Monday was the final day for prospective candidates to file for their places in both the Republican and Democratic Primary elections taking place on March 2nd and several contested races are heating up with the Republicans in Brown County.

Since the Democratic candidates run unopposed in the primary, the winner of each Republican race will face off against a Democrat for County Judge, County Commissioner Precinct 2, Justice of the Peace Precinct 3, and Justice of the Peace Precinct 4 in the November general election.

Below is a lineup for the candidates in each party.  The (I) denotes the incumbent.

Republican

County Judge

  • Ray West (I)
  • Joe Cookesy
  • Lewis Lehman

County Court at Law

  • Frank Griffin (I)

District Clerk

  • Jan Brown (I)

County Clerk

  • Sharon Ferguson (I)

County Treasurer

  • Ann Krpoun (I)
  • Cliffton Karnes

County Surveyor

  • Don King (I)

County Commissioner Precinct 2

  • Joel Kelton (I)

County Commissioner Precinct 4

  • Larry Traweek (I)

Justice of the Peace Precinct 1

  • Walter Croft (I)

Justice of the Peace Precinct 2

  • Bob Wall (I)
  • John Lawson

Justice of the Peace Precinct 3

  • Bryan Thompson (I)
  • Mike Barr
  • David Gray

Justice of the Peace Precinct 4

  • Jim Cavanaugh (I)

 

Democrats

County Judge

  • Ronnie Lappe

County Commissioner Precinct 2

  • Charles Stavley

Justice of the Peace Precinct 3

  • Mike Bullard

Justice of the Peace Precinct 4

  • Selina Alexander