The Ellis County Press: 2008 elections drawing near 2008 elections drawing near ================================================================================ Editor on 01/03/2008 00:00:00 _Races shaping up in local precincts_ GLEN JACKSON _The Ellis County Press _ ELLIS COUNTY - In an effort to inform and educate readers, The Ellis County Press will publish Republican and Democratic Party precinct chair information. Precincts are the lowest elected office on the political totem pole, but perhaps the most important. Chairs are elected every two years in either the Republican or Democratic primaries and run the primary elections in their precincts. There are 45 such precincts in Ellis County, but not all are filled. This week, the Republican precinct chairs are listed: Precinct 101 - Vacant Precinct 102 - Melody Cawthorn Precinct 103 - Charlie Morton Precinct 104 - Andrea Herodes Precinct 105 - Vacant Precinct 106 - Nelson Baird* Precinct 107 - Tom Hall Precinct 108 - Marilyn Barnes Precinct 109 - Angela Korthauer Precinct 110 - Andrew Johnson Precinct 111 - Don Wilson Precinct 112 - Unknown Precinct 113 - Vacant Precinct 114 - Peggy Spalding Precinct 115 - Vacant Precinct 116 - Mike Junkin Precinct 117 - Roy Callender Precinct 118 - Anita Blackwell Precinct 119 - Andrew Sanchez Precinct 120 - Vacant Precinct 121 - Joseph Slovacek Precinct 122 - Vacant Precinct 123 - Mona Loera Precinct 124 - Vacant Precinct 125 - David Hunnicutt Precinct 126 - Vacant Precinct 127 - Vacant Precinct 128 - Elizabeth Penny Precinct 129 - Bill Fletcher Precinct 130 - Marjorie Miller Precinct 131 - John Phillips Precinct 132 - Tommie Worthy Precinct 133 - Stephen Rice Precinct 134 - Melna McCutchen Precinct 135 - Connie Doyle Precinct 136 - Vacant Precinct 137 - Jack Hood Precinct 138 - Vacant Precinct 139 - Unknown Precinct 140 - Vacant Precinct 141 - Vacant Precinct 142 - Duff Hale Precinct 143 - Cheree Barrett Precinct 144 - Sharon Shawn Precinct 145 - John Tabor