Below is just a sampling of the races on the March 1 primary ballots. For a full list of elections, visit the Hays County Elections website to read the ballots in their entirety.
Governor
Republicans: Allen B. West, Greg Abbott, Kandy Kaye Horn, Don Huffines, Paul Belew, Danny Harrison, Rick Perry and Chad Prather
Democrats: Beto O’Rourke, Joy Diaz, Michael Cooper, Rich Wakeland, Incencio (Inno) Barrientez
State Representative District 45
Republican: Michelle M. Lopez
Democrats: Erin Zwiener, Angela “Tía Angie” Villescaz and Jessica “Sirena” Mejia
District Judge, 207th Judicial District
Republications: Mark E. Cusack, Tracie Wright-Reneau, Charmaine Wilde, George Carroll
Democrats: N/A
District Judge, 274th Judicial District
Republican: Gary Steel
Democrat: N/A
District Judge, 428th Judicial District
Republicans: Bill Henry
Democrats: Joe Pool
Criminal District Attorney
Republican: David Puryear
Democrat: Kelly Higgins
County Judge
Republican: Mark Jones
Democrats: Brandon Burleson and Ruben Becerra
Judge, County Court-at-Law #1
Republican: Robert Updegrove
Democrat: Jimmy Alan Hall
Judge, County Court-at-Law #2
Republican: Chris Johnson
Democrat: Paul Hill
Judge, County Court-at-Law #3
Republican: Dan O’Brien
Democrat: Elaine S. Brown
District Clerk
Republican: Beverly Crumley
Democrat: Avery Anderson
County Clerk
Republican: Linda Duran
Democrats: Edna R. Peterson and Elaine Cárdenas
County Treasurer
Republican: Britney Bolton Richey
Democrat: Daphne Sanchez Tenorio
County Commissioner, Pct. 2
Republicans: Mike Gonzalez and Andy Hentschke
Democrats: Richard “Pepe” Cronshey, Linda Aguilar Hawkins and Michelle Gutierrez Cohen
County Commissioner, Pct. 4
Republicans: Walt Smith and Joe Bateman
Democrats: N/A
Justice of the Peace, Pct. 5
Republicans: Karen Marshall and Terry Strawn
Democrat: Sandra Bryant
Justice of the Peace, Pct. 4
Republican: John Burns
Democrat: N/A
Justice of the Peace, Pct. 3
Republican: Andrew Cable
Democrats: N/A
Justice of the Peace, Pct. 2
Republicans: N/A
Democrats: Beth Smith and Amaya Cuellar
Justice of the Peace, Pct. 1
Republican: N/A
Democrat: Maggie Hernandez Moreno