2022
VOTER GUIDE GUIDE
Candidates and information for general elections
COMPILED BY DARCY SPRAGUE
DATES TO KNOW Oct. 24 First day of early voting Oct. 28 Last day to apply for ballot by mail (received, not postmarked) Nov. 4 Last day of early voting
WHERE TO VOTE
Nov. 8 Election Day Nov. 8 Last day to receive ballot by mail (or Nov. 9 if carrier envelope is postmarked by 7 p.m. at location of election on Election Day)
Residents of Travis County may vote at any polling location within the county. More information is available at www.votetravis.org.
SOURCE: TRAVIS COUNTY COMMUNITY IMPACT
SAMPLE BALLOT
R Republican
D Democrat
L Libertarian
G Green
STATE Governor *Incumbent
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 5 R Rebeca Huddle* D Amanda Reichek Justice, Supreme Court, Place 9 R Evan Young* D Julia Maldonado Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 5 R Scott Walker* D Dana Hu man Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 6 R Jesse F. McClure III* D Robert Johnson Member, State Board of Education, District 5 R Perla Munoz Hopkins D Rebecca Bell-Metereau* Texas Senate, District 14 D Sarah Eckhardt* L Steven E. Haskett Texas House of Representatives, District 47 R Rob McCarthy D Vikki Goodwin* Texas House of Representatives, District 48 D Donna Howard * L Daniel Jerome McCarthy Texas House of Representatives, District 49 D Gina Hinojosa* R Katherine Gri n Texas House of Representatives, District 50
Travis County Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals District, Place 4 R Lesli R. Fitzpatrick D Rosa Lopez Theofanis Travis County District judge 455th Judicial District
Austin City Council, District 9 Zena Mitchell Zohaib “Zo” Qadri Greg Smith Joah Spearman Kym Olson Ben Le er Linda Guerrero Tom Wald City of Austin, Proposition A Authorizing the city of Austin to issue $350 million in tax-supported general obligation bonds and notes for planning, designing, acquiring, constructing, renovating, improving and equipping a ordable housing facilities for low- and moderate-income persons and families, and acquiring land and interests in land and property necessary to do so, funding loans and grants for a ordable housing, and funding a ordable housing programs as may be permitted by law; and the levy of a tax su cient to pay for the bonds and notes. AUSTIN ISD Austin ISD board of trustees, District 1 Roxanne J. Evans Candace L. Hunter Austin ISD board of trustees, District 4 Kathryn Whitley Chu Clint Small Austin ISD board of trustees, at-large Position 9 Arati Singh* Heather Toolin
Austin ISD, Proposition A Authorizing AISD to issue $2,316,025,000 in school building bonds to renovate selected campuses, upgrade security measures and purchase of new school buses while raising property tax rates to cover the cost. Austin ISD, Proposition B Authorizing AISD to issue $75,541,000 in school building bonds for technology upgrades. Austin ISD, Proposition C Authorizing AISD to issue $47,434,000 in bonds to improve athletic facilities. AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE Austin Community College board of trustees, Place 6 Nathaniel Hellman Steve Jackobs Austin Community College, Proposition A Authorizing ACC to issue $770 million in bonds for the purpose of constructing, improving, renovating, and equipping college buildings districtwide for workforce training and general education programs, including construction of a new campus at the Pinnacle site in Southwest Austin and construction of a new campus in southeast Travis County.
R Greg Abbott* D Beto O’Rourke L Mark Tippetts G Delilah Barrios Lieutenant governor
R Cleve W. Doty D Laurie Eiserloh
R Dan Patrick* D Mike Collier L Shanna Steele I Deauc Nash Dentaen I Jason Eric Withers Attorney general R Ken Paxton* D Rochelle Mercedes Garza L Mark Ash Comptroller of public accounts R Glenn Hegar* D Janet T. Dudding L V. Alonzo Echevarria-Garza I Michael Pepos Berlanga Commissioner of the General Land O ce R Dawn Buckingham D Jay Kleberg G Alfred Molison Commissioner of agriculture R Sid Miller* D Susan Hays Railroad commissioner R Wayne Christian* D Luke Warford L Jaime Andres Diez G Hunter Crow Justice, Supreme Court, Place 3 R Debra Lehrmann* D Erin Nowell L Thomas Edward Oxford
FEDERAL U.S. Representative, District 35 R Dan McQueen D Greg Casar U.S. Representative, District 37 R Jenny Garcia Sharon
D Lloyd Doggett L Clark Patterson
LOCAL Travis County judge R Rupal Chaudhari D Andy Brown* County Clerk R Susan Haynes D Dyana Limon-Mercado Justice of the peace, Precinct 2 D Randall Slagle L Christopher David Austin City Council, District 1 Misael D. Ramos Clinton Rarey Melonie House-Dixon Natasha Harper-Madison*
D James Talarico R Victor Johnson L Ted Brown
Only candidates in contested elections are included. Go to the county election website for information on uncontested races.
For more election coverage, go to communityimpact.com/voter-guide.
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