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The general election is on Nov. 5. Early voting began Oct. 21 and will continue until Nov. 1. The University Star has compiled a guide for use before heading to the ballot boxes in Hays County.
What’s on the ballot?
The following federal, state and local elections are featured on ballots in San Marcos. For a view of the sample master ballot listing all races in Hays County, visit the Hays County Election website.
Federal
U.S. President/Vice President
Donald J. Trump/JD Vance (REP)
Kamala D. Harris/Tim Walz (DEM)
Chase Oliver/Mike ter Maat (LIB)
Jill Stein/Rudolph Ware (GRN)
U.S. Senator
Ted Cruz (REP)
Colin Allred (DEM)
Ted Brown (LIB)
U.S. Representative, District 21
Chip Roy (REP)
Kristin Hook (DEM)
Bob King (LIB)
U.S. Representative, District 35
Steven Wright (REP)
Greg Casar (DEM)
State
Railroad Commissioner
Christi Craddick (REP)
Katherine Culbert (DEM)
Hawk Dunlap (LIB)
Eddie Espinoza (GRN)
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2
Jimmy Blacklock (REP)
DaSean Jones (DEM)
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 4
John Devine (REP)
Christine Vinh Weems (DEM)
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 6
Jane Bland (REP)
Bonnie Lee Goldstein (DEM)
J. David Roberson (LIB)
Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals
David J. Schenck (REP)
Holly Taylor (DEM)
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 7
Gina Parker (REP)
Nancy Mulder (DEM)
Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 7
Lee Finley (REP)
Chika Anyiam (DEM)
State Representative, District 45
Tennyson G. Moreno (REP)
Erin Zwiener (DEM)
Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals District, Place 2
John Messinger (REP)
Maggie Ellis (DEM)
Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals District, Place 3
Chari Kelly (DEM)
Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals District, Place 5
Karin Crump (DEM)
Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals District, Place 6
Gisela D. Triana (DEM)
District Judge, 22nd Judicial District
R. Bruce Boyer (REP)
District Judge, 453rd Judicial District
Sherri K. Tibbe (DEM)
District Judge, 483rd Judicial District
Tanner Neidhardt (REP)
Alicia Key (DEM)
County
Judge, County Court-at-Law Number 3
Robert E. Updegrove (REP)
Elaine S. Brown (DEM)
District Clerk (unexpired term)
Philip Muzzy (REP)
Amanda K. Calvert (DEM)
Sheriff
Anthony Hipolito, Jr. (REP)
Alex Villalobos (DEM)
Tax Assessor-Collector
Jennifer M. Escobar (DEM)
Commissioner, Precinct 1
Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe (DEM)
Commissioner, Precinct 3
Morgan Hammer (REP)
Rebecca Minnick (DEM)
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 1
Jo Anne Prado (DEM)
Constable, Precinct 1
David L. Peterson (DEM)
Hays County, Proposition A
The issuance of $439,634,000 of bonds for the construction, maintenance, and operation of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads or turnpikes, or in aid thereof; and the levying of a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.
City of San Marcos general election
Mayor
Jane Hughson
Juan Miguel Arredondo
City Council, Place 5
Roland Saucedo
Atom Von Arndt
Griffin Spell
Lorenzo Gonzalez
City Council, Place 6
Amanda Rodriguez
Maraya Dunn
San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District Special Election
San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District, Proposition A
Ratifying the ad valorem tax rate of $1.015200 per $100 valuation in San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District for the current year, a rate that will result in an increase of 1.3% in maintenance and operations tax revenue for the district for the current year as compared to the preceding year, which is an additional $851,078.