Primary Filing Period Closes; Candidates Ready For May 29th Primary Elections

Apologies for not posting this sooner. I'd really been hoping to have my database ready so I could have this presented to you in a similar way to how we show election results on election night. But I've had some technical issues there, and apparently having it perfect is the enemy of having it done.

That said, I'm just going to start posting the names of candidates here and the positions they are running for. I'll come back later and add more detail, such as campaign websites and basic information.

The second filing period for the May 29th Primary election ended Friday. These candidates are the ones listed by the Democratic and Republican parties.

Feel free to use the comment section to add your own thoughts about the candidates, if you can do it in a civil way.

Candidates within each race are listed in no particular order. Only the races that can be voted on within Denton County will be listed.

Federal Races:

Position	Republicans	Democrats
President of the United States	Michele Bachmann John Davis Newt Gingrich Jon Huntsman Ron Paul Charles "Buddy" Roemer Mitt Romney Rick Santorum	Barack Obama (I) Darcy G. Richardson Bob Ely John Wolfe
U.S. Senator	Ted Cruz Glenn Addison "Doc Joe" Agris Curt Cleaver David Dewhurst Ben Gambini Graig James Tom Leppert Lela Pittenger	Addie D. Allen Paul Sadler Sean Hubbard Grady Yarbrough
U.S. Representative - Dist 24	Kenny Marchant (I) Grant Stinchfield	Tim Rusk
U.S. Representative - Dist 26	Michael Burgess (I)	David Sanchez

State of Texas Races

Position	Republicans	Democrats
Railroad Commissioner (Full)	Becky Berger Beryl Burgess Warren Chisum Joe Cotten Christi Craddick Roland Sledge	Dale Henry
Railroad Commissioner (Unexpired)	Al Lee Elizabeth Murray-Kolb Greg Parker Barry Smitherman (I)	None
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2	Steve Smith Don Willett (I)	None
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 4	John Devine David Medina (I) Joe Pool, Jr.	None
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 6	Nathan Hecht	Michele Petty
Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals	Sharon Keller (I)	Keith Hampton
State Board of Education, Dist 14	Gail Lowe (I) Sue Melton
State Senator - Dist. 12	Jane Nelson (I)	None
State Senator - Dist. 30	Craig Estes (I) Jim Herblin	None
State Representative - Dist. 63	Tan Parker (I)	None
State Representative - Dist. 64	Myra Crownover (I) Mike Brucia	Mary Brown
State Representative - Dist. 65	Mike Hennifer Larry Jones David Loerwald Ron Simmons	Gary E. Brown
State Representative - Dist. 88	Amber Fulton Pat Fallon	None

Denton County Races

Position	Republicans	Democrats
Tax Assessor / Collector	Michelle French Marc Moffit	None
Sheriff	Jesse Flores Benny Parkey (I) William Travis
County Commissioner - Pct. 1	Hugh Coleman	None
County Commissioner - Pct. 3	Bobbie Mitchell	None
Constable - Pct. 1	Jim Dotson
Constable - Pct. 2	Hal Grant Michael Truitt (I)
Constable - Pct. 3	Jerry Raburn (I) Barry Minoff
Constable - Pct. 4	Tim Burch Sam Mooney
Constable - Pct. 5	Doug Boydston Dale Chegwidden George Riojas
Constable - Pct. 6	Douglas Lee Ron Smith (I)	Ken Williams
District Judge, 16th Judicial District	Derbha Jones Sherry Shipman (I)
District Judge, 362nd Judicial District	Bruce McFarling (I)
District Judge, 393rd Judicial District	Doug Robison
District Judge, 431st Judicial District		Jonathan Bailey
Party Chairman	Dianne Edmondson (I)	Phyllis Wolper (I) John McClelland