Three more candidates filed for spots on the Republican primary ballot just before Monday’s deadline. The late entries mean Scurry County voters will determine several contested races on each party’s ballot.
The Republican ballot will feature two contested races for county commissioner and a race for sheriff. Incumbent Terry Williams will face challenger Bob May to represent Precinct 1 on the commissioners’ court. Incumbent Shawn McCowen will face challengers Jeff Gilbert and Dennis Poole to represent Precinct 3 on the commissioners’ court. And incumbent Trey Wilson will face challengers Raymond Guzman and Jeanette Pritchard for the title of Scurry County Sheriff.
The two remaining county-level incumbents who filed to appear on the Republican primary ballot, without challengers, were Jana Young, Tax Assessor Collector and Michael Hartman, Scurry County Attorney.
132nd District Judge Ernie Armstrong and 132nd District Attorney Ben Smith filed through the state, and according to the Secretary of State’s website, will run opposed in the Republican primary.
Among the statewide races, incumbent State Senator Charles Perry and Representative Dustin Burrows have each filed without an opponent in the Republican primary, according to the Texas Secretary of State website. Perry represents District 28 in the Texas Senate and Burrows represents District 83 in the Texas House.
There will also be a local contested race on the Democratic primary ballot, as well as two candidates to represent District 83 as a State Representative.
Incumbent county chair Ed Vinson will be challenged by Lacey Franks. No other candidates filed for county-level positions in the Democratic primary.
Snyder’s Addison Perry-Franks has filed to represent District 83 and will face James Barrack of Lubbock on the Democratic primary ballot, according to the Secretary of State’s website. No one filed to run as the Democratic candidate to represent District 28 in the State Senate, according to the website on Tuesday morning.
Other offices that will be contested in the party primaries are U.S. President, U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, a seat on the Railroad Commission of Texas, several justice positions on the state supreme and appeals courts and seats on the state board of education.
Republican and Democratic primaries will take place on March 3, 2020. The primary elections will determine who represents each party in the general election, which will be held on Nov. 3, 2020.
All candidates in the primary elections were offered free front-page announcements in the Snyder Daily News and any that were turned in before the deadline and have not published will appear in one of this week’s editions. Not all candidates chose to submit announcements.
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