By Karen Gleason
The 830 Times
Val Verde County’s Republican Party voters are heading to the Del Rio Civic Center to cast early ballots in their primary election.
The Republican Party Primary Election is March 1.
Sample ballots for Republican Party voters in each of the county’s four commissioner precincts are available for review and download on the web site of the Val Verde County Clerk.
Republican Party voters in Val Verde County will pick their nominee for United States Representative, District 23, selecting from Alma Arredondo-Lynch, incumbent Tony Gonzales and Alia Garcia.
Republicans also will select from among eight candidates for Texas Governor, including the incumbent, Greg Abbott. The other candidates are Danny Harrison, Chad Prather, Don Huffines, Allen B. West, Paul Belew, Rick Perry and Kandy Kaye Horn.
Former Del Rio Mayor Robert Garza is unopposed for the party’s nomination for State Senator, District 19, and Katherine Parker is unopposed in seeking the party’s nomination for State Representative, District 74. Then incumbents in both those seats are Democrats.
There are a variety of other state offices on the ballot, some of them contested, some of them not.
There are no contested races in the Republican Party Primary Election for local offices.
83rd Judicial District Judge Robert E. Cadena is seeking re-election to the seat he currently holds. Cadena is unopposed for the Republican Party nomination for the seat, and no Democrat has filed for the seat.
There are three Republican Party candidates for county-wide seats. They are Arturo Rodriguez, who is seeking the nomination for county judge; Fabby Aguilera, who is seeking the nomination for district clerk; and Teresa Esther Chapoy, who is seeking the nomination for county clerk.
All three are unopposed in their party’s primary, meaning they will likely become the party nominee for the seat they are seeking.
However, all three will face incumbent Democrats in the November general election.
Republicans in county commissioner Precinct 2 also have a candidate on the ballot for the county commissioner seat, Jimmy R. McDonald. McDonald, too, is unopposed for the nomination and will face the winner of a two-candidate race among the Democrats.
Republicans in county commissioner Precinct 3 will also have the opportunity to vote for Pat Cole, the incumbent justice of the peace for the precinct, who is seeking re-election.
Cole is unopposed in the Republican primary, and no Democrat has filed for the position.
Republicans in all precincts will also have the opportunity to vote yes or no on 10 propositions.
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