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If there's one thing TTP does well, it's help people determine who to vote for! This is our time to shine. Get these recommendations into the hands of every voter you can. For many areas, we are NOT just voting straight R. There are a lot of "non-partisan" local elections and bond elections going on as well. Here's what we've got... straight off of our website...
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Local Elections – November 2022
We all know that in November we have the big General Election, and we recommend voting Republican. In most races there will only be one Republican option. In the Governor’s race there are two: an official write-in option named Mark Goloby and Greg Abbott. Plus, in Travis County there's a race with no R candidate at all, and in Dallas County there's a race with literally no candidate where you'll have to write in your pick.
Those details are all below, along with information for many Texas locations who have local elections going on — school boards, city council, special elections, bond elections, etc. We've gathered these recommendations from our satellites around the state. These recommendations have NOT been vetted by the TTP Board, and we never tell you how to vote, but they are a good starting point for you to do your own research.
VOTE TODAY!
BOND ELECTIONS: There’s a ridiculous amount of bond debt being voted on! Even when they tell you it will not raise your taxes, it is still a debt you have to pay with your tax dollars. When an old debt is paid off, rather than lowering your taxes, they introduce a new debt and tell you it won’t change your taxes. Our rule of thumb is to vote NO! Until governments learn to live within their means, utilize a sensible budget, and keep government within reasonable boundaries, we don’t need to keep feeding them. Here’s a list of bond elections in the counties where we have TTP locations. There are many more across the state, sadly.
BEXAR COUNTY:
For State Rep, you have 2 Republican options. One is running as an independent (Lopez) and one is more establishment (Gonzalez) Castle Hills Prop A: against China Grove Prop A: against Converse City Council Place 4: Kessler Converse Prop A: against East Central ISD Prop A: against Helotes Prop A: against Judson ISD Props A, B: against Shertz City Council Place 2: Gibson Universal City Prop A: against Windcrest Prop A, I: against Windcrest Prop B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K: for Leon Valley Props A, B, C, E, F, G, I, J, L, M: for Leon Valley Props D, H, K: against
BRAZOS COUNTY:
College Station Mayor: Rick Robison College Station City Council Place 1: Aron Collins College Station City Council Place 2: David Levine College Station City Council Place 5: (unexpired term) Bob Yancy CSISD School Board Place 5: Morgan Mangan CSISD Prop A: Against City of College Station Propositions A, B, C, D, E: Against ISD Prop A: Against Bryan Mayor: Brent Hairston Bryan Councilmember SMD 1: Raul Santana Bryan Councilmember SMD 2: Rafael Pena III Bryan Councilmember SMD 3: Jared Salvato Bryan Councilmember SMD 5: Marca Ewers-Shurtleff (3 votes), Kyle Schumann (3 votes) Bryan Councilmember at large Place 6: Kevin Boriskie Bryan Propositions A, B: Against
CAMERON COUNTY:
County Judge / Carlos Cascos County Clerk / Veronica Deaton County Commissioner pct.2 / Erasmo Castro Justice of the Peace pct.2 / Andrew Infante Justice of the Peace pct.5 / Alex Torres
301st District Court: Select “write in” and then type EARL JACKSON; double check ballot shows it. Additionally, our leadership team in Dallas County would like you to pay special attention and support to Lauren Davis running for County Judge against Clay Jenkins & Faith Johnson Dallas DA against John Creuzot.
DENTON COUNTY:
City of Denton Recall Alison Maguire: support City of Denton Prop A: against County of Denton Prop A: no opinion
ELLIS COUNTY:
Justice of the Peace Precinct 3: Cox Justice of the Peace Precinct 4: Ponder 40th Dist Court Ellis County: Carroll City of Ennis Prop A: Yes City of Milford Prop A: No Avalon ISD: Palacios, McEwen, Gill, Bruner Ferris ISD Special Bond Election: No on Props A,B and C Red Oak ISD School District Bond: No Fresh Water Supply District No1 Prop A and Prop B: No Buena Vista-Bethel Utility District General Election: Manning, Anz
GALVESTON COUNTY:
League City Council:
Mayor – Nick Long (unopposed) Pos 1 – Andy Mann (unopposed) Pos 2 – no recommendation Pos 3 – no recommendation Pos 6 – Chad Tressler (unopposed) Pos 7 – no recommendation
HARRIS COUNTY:
Huffman ISD: Nason, Carroll, Batten Klein ISD Position 6: Kristin Cobb Klein ISD Position 7: Jack Velasquez Tomball ISD Position 1 – Tina Salem Tomball ISD Position 2 – Stephanie Lopez Tomball ISD Position 3 – Jennifer Kratky Tomball ISD Position 4 – Billy Moore
HIDALGO COUNTY:
County Judge / Esmeralda Flores
Justice of the Peace pct.3 / Ruben Luna
County Clerk / Minerva Diaz
HOOD COUNTY:
Mayor: Jim Jarratt Commissioner Pct 4: Dave Eagle County Clerk: Katie Lang School Board Trustee: Karen Lowery School Board Trustee: Jeff Hastings School Board Trustee: Terry Louvin
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
Judge Jeff Branick, County Judge
Gordon Friez, candidate for the 317th District Court
Roxanne Hellberg, candidate for the County Clerk
Time Funchess, candidate for County Treasurer
Cary Erickson, Candidate County Commissioner Pct2
Jacorion Randle, candidate for Texas State House of Reps HD22
Jay Wright, candidate for Justice of the 9th Court of Appeals, Place 2
JOHNSON COUNTY:
Keene City Council Place 1: Johnson
Keene City Council Place 3: Belz
Keene Mayor: Parrish
Rio Vista ISD Prop A: against
KAUFMAN COUNTY: no known local races/issues
LUBBOCK COUNTY:
HPWD Pct 1 – Dustin Eggleston
LCWCID Pct 1 – Lorelei Shafer
LCWCID Pct 4 – Coltin Clark Foster
LCWCID At-Large – Undecided
City of Lubbock, Proposition A – Against
Slaton City Props 1-8, 11, 13-23: For
Slaton City Props 9, 10, 12: Against
ROCKWALL COUNTY: no known local races/issues
TARRANT COUNTY:
BISD bond election: NO NRH City Council: Blake Vaughn
TRAVIS COUNTY:
State Senate Dist 14: Steven Haskett (Libertarian; no R candidate) Austin Mayor: Jennifer Virden Austin City Council Dist 1: Clinton Rarey Austin City Council Dist 8: Richard Smith Austin Prop A: No Austin Community College District Prop A: No Austin Community College District 6: Nathaniel Hellman Austin ISD Props A, B, C: No Austin ISD Dist 4: Clint Small Austin ISD At Large Position 9: Heather Toolin Lake Travis ISD Props A, B, C: No Leander ISD: Sanders OR Dorman; Burkman; Leege OR Leverenz; Bell OR Reese; Gauthier Round Rock ISD: Keagy, Salinas, Farris, Slape, Zimmerman
WILLACY COUNTY:
Clayton Lee / County Judge Joe Cervantes III / County Commissioner precinct 2 Jonnie Falcon / Justice of the Peace precinct 1 Steve Kendrick / Willacy County navigation district board of commissioners precinct 3
WILLIAMSON COUNTY:
Leander ISD: Sanders OR Dorman; Burkman; Leege OR Leverenz; Bell OR Reese; Gauthier Round Rock ISD: Keagy, Salinas, Farris, Slape, Zimmerman
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