Georgetown Edition | January 2026

Election

BY HANNAH NORTON & CLAIRE SHOOP

Voter Guide

2026

Dates to know

Where to vote

Feb. 17: First day of early voting Feb. 20: Last day to apply for ballot by mail (received, not postmarked) Feb. 27: Last day of early voting

Registered voters may cast ballots in either Texas’ Republican or Democratic primary, but not both. Third-party candidates will appear on the ballot in November. Williamson County voters can cast their ballot at any open polling location during early voting. However, on Election Day voters in both primaries will have to use a polling location in their precinct. Visit www.wilcotx.gov/elections for polling locations.

March 3: Election Day and the last day for counties to receive completed mail-in ballots (or 5 p.m. March 4 if the carrier envelope is postmarked by 7 p.m. on election day)

Only candidates in contested elections are included. Go to county election websites for information on uncontested races.

KEY: D Democrat R Republican *Incumbent

R Arturo Espinosa R Greg Abbott* R Evelyn Brooks R R.F. “Bob” Achgill R Ronnie Tullos

D Savant Moore D Sarah Eckhardt D Michael Lange General land commissioner D Benjamin Flores D Jose Loya Agriculture commissioner R Sid Miller* R Nate Sheets Railroad commissioner R Jim Wright* R Hawk Dunlap R James "Jim" Matlock R Bo French R Katherine Culbert Texas Senate, District 5 R Larry Nance R Apollo Hernandez R Charles Schwertner* D Paul Thomasson D Kevin Nelson State Representative, District 52 R Caroline Harris Davila* R Blayre Pena

Sample ballot Federal elections U.S. Senate

R Sara Canady R Ken Paxton R John Cornyn* R Gulrez “Gus” Khan R Virgil John Bierschwale R Wesley Hunt R John O. Adefope R Anna Bender D Ahmad R. Hassan D James Talarico D Jasmine Crockett U.S. House of Representatives, District 31 R John Carter* R Steven “Steve” Dowell

R Charles Andrew Crouch D Jose Navarro Balbuena D Zach Vance D Patricia Abrego D Angela “Tia Angie” Villescaz D Gina Hinojosa D Bobby Cole D Carlton W. Hart D Chris Bell Lieutenant governor R Dan Patrick*

R Esala Wueschner R Timothy Mabry R Perla Muñoz Hopkins D Courtney Head D Marcos Isaias Velez

R Valentina Gomez R Raymond Hamden R Ed Ewald R Offer Vince Shlomi R Abhiram Garapati R Elvis Lossa

D Vikki Goodwin Attorney general R Joan Huffman R Aaron Reitz R Chip Roy

R David L. Berry R William Abel D Justin Early D Stuart Whitlow State elections Governor

County elections Williamson County Commissioner, Precinct 2 R Jeff Mayes

R Mayes Middleton D Nathan Johnson D Joe Jaworski D Anthony “Tony” Box Comptroller of public accounts

R Rupal Chaudhari R David McDonald

R Stephen Samuelson R Pete “Doc” Chambers R Kenneth Hyde

R Don Huffines R Kelly Hancock R Michael Berlanga R Christi Craddick

R Nathaniel Welch R Mark V. Goloby

SOURCES: TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE, WILLIAMSON COUNTY/COMMUNITY IMPACT

13

GEORGETOWN EDITION

Powered by