The Ellis County Press: GOP races shape up - 7 Libertarians, 1 Democrat file

GOP races shape up - 7 Libertarians, 1 Democrat file
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Editor on 01/08/2010 10:09:00


JOEY G. DAUBEN and MEGAN GRAY
The Ellis County Press
FERRIS - In Ellis County, March 2 _is_ the election.
With the 2008 presidential race garnering 70 percent of the GOP vote, only one
Democrat filed by the Jan. 4 deadline.
The rest of Ellis County will see a slew of Republicans and a record number of
Libertarian Party candidates.
Libertarians compete in conventions on March 13 and 20, but Republicans after
March 2 will face general election competition from third party candidates.
The list of candidates as of Monday's deadline are as follows:
County Judge
Republican
Carol Bush (I); Kelly Kovar
Libertarian
Brandy Lemmon Owen
County Commissioner
Precinct 2
REPUBLICAN
Bill Dodson (I)
LIBERTARIAN
Daryl Ray Spence
County Commissioner Precinct 4
Republican Ron Brown (I)
Rodney Pat Ramsey
Homer Sandling Jr.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
Precinct 1
Republican Bill Woody (I)
LIBERTARIAN
Terri Delgado Banard
Justice of the Peace
Precinct 2
REPUBLICAN
Jackie Miller Jr. (I)
LIBERTARIAN
Amy Sierra
Justice of the Peace
Precinct 3
REPUBLICAN
Curtis Polk (I)
Justice of the Peace
Precinct 4
REPUBLICAN
Bill Vansyckle
Steve Burnett
Vicki Massey
Steve Eagan
County Treasurer
REPUBLICAN
Judy Burden (I); Cheryl Chambers
Democrat -
Libertarian Patrick H. Owen
County Clerk
Republican Cindy Polley (I); Lacreetia Gail Abbey
Democrat -
Libertarian Kellie Robinson
District Clerk
Republican Melanie Price Reed (I)
Democrat -
Libertarian Shannon Hunter
40th District Court
Republican Bob Carroll; Dan Gus; Ron Wilkinson; Cindy Ermatinger
Democrat -
Libertarian -
Court at Law No. 1
Republican Greg Wilhelm (I); James "Jim" Chapman
Democrat -
Libertarian -
Court at Law No. 2
Republican A. Gene Calvert Jr. (I)
Democrat -
Libertarian -
State Representative District 10
Republican Jim Pitts (I)
Democrat -
Libertarian -
State Senator District 22
Republican Kip Averitt (I); Darren Yancy
Democrat -
Libertarian Ben Faulkner; Tim Ballard
U.S. Congress District 6
Republican Joe Barton (I)
Democrat David Cozad
Libertarian Byron Severns
The full list of statewide, federal candidates and Dallas County candidates can
be found at ECPElections.com.