Contested races for March GOP primary
Monday was the deadline to file in the March party primaries for county, state and federal offices.
The following candidates have filed to run for Wood County offices in the Republican primary.
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Contested races for March GOP primary
Monday was the deadline to file in the March party primaries for county, state and federal offices.
The following candidates have filed to run for Wood County offices in the Republican primary.
Commissioner Prec. Two - Jerry Gaskill.
Commissioner Prec. Four - Russell Acker and Jon Shirley.
District Clerk - Suzy Wright.
District Attorney Angela Albers and Sarah Bailey King.
County Judge - Kevin White.
County Clerk - Kelley Price.
County Treasurer - Kari Perkins and Matthew Prather.
Justice of the Peace Prec. 1 - Tony Gilbreath.
Justice of the Peace Prec. 2 - Janae Holland and Dusty Cook.
Justice of the Peace Prec. 3 - Jerry Parker, Tyler Turrentine and Lee Whisenhunt.
Justice of the Peace Prec. 4 - Jody Paul Hettich.
Constable Prec. 2 - Jeremy Ragsdale and Scott Melvin.
In the Democratic primary, Carlist Brinkley has filed to run for Prec. 2 commissioner.
Ten people have filed for the 32nd District Congressional seat, which is Wood County’s new district following court approval of the state’s redistricting plan.
Wood County has been in District 5, represented by Lance Gooden since 2019. But redistricting placed Wood County in District 32 stretching west to Dallas County.
Republicans Ryan Binkley, Darrell Day, Abteen Vaziri, Jace Yarbough, James Ussery, Paul L. Bondar, Aimee Carrasco and Monty Montanez have filed as Republicans. Anthony Bridges and Dan Barrios have filed as Democrats.
At the state level, Sen. Bryan Hughes of Mineola is unopposed for reelection to the state senate.
Rep. Cole Hefner of Mt. Pleasant is seeking reelection to the state legislature and is opposed by Dewey Collier and Steven R. Layton in the primary and Democrat Hector Garza in the general election in November.
The state board of education seat for District 9, which includes Wood County, has drawn three Republican hopefuls, Kason Huddleston, Rachel Hogue and Steven Yearout. Ericka Ledford has filed as a Democrat.