Record-breaking voter turnout in Hays County for both Republicans and Democrats during the March 6 primary election might signal a new height in political involvement. Turnout in last week’s primary featured a 10 percent increase in the number of Democrats who participated and a 12 percent increase ...

Close to $40,000 in combined political expenses were expended in the past month by two candidates vying for the Republican nomination in Hays County’s Pct. 4 Commissioner’s race. As a result, both Jimmy Skipton and Walt Smith dipped deep into their war chests as the March 6 primaries draw near. Smit...

Ruben Becerra The race for Hays County Judge is now set after Ruben Becerra claimed a lopsided victory over Abel Velasquez in Tuesday’s Democratic primary. With the win, Becerra, a San Marcos small business owner, advances to face former Hays County Pct. 3 Commissioner Will Conley for the County Jud...

UPDATE – 10:38 p.m.  The race for Hays County Judge is now set after Ruben Becerra claimed a lopsided victory over Abel Velasquez in Tuesday’s Democratic primary. With the win, Becerra, a San Marcos small business owner, advances to face former Hays County Pct. 3 Commissioner Will Conley for the Cou...

Close to $40,000 in combined political expenses were expended in the past month by two candidates vying for the Republican nomination in Hays County’s Pct. 4 Commissioner’s race. As a result, both Jimmy Skipton and Walt Smith dipped deep into their war chests as the March 6 primaries draw near. Smit...

With the grind toward the March 6 primary raging on, Hays County residents are going to the polls in unprecedented numbers. As of Feb. 26, 4,658 early votes have been accounted for at seven different locations spread across the county. This does not account for the nearly 2,000 votes submitted to th...

Disagreement on who is responsible for rising property tax bills dominated the majority of Monday’s debate between Lon Shell and Colin McFerrin, who are aiming for the unexpired Hays County Pct. 3 Commissioner seat. McFerrin, a military veteran, placed the onus of rising tax bills on Hays County Com...

Despite having several differences of opinion, both Ruben Becerra and Abel Velasquez agreed on a handful of points in Monday’s League of Women Voters primary debate in San Marcos. Becerra, a longtime San Marcan, is running for the Democratic nomination for County Judge in order to convey a “spirit o...

Transportation and taxes were hot topics in a debate between Jimmy Skipton and Walt Smith, who are vying for the Republican nomination in the Hays County Pct. 4 Commissioner race. Skipton, a longtime Dripping Springs resident who serves on the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District board, sa...

Issues took a back seat to vitriolic mudslinging as David Glickler and Chris Johnson traded verbal haymakers during a heated debate. At the center of the fray was Glickler’s May 26, 2015 DWI arrest. He was later convicted of the charge. Glickler said he aims to show how he overcame his “personal fai...