Early voting begins Tuesday
Early voting in the March 5 party primaries begins on Tuesday, Feb. 20.
All early voting in Wood County is conducted at the elections office in Quitman.
Days and hours are Feb. 20-23 from 8 …
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Early voting begins Tuesday
Early voting in the March 5 party primaries begins on Tuesday, Feb. 20.
All early voting in Wood County is conducted at the elections office in Quitman.
Days and hours are Feb. 20-23 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 24 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Feb. 26-March 1 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Mail-in ballot applications are accepted through Feb. 23.
Wood County has four contested positions in the Republican primary.
Two incumbent county commissioners have drawn challengers, while two constable positions are open.
Precinct One voters will choose between Robert Holland and LaDawn Foley-McGee for constable to replace Steve Bowser, who did not seek reelection.
The precinct will also have three men running for commissioner, Randy Dunn, Justin Bowring and incumbent Virgil Junior Holland.
Precinct Two has a three-way race to replace constable Kelly Smith, who did not run. Candidates are Stephen Nichols, Bobby Tucker and Joshua Davis.
There are two challengers for Precinct Three commissioner, one from each party. David Eishen has challenged Mike Simmons in the Republican Primary, with the winner to face Democrat Madeline Gibson in the general election.
County voters will also help choose the state representative, with incumbent Cole Hefner facing Dewey Collier and Jeff Fletcher in the GOP primary.
U.S. representative Lance Gooden is unopposed in the primary and will face Democrat Ruth “Truth” Torres in the November general election.
The presidential primary and the United States senate seat held by Ted Cruz are on the ballot for both parties.
There is one other non-judicial statewide race, for railroad commissioner.
Two countywide officeholders drew no challengers from either party, Sheriff Kelly Cole and District Judge Brad McCampbell, while Angie Luman is unopposed to replace Carol Taylor as tax assessor-collector.
Party chairs Democrat Judy Traylor and Republican Kathy Wakeman are unopposed.
Sample ballots may be viewed on the county’s website, mywoodcounty.com, under the elections office.
