{"id":676145,"date":"2017-12-13T10:29:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T16:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=676145"},"modified":"2017-12-14T11:31:21","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T17:31:21","slug":"long-list-of-candidates-for-march-primary-in-smith-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=676145","title":{"rendered":"Long List of Candidates for March Primary in Smith County"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"TYLER — There are a number of contested races in the Smith County primary elections next March, now that the filing deadline has passed. Among the highlights: Louie Gohmert has an opponent in the GOP congressional race, and two people have filed on the Democratic side. In the state House District 6 contest, incumbent Matt Schaefer will have an opponent, with one independent and one Democrat to appear on the ballot as well. The district attorney race includes two Republicans, and County Judge Nathaniel Moran will face a Democratic opponent in November. <\/p>\n

Below is a full rundown of those due to appear on the March ballot:<\/p>\n

U.S. Representative District 1<\/p>\n

Brent Beal – D
\nLouie Gohmert (I)* – R
\nShirley McKellar – D
\nRoshin Rowjee – R<\/p>\n

State Representative District 5<\/p>\n

Cole Hefner (I) – R
\nBill Liebbe – D<\/p>\n

State Representative District 6<\/p>\n

Ted Kamel – R
\nYolanda R. Prince – D
\nNeal Katz -Independent
\nMatt Schaefer (I) – R<\/p>\n

241st Judicial District Judge<\/p>\n

Jack Skeen Jr. – R<\/p>\n

321st Judicial District Judge<\/p>\n

James Andrew Carter – R
\nRobert Wilson – R<\/p>\n

District Attorney<\/p>\n

Alicia Cashell Barkley – R
\nJacob Putman – R<\/p>\n

County Judge<\/p>\n

Michael K. Mast – D
\nNathaniel Moran (I) – R<\/p>\n

County Court-at-Law<\/p>\n

Jason Ellis (I) – R<\/p>\n

County Court-at-Law No. 2<\/p>\n

Taylor Heaton – R<\/p>\n

County Court-at-Law No. 3<\/p>\n

Floyd Getz (I) – R<\/p>\n

District Clerk<\/p>\n

Penny Clarkston – R
\nDawn Colclasure – R
\nTheresa (Terry) Morrow- R<\/p>\n

County Clerk<\/p>\n

Karen Phillips (I) – R<\/p>\n

County Treasurer<\/p>\n

Kelli R. White (I) – R<\/p>\n

County Commissioner Precinct 2<\/p>\n

Cary L. Nix (I) – R
\nRandolph Scott – D<\/p>\n

County Commissioner Precinct 4<\/p>\n

JoAnn Hampton (I) – D
\nDonald Ray Sanders – D<\/p>\n

Justice of the Peace Precinct 1<\/p>\n

Quincy Beavers Jr. (I) – D<\/p>\n

Justice of the Peace Precinct 2<\/p>\n

Andy Dunklin – R<\/p>\n

Justice of the Peace Precinct 3<\/p>\n

James L. Meredith (I) – R
\nDustin G. Stephens – D<\/p>\n

Justice of the Peace Precinct 4<\/p>\n

Thomas \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mitch\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Shamburger (I) – R<\/p>\n

Justice of the Peace Precinct 5<\/p>\n

Danny Brown – R
\nDarin W. Grissom – R
\nJon Wayne Johnson – R
\nPaul Simmons – R<\/p>\n

*(I) – Incumbent <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TYLER — There are a number of contested races in the Smith County primary elections next March, now that the filing deadline has passed. Among the highlights: Louie Gohmert has an opponent in the GOP congressional race, and two people have filed on the Democratic side. In the state House District 6 contest, incumbent Matt … Continue reading Long List of Candidates for March Primary in Smith County<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":676146,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-676145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-13 15:50:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=676145"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":676148,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676145\/revisions\/676148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/676146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=676145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=676145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=676145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}