Kendall County voters will have their choice of 11 polling places where they can cast their ballots on Tuesday as the 2022 Primary Election Day comes rolling around.
Locally, there are four Republican races in the county plus contested races for the GOP House District 19 and Senate District 25 seats.
There are no local races on the Democratic side, but members of both parties have several state and one federal races to help decide as they pick who will appear on the November general election ballot.
Early voting ends at 7 p.m. Friday at the Kendall County Courthouse Annex.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1. Kendall County participates in the Countywide Polling Place Program, which means any registered voter may choose to fill out a ballot at any of the vote center locations.
Those locations/polling places are:
• Boerne City Hall (Training Room), 447 N. Main St., Boerne.
• First Baptist Church (HUB) 631 S. School St., Boerne.
• Bergheim Volunteer Fire Department, 1 Old Curry Creek Road, Bergheim.
• Burdick Community Center, 119 Old San Antonio Road, Boerne.
• Kendall County Fairgrounds (new dance hall), 1307 River Road, Boerne.
• Kendalia Community Center, 2610 FM 473, Kendalia.
• Boerne Bible Church, 1026 E. Blanco Road, Boerne.
• Sisterdale Community Center, 2 Sisterdale-Lindendale Road, Sisterdale.
• Comfort Baptist Church, 100 Amber Drive, Comfort.
• Waring Fire House, 11 Waring Road, Boerne.
• Nineteen:Ten Church, 130 FM 1376, Boerne.
Local races
GOP voters within Kendall County will choose the next county judge and Precinct 2 commissioner as there will be no opposition in November. In addition, there are three GOP hopefuls seeking the Precinct 4 commissioner slot as well as Precinct 2 justice of the peace.
Richard Elkins, Shane Stolarczyk and Chris Taylor are the trio of Republicans hoping to replace current Kendall County Judge Darrel Lux. Andra Wisian, Garry Manitzas and Leon Brimhall are the GOP’s Precinct 2 commissioners court candidates while Chad Carpenter, Patty Walsh Martinez and Gary Louie are the Republicans seeking the Precinct 4 commissioner job. William Faery, Jim Kohler and Dave Neighbor are the Republicans vying for justice of the peace in Precinct 2.
The only Democrat in the county field is Kevin Henning, who has filed in Precinct 4 for the commissioner spot. In November, he will square off against the GOP nominee. Independent Erica Matlock will be on the JP 2 ballot in November facing Tuesday’s Republican winner.
Information from the Kendall County Elections Department states there are more than 35,000 registered voters in the county.
As far as the Texas Legislature, Campbell is seeking to retain her Senate 25 seat but is being opposed by Channon Cain. In the House, Ellen Troxclair, Nubia Devine, Perla Hopkins and Justin Berry are seeking the GOP nod in District 19, which was realigned to include Kendall, Gillespie, Blanco, Burnet and a small portion of western Travis County.
Robert Walsh is the lone Senate District 25 candidate on the Democratic ballot while Pam Baggett is the only House District 19 candidate on the Democratic side.
Other races
There is one federal seat on the primary ballot – U.S. Representative in District 21. It’s currently occupied by Republican Chip Roy, who is seeking re-election.
On the GOP side, he is being challenged by Michael Alexander French, Robert Lowery and Dana Zavorka. Democrats seeking their party’s nod there are Scott William Strum, Ricardo Villarreal, Coy Gee Branscum II, Cherif Gacis, Claudia Andreana Zapata and David Anderson Jr.
At the state level, voters in November will pick Texas’ next governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller, general land office commissioner, commissioner of agriculture and railroad commissioner. Also on the Kendall County ballot, there are a couple of supreme court justice and criminal court of appeals judge seats being contested.
Many local and state positions are uncontested.
In the race for governor, current Gov. Greg Abbott is being challenged by fellow Republicans Rick Perry, Allen B. West, Don Huffines, Kandy Kaye Horn, Danny Harrison, Chad Prather and Paul Belew. On the Democratic side, Michael Cooper, Beto O’Rourke, Joy Diaz, Rich Wakeland and Inocencio Barrientez are seeking their party’s nomination.
Six Republicans and three Democrats want to become the state’s next lieutenant governor. On the GOP side, they are incumbent Dan Patrick, Zach Vance, Daniel Miller, Todd Bullis, Trayce Bradford and Aaron Sorrells. The three Democrats are Michelle Beckley, Mike Collier and Carla Brailey.
To view the complete ballots, visit the Kendall County Elections page at https://www.co.kendall.tx.us/page/Elections.
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