Wood County voters head to the polls Tuesday, March 3 to choose party nominees for district attorney, two county commissioner posts, two justices of the peace (JP), a constable and county treasurer, plus state offices.

Remaining county offices are unopposed, including incumbents County Judge Kevin White, County Clerk Kelley Price, District Clerk Suzy Wright, and JPs Tony Gilbreath in Prec. 1 and Jody Hettich in Prec. 4.

The incumbent justices of the peace in Precincts Two and Three drew challengers.

Dusty Cook is trying to unseat Justice of the Peace Janae Holland in Prec. 2, while Prec. 3 JP Jerry Parker drew two challengers, Tyler Turrentine and Lee Whisenhunt.

Jeremy Ragsdale was appointed to fill the unexpired term for constable in Prec. 2 last year, and is running for the two-year unexpired term along with Scott Melvin.

District Attorney Angela Albers has been challenged by Sarah Bailey King.

County treasurer Daphne Carter did not seek reelection. The hopefuls are Kari Perkins and Matthew Prather.

All of the above appear on the Republican primary ballot. Two Democrats have filed for county commissioner.

Jerry Gaskill, son of the incumbent, is unopposed for the Republican nomination in Prec. 2. He will face Democrat Carlist Brinkley in the November general election.

Passionique Taylor has filed as a Democrat for Prec. 4 commissioner.

Incumbent Russell Acker has drawn a challenger in the Republican primary – Jon Shirley – with the winner facing Taylor in November.

Wood County voters will also help select the next congressman for District 32. The county was moved from District 5 (Lance Gooden) in the recent redistricting.

There are nine Republicans vying for the seat, which will likely result in a runoff to be held on May 26, as well as two Democratic candidates.

For State Representative, incumbent Cole Hefner has been challenged by Dewey Collier in the Republican primary, and the winner faces Democrat Hector Garza in the general election.

Incumbent State Senator Bryan Hughes has no Republican opponent, and will face Democrat Leticia Ambroz in November.

The seat on the state board of education representing Wood County drew three Republican candidates: Rachel Hogue, Stephen Yearout and Kason Huddleston. The winner will face Democrat Ericka Ledford.

Wood County party chairs Kathy Wakeman (Republican) and Kelly Wishart (Democrat) are also unopposed.

Both parties also have several non-binding resolutions on their ballots.

Voters will also decide the party nominees for United States Senate and the major statewide offices including governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller, land commissioners, agriculture commissioner and one seat on the railroad commission.

The judicial races include four seats on the state supreme court, three seats on the state court of criminal appeals, three seats on the 15th District court of appeals, two seats on the 12th District and one seat on the 6th District.

Early voting continues until Friday at the elections office in Quitman. As of Monday 3,146 early ballots had been cast.

Poll hours for the remainder of the week are from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Locations include Precinct 1-1, Carroll Green Civic Center in Quitman; 1-2, Yantis Community Center; 1-3, Alba Community Center; 1-4, Harold Simmons Community Center in Golden; 2-1, 2-2 and 2-3, Mineola Civic Center; 3-1, 4-1 and 4-4, Quitman Public Library; 3-2, Holly Lake Ranch Fire Dept.; 3-3, Hawkins Community Center; 4-2 and 4-3, Winnsboro City Auditorium.

Sample ballots for each voting precinct may be viewed at https://elections.mywoodcounty.com/election-information/sample-ballots/