Scurry County Republicans and Democrats will go to the primary polls starting this week to help pick their parties’ candidates for the Nov. 3 general election.
Early voting begins Tuesday and runs through Feb. 28. All early voting will be from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the first floor of the Scurry County Courthouse.
The general primary election will be March 3.
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 challenger 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.
Current 132nd District Judge Ernie Armstrong and 132nd District Attorney Ben Smith will also run unopposed in the Republican primary.
The only local contested primary race among local Democrats is for county Democratic Party chair.
Incumbent Ed Vinson will be challenged by Lacey Franks.
Among Democrats on the state level, Snyder’s Addison Perry-Franks will face James Barrack of Lubbock for the right to challenge Republican incumbent State Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock.
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