Early voting in Gillespie County has begun and 768 people voted in-person on Monday and Tuesday, County Clerk Mary Lynn Rusche said.
Early voting ahead of the Nov. 4 general election continues through Oct. 31 at the County Courthouse, Room 104, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
Weekend voting will be held Saturday, Oct. 25 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 26 from 1-3 p.m. at the Gillespie County Courthouse.
The ballot
On the ballot are federal, state and six unopposed county races.
The marquis races include U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R) facing Democratic challenger David Alameel, Libertarian Rebecca Paddock and Green party Emily (Spicybrown) Sanchez.
Incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith faces Libertarian Ryan Shields and Green Party candidate Antonio Diaz.
In the state races, Abbott, representing the Republican Party, will face Democrat Wendy Davis in the race for governor, along with Libertarian Kathy Glass and the Green Party’s Brandon Parmer.
State senators Dan Patrick (R) and Leticia Van de Putte (D) will face off in the lieutenant governor’s race, along with Robert D. Butler (L) and Chadrankantha Courtney (GRN).
Other statewide races include those for attorney general, comptroller, commissioner of the General Land Office, Commissioner of Agriculture and one Railroad commissioner spot.
Proposition 1 also will be on the ballot, in which voters will vote for or against using half of oil revenue put in the state’s rainy day fund for highway transportation projects, including new roads, maintenance, rehabilitation and acquiring right-of-ways for new roads. (No money may be used to build toll roads.)
Gillespie County unopposed races include those of Mark Stroeher, county judge; Jan Davis, district clerk; Rusche, county clerk; Laura Lundquist, county treasurer; Carey Bonn, county surveyor; and J.D. Hickman, Justice of the Peace, Pct. 1.
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