their nations of origin.

Proposition 3

  • The Texas Legislature should require the use of E-Verify by all employers in Texas to protect jobs for legal workers by preventing the hiring of illegal aliens.

Proposition 4

  • The Texas Legislature should end all subsidies and public services, including in-state college tuition and enrollment in public schools, for illegal aliens.

Proposition 5

  • Texas urges the United States Congress not to grant any form of amnesty or a pathway to legalization of illegal aliens.

Proposition 6

  • The Texas Legislature should prohibit the deployment of the Texas National Guard to a foreign conflict unless Congress first formally declares war.

Proposition 7

  • The Texas Legislature should establish authority within the Texas State Comptroller’s office to administer access to gold and silver through the Texas Bullion Depository for use as legal tender.

Proposition 8

  • The State of Texas should ensure that Texans are free to give or to withhold consent for any vaccine without coercion.

Proposition 9

  • The Republican Party of Texas should restrict voting in the Republican primary to only registered Republicans.

Proposition 10

  • The Texas Constitution should be amended to restore authority to the Texas Attorney General to prosecute election crimes.

Proposition 11

  • 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 12

  • The Texas Constitution should be amended to require proof of citizenship before any individual can be registered to vote.

Proposition 13

  • Texas should ban the sale of Texas land to citizens, governments, and entities from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia.

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