Early Voting begins for 2016 Texas Primaries

Early Voting for Texas role in Super Tuesday began this morning at 7 a.m. Texas' largest county is printing a record number of ballots -- 100,000 more than before, according to Texas Tribune. Mail-in ballots for Harris County have already set a record -- about 55,000 compared to 37,000 requested in 2012.

Read more:
https://www.texastribune.org/2016/02/16/competitive-races-expected-pump-turnout

We'll have some Travis County analysis once we've had some time to digest some totals. For now, here are some sample ballots so you'll know what to expect when casting your ballot (PDF format):

Democrat:
http://traviscountyclerk.org/eclerk/content/images/sample_ballots/2016.03.01/2016_Dem_Joint_Primary.pdf

Republican:
http://traviscountyclerk.org/eclerk/content/images/sample_ballots/2016.03.01/2016_Rep_Joint_Primary.pdf

You can produce your own, personalized sample ballot at http://www.votetravis.com

And, for those interested, here is a singular list of ALL candidates currently running in Travis County (you're welcome!). As you can see, aside from the usual dominance in the judicial races, there is significant competition for the Democrat establishment this year.



U.S. Representative:

District 10
- Bill Kelsey (L)
- Michael T. McCaul (R)
- Scot B. Gallaher (D)
- Tawana W. Cadien (D)

District 17
- Bill Flores (R)
- Kaleb Sims (R)
- Ralph Patterson (R)
- William Matta (D)

District 21
- Antonio Diaz
- John Murphy (R)
- Lamar Smith (R)
- Matt McCall  (R)
- Tejas Vakil (D)
- Tom Wakely (D)
- Todd Phelps (R)

District 25
- Ed Tidwell
- Kathi Tomas (D)
- Loren Schneiderman
- Roger Williams (R)

District 35
- Lloyd Doggett (D)
- Rhett Smith
- Scott Trimble
- Susan Narvaiz (R)

Railroad Commissioner:
- Cody Garrett (D)
- Gary Gates  (R)
- Grady Yarbrough (D)
- John Greytok (R)
- Lon Burnam (D)
- Mark Miller
- Ron Hale  (R)
- Doug Jeffrey (R)
- Wayne Christian (R)
- Lance N. Christian (R)
- Weston Martinez (R)

Justice, Texas Supreme Court:

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 3
- Debra Lehrman (R)
- Kathie Glass (L)
- Michael Massengale (R)
- Mike Westergen (D)
- Roberto Koelsch

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 5
- David Contreas Garza (D)
- Paul Green (R)
- Rick Green (R)
- Tom Oxford (L)

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 9
- Don Fulton
- Eva Guzman (R)
- Joe Pool (R)
- Savannah Robinson (D)

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals:

Court of Criminal Appeals Place 2
- Lawrence "Larry" Meyers (D)
- Mark Ash
- Mary Lou Keel (R)
- Quanah Parker
- Ray Wheless (R)
- Chris Oldner (R)

Court of Criminal Appeals Place 5
- Betsy Johnson (D)
- Brent Webster (R)
- Sid Harle (R)
- William Bryan Strange III (L)
- Steve Smith (R)
- Scott Walker (R)

Court of Criminal Appeals Place 6
- Michael E. Keasler (R)
- Richard Davis (R)
- Robert Burns (D)
- Mark W. Bennett

State Board of Education:

District 10
- Judy Jennings (D)
- Tom Maynard (R)

District 5
- Ken Mercer (R)
- Rebecca Bell-Metereau (D)
- Richardo Perkins

State Senator:

District 21
- Judith Zaffirini (D)
- Veronica Aleman

District 24
- Brent Mayes (R)
- Dawn Buckingham (R)
- Jon Cobb  (R)
- Reed Williams (R)
- Ryan Downton (R)
- Susan King (R)
- Virginia "Jenny Lou" Leeder (D)

State Representative:

District 46
- Adam "Michael" Greeley
- Dawnna Dukes (D)
- Gabriel Nila (R)
- Kevin Ludlow (L)

District 47
- Ana Jordan  (D)
- Jay Wiley (R)
- Paul Workman (R)
- Scott G. McKinlay

District 48
- Ben Easton (L)
- Donna Howard (D)

District 49
- Aspen Dunaway  (D)
- Blake Rocap (D)
- Gina Hinojosa (D)
- Heather Way (D)
- Huey Rey Fischer (D)
- Kenton D. Johnson (D)
- Matthew Shrum (D)
- Rick Perkins

District 50
- Ceasar Ruiz (R)
- Celia Israel (D)

District 51
- Eddie Rodriguez (D)
- Katija Gruene (G)

Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals District:

3rd Court of Appeals District, Place 2
- Cindy Olson Bourland (R)

3rd Court of Appeals District, Place 4
- Melissa Goodwin (R)

District Judge:

53rd District Court
- Scott Jenkins (D)

98th District Court
- Rhonda Hurley (D)

126th District Court
- Darlene Byrne (D)

167th District Court
- P. David Wahlberg (D)

200th District Court
- Gisela D. Triana (D)

345th District Court
- Melissa Mather (D)
- Jan Soifer (D)

353rd District Court
- Tim Sulak (D)

390th District Court
- Julie Kocurek (D)

427th District Court
- Jim Coronado (D)
- Tamara Needles (D)

450th District Court
- Brad Urrutia  (D)
- Chantal Eldridge (D)
- Don Clemmer (R)

District Attorney:
- Gary Cobb (D)
- Margaret Moore (D)
- Rick Reed (D)
- Maura Phelan (R)

Judge, County Criminal Court:

County Court #8
- Carlos Barrera (D)

County Court #9
- Kim Williams (D)

County Attorney:
- David Escamilla (D)

Sheriff:
- Debbie Russell (G)
- Don X. Rios (D)
- Eric Guerra (D)
- Joe G. Martinez (R)
- John Sisson (D)
- Sally Hernandez (D)
- Todd Radford (D)

Tax Assessor-Collector:
- Bruce Elfant (D)
- Steven Haskett (L)

County Commissioner:

Precinct 1
- Arthur Sampson (D)
- Ashle Gordon
- James Nortey  (D)
- Jeff Travillion (D)
- Marc Hoskins (D)
- Pat McCord (R)
- Richard Franklin III (D)

Precinct 3
- David Holmes
- Gerald Daughtery (R)
- Jason Nassour (R)

Constable:

Precinct 1
- Danny Thomas (D)
- Janie Serna (D)
- Rick Schumacher (D)

Precinct 2
- Adan Ballesteros (D)
- Deke Pierce (R)

Precinct 3
- Anthony “AJ” Johnson (D)
- Frederic L. Johnson
- Stacy Suits (D)

Precinct 4
- George Morales (D)
- Manuel Jimenez (D)

Precinct 5
- Carlos Lopez (D)

Republican County Chair

-Robert Morrow (R)
-James Dickey (R)

Democratic County Chair

-Vincent Harding (D)

Democratic Precinct Chairmen

Precinct 129
-Denee Lee Ann Booker (D)
-Mykle Tomlinson (D)

Precinct 433
-Jovita Pardo (D)
-Christopher S. Burton (D)

Republican Precinct Chairmen

Precinct 308
- Mike Tibbets (R)
- Paul Eagan (R)

Precinct 312
- Alton Moore (R)
- Jerri Lynn Ward (R)

Precinct 316
- Brendan Steinhauser (R)
- Susan Shivers Setters (R)

Precinct 334 Chairman
- Don Zimmerman (R)
- Steve Jarvis (R)

Precinct 429 Chairman
- Michael R. Goldman (R)
- Shane R. Saum (R)

Note: Not all third-party candidates could be identified as the parties have not yet convened in their nominating conventions. Familiar names were marked "G" for Green or "L" for Libertarian.

Any corrections or additions are welcome in the comments section below.