Orange County voters will go to party primary races Tuesday. Locally, the Republican Party has the only contested races.
County Judge Brint Carlton is being challenged by Dean T. Crooks. Kenneth (Ken) Luce is also on the ballot for the position but he has announced he is not running.
Precinct 2 County Commissioner Barry Burton is facing Theresa Adams Beauchamp. Precinct 4 Commissioner Jody Crump is running against Robert Viator. Also, County Treasurer Christy Khoury is running against David W. Smith.
Other Republicans are running unopposed.
The local Democratic Party has candidates running unopposed for county judge, Precinct 1 justice of the peace, and Precinct 2 commissioner.
In races for national positions in the Republican Party, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz has five Republican opponents and Governor Greg Abbott has two challengers. U.S. Representative District 36 Brian Babin is running unopposed in the primary.
Also in the Republican primary, State Senator Robert Nichols and State Representative Dade Phelan are unopposed.
Democrats will choose from three candidates for U.S. Senator and nine candidates for governor. Jon Powell and Dayna Steele are running against each other for the nomination to run for the U.S. Representative District 36 seat held by Babin. The winner will face Babin in November.
One Democrat is running for state senator and no Democrats are running for state representative.
People who vote in a party primary will not be allowed to vote in another party’s run-off primary race.
-Margaret Toal, KOGT-
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