Early voting continues through March 1 in Party Primaries

Early voting for the Republican and Democratic Primaries began Tuesday, Feb. 20, and will continue from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays through Friday, March 1, in the Justice of the Peace #2 courtroom at the Hopkins County Annex Building, which is located at 128 Jefferson St., in Sulphur Springs.

Democrats will be asked to vote for their choice of candidates for just over a dozen offices, including at least seven offices for which the candidates drew no opponents.

Republicans, will see nearly two dozen candidates, nine of which drew no opponents. For president, those casting Republican ballots can opt to select one of the eight Presidential candidates or the box denoting they are 'uncommitted.' Voters in the Republican Primary too will be asked to weigh in on 13 propositions when casting ballots.

There are at least two Hopkins County Republican Party ballots, depending on which precinct the voter resides in. Precinct 1 and 3 will be asked to choose a commissioner. Precinct 1 Constable is also on the ballot.

Voting on Election Day, March 5, will be conducted from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the designated polling sites across the county.

Election Day voting locations for the Party Primaries include:

„ Precinct 1 — front foyer of Lutheran Church, 1000 Texas St. in Sulphur Springs;

„ Precinct 2A — H.W. Gray’s Building, 413 Beckham St. in Sulphur Springs (meeting room);

„ Precinct 3 — first floor courtroom, Hopkins County Courthouse, 118 Church St. Sulphur Springs;

„ Precinct 3A — Room 101A, Paris Junior College- Sulphur Springs Campus, 1137 Loop 301, Sulphur Springs;

„ Precinct 4 — West

See Hall inside Hopkins County Regional Civic Center,

1200 Houston St., Sulphur Springs;

„ Precinct 4A — Front foyer of League Street Church of Christ, 1100 South League St.

„ Precinct 5 — in the Ag Lab at Saltillo ISD, 150 County Road, 3534 Saltillo;

„ Precinct 11 — City Meeting Room, Cumby Municipal Building, 100 East Main St. Cumby;

„ Precinct 12 — foyer outside the gym at Sulphur Bluff ISD, 1027 County Road 3550 Sulphur Bluff;

„ Precinct 13 — in the art room at Como-Pickton CISD, 13017 Stateb Highway 11 East, Como;

„ Precint 16 — foyer outside the gym at Miller Grove ISD, 7819 Farm to Market 275 South, Cumby;

„ Precinct 17 — Administration Building, North Hopkins ISD, 1994 FM 71 West, Sulphur Springs.

Below is a list of candidates appearing on the Democratic and Republican Primary Ballots.

Candidates as listed on each party ballot are as follows:

President Of The United States

„ Marianne Williamson

„ Cenk Uygur

„ Armando “Mando” Perez-Serrato

„ Frankie Lozada

„ Gabriel A. Cornejo

„ Dean Phillips

„ Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

„ Star Locke

United States Senator

„ Roland Gutierrez

„ Heli Rodriguez Prilliman

„ Mark Gonzalez

„ Steven J. Keough

„ Thierry Tchenko

„ A. “Robert” Hassan

„ Carl Oscar Sherman

„ Colin Allred

„ Meri Gomez

United States Representative, District 4

„ Simon Cardell

Railroad Commissioner

„ Katherine Culbert

„ Bill Burch

Justice, [Texas] Supreme Court, Place 2

„ Randy Sarodsy

„ DaSean Jones

Justice, [Texas] Supreme Court, Place 4

„ Christine Vinh Weems

Justice, [Texas Supreme Court, Place 6

„ Joe Pool

„ Bonnie Lee Goldstein

Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals

„ Holly Taylor

Judge, Court Of Criminal Appeals, Place 7

„ Nancy Mulder

Judge, Court Of Criminal Appeals, Place 8

„ Chika Anyiam

Member, State Board Of Education, District 12

„ George King

State Representative, District 2

„ Kristen Washington

County Chair

„ Tommy Long

REPUBLICAN BALLOT

President Of The United States

„ Vivek Ramaswamy

„ Donald J. Trump

„ Chris Christie

„ Asa Hutchinson

„ Ryan L. Binkley

„ Nikki Haley

„ Ron DeSantis

„ David Stuckenberg

United States Senator

„ Holland “Redd” Gibson

„ Ted Cruz

„ R.e. (Rufus) Lopez

United States Representative, District 4

„ Pat Fallon

„ Don Horn

Railroad Commissioner

„ Christie Clark

„ James “Jim” Matlock

„ Corey Howell

„ Petra Hayes

„ Christi Craddick

Justice, [Texas] Supreme Court, Place 2

„ Jimmy Blacklock

Justice, [Texas] Supreme Court, Place 4

„ John Devine

„ Brian Walker

Justice, [Texas] Supreme Court, Place 6

„ Jane Bland

Presiding Judge,

Court Of Criminal Appeals

„ David Schenck

„ Sharon Keller

Judge, Court Of Criminal Appeals, Place 7

„ Gina Parker

„ Barbara Parker Hervey

Judge, Court Of Criminal Appeals, Place 8

„ Michelle Slaughter

„ Lee Finley

Member, State Board Of Education, District 12

„ Jamie Kohlmann

„ Matt Rostami

„ Pam Little

„ Chad Green

State Representative, District 2

„ Brent A. Money

„ Jill Dutton

Judge, 6th Court Of Appeals District, Place 2

„ Jeff Rambin

District Judge, 8th Judicial District

„ Eddie Northcutt

Judge, 62nd Judicial District

„ Will Biard

District Attorney,

8th Judicial District

„ Will Ramsay

County Attorney

„ Dustanna Hyde Rabe

Sheriff

„ Johnny Paul “JP” Moseley

„ Lewis Tatum

County Tax Assessor-Collector

„ Chasity Campbell

County Commissioner, Precinct 1

„ Wesley Miller

„ Steve “Big” Smith

„ Mickey Barker

Constable, Precinct 1

„ Dennis L. Findley

„ Chris Hill

County Commissioner, Precinct 3

„ Travis Thompson

„ Lance Knotts

„ William “Bill” Holden

Constable, Precinct 2

„ John Brian Beadle

County Chairs

„ Donnie Wisenbaker

2024 Primary Ballot Propositions

„ 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 for 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.