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Ballot includes contests across Denton County, from U.S. House to City Council

The Nov. 3 general election ballot includes contested races for federal, state, county and Denton city offices.

Isabel Abbott

October 13, 20262 min read

Countywide election guide - illustration, Jake Team LLC

Denton County voters will fill federal, state, county and city offices in the Nov. 3 general election. Early voting runs Oct. 19 through Oct. 30. At votedenton.gov, voters can confirm their registration, pull up a sample ballot for their address and find other election details.

Below are the candidates on the ballot, as listed by the Denton Record-Chronicle. Incumbents are noted.

U.S. House

  • District 4: Pat Fallon, Republican (incumbent); Jason Pearce, Democrat
  • District 13: Ronny Jackson, Republican (incumbent); Mark Nair, Democrat
  • District 26: Brandon Gill, Republican (incumbent); Steven Shook, Democrat; Phil Gray, Libertarian

Texas House and State Board of Education

  • House District 57: Richard Hayes, Republican (incumbent); Ray Stith, Democrat; Darren Hamilton, Libertarian
  • House District 63: Ben Bumgarner, Republican (incumbent); Denise Wooten, Democrat
  • House District 64: Andy Hopper, Republican (incumbent); Julie Evans, Democrat
  • House District 65: Mitch Little, Republican (incumbent); Detrick DeBurr, Democrat
  • House District 106: Jared Patterson, Republican (incumbent); Joe Mayes, Democrat
  • State Board of Education District 14: Mindy Bumgarner, Republican; Amy Taylor, Democrat

Denton County

  • County Clerk: Juli Luke, Republican (incumbent); Dale Frey, Democrat
  • County Judge: Andy Eads, Republican (incumbent); Nick Pappas, Democrat
  • Commissioner, Precinct 2: Kevin Falconer, Republican (incumbent); Candace Valenzuela, Democrat
  • Commissioner, Precinct 4: David Wylie, Republican; Stephanie Draper, Democrat
  • 481st District Court judge: Crystal Edmonson Levonius, Republican (incumbent); Seth Fuller, Democrat

Justices of the peace

  • Precinct 1: Alan Wheeler, Republican (incumbent); Brandon Chase McGee, Democrat
  • Precinct 2: Chris Pochlya, Republican; Katrina Moore, Democrat
  • Precinct 3: James Kerbow, Republican (incumbent); Trista Willeford, Democrat
  • Precinct 4: Harris Hughey, Republican (incumbent); Will Robertson, Democrat
  • Precinct 5: Vince Handler, Republican; Patrece Perry, Democrat
  • Precinct 6: Blanca Oliver, Republican (incumbent); Michelle Butler, Democrat

Appraisal district and City Council

The Denton Central Appraisal District board lists Angie Cox for Place 1, Curtiss Welker for Place 2, and Rick Guzman and Edwin Irungu for Place 3.

In Denton City Council District 1, the candidates are Ward Franz, Sunny Busby, Michael Herron and Kris Cox.

Unopposed incumbents

These Republican incumbents had no opponent in the primaries, according to the newspaper's list: County Treasurer Cindy Yeatts Brown, District Clerk David Trantham, Criminal District Attorney Paul Johnson, and judges Steve Burgess (158th District), Brody Shanklin (211th District), Brent Hill (367th District), Derbha Jones (467th District), Michael Dickens (477th District), Kimberly McCary (County Court at Law No. 1), Robert Ramirez (County Court at Law No. 2), Lauri Ragland (County Criminal Court at Law No. 1), Susan Piel (County Criminal Court at Law No. 2), Forrest Beadle (County Criminal Court at Law No. 3), Chance Oliver (County Criminal Court at Law No. 4), Coby Waddill (County Criminal Court at Law No. 5), David Jahn (Probate Court) and Chris Everett (Probate Court No. 2).

Source: Denton Record-Chronicle.

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