GUIDE
Candidates and information for November elections
COMPILED BY MAKENZIE PLUSNICK
DATES TOKNOW
WHERE TOVOTE Collin County residents can vote at any countywide polling location during early voting and on Election Day. For a full list of polling locations, visit www.collincountytx.gov.
VOTER GUIDE 2020
OCT. 13 First day of early voting OCT. 23 Last day to apply for ballot by mail* OCT. 30 Last day of early voting NOV. 3 Election Day *DATE RECEIVED, NOT POSTMARKED
SAMPLE BALLOT
*Incumbent
D Democrat
G Green
I Independent
L Libertarian
R Republican
Supreme Court, Place 6 R Jane Bland* D Kathy Cheng Supreme Court, Place 7 R Je Boyd* D Staci Williams L William Bryan Strange III Supreme Court, Place 8 R Brett Busby* D Gisela D. Triana L Tom Oxford Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3 R Bert Richardson* D Elizabeth Davis Frizell Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4 R Kevin Patrick Yeary* D Tina Clinton Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9 R David Newell* D Brandon Birmingham
Fifth Court of Appeals, Place 6 R John Browning* D Craig Smith Fifth Court of Appeals, Place 8 R Bill Whitehill* D Dennise Garcia COLLIN COUNTY 366th District judge R Tom Nowak* D Sam Johnson 380th District judge R Ben Smith* D Penny Robe 401st District judge R George Flint D Tonya Holt 416th District judge R Andrea Thompson* D Theresa Bui Creevy 468th District judge
469th District judge R Piper McCraw* D Dana Hu man
NATIONAL
TEXAS LEGISLATURE State representative, District 66
President R Donald J. Trump* D Joseph R. Biden L Jo Jorgensen G Howie Hawkins U.S. Senate R John Cornyn* D Mary “MJ” Hegar L Kerry Douglas McKennon G David B. Collins U.S. Representative, District 3 R Van Taylor* D Lulu Seikaly L Christopher J. Claytor STATEWIDE Texas Railroad Commission R James “Jim” Wright D Chrysta Castañeda L Matt Sterett G Katija “Kat” Gruene Supreme Court, chief justice R Nathan Hecht* D Amy Clark Meachum L Mark Ash
471st District judge R Andrea Bouressa* D Michael D. Payma Texas State Board of Education, District 14 R Sue Melton-Malone* D Greg Alvord Collin County tax assessor- collector R Kenneth L. Maun* D John Turner-McClelland Collin County commissioner, Precinct 1 R Susan Fletcher* D Courtney Brooks FRISCO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES Place 4 Sean Heatley**
R Matt Shaheen* D Sharon Hirsch L Shawn Jones State representative, District 67 R Je Leach* D Lorenzo Sanchez State representative, District 89
R Candy Noble* D Sugar Ray Ash L Ed Kless State representative, District 106 R Jared Patterson* D Jennifer Skidonenko MULTIPLE COUNTIES Fifth Court of Appeals, Place 3 R David Evans* D Bonnie Lee Goldstein
Muni Janagarajan Dynette A. Davis Amit Kalra
R Lindsey Wynne* D Christy Albano
**LISTED ON BALLOT BUT HAS DROPPED OUT OF RACE
VOTER TURNOUT
Collin County A look at how many registered voters both statewide and in Collin County cast ballots in previous elections. Texas Turnout 2012 presidential election 2012 presidential election Registered voters
Turnout
Registered voters
7.99M
13.65M
224,374
462,102
2014 gubernatorial election
2014 gubernatorial election
106,198
4.73M
14.03M
489,032
2016 presidential election
2016 presidential election
366,483
8.97M
15.1M
540,084
2018 gubernatorial election
2018 gubernatorial election
289,007
8.37M
15.79M
581,684
2020 primary election
2020 primary election
154,159
602,791
4.11M
16.21M
SOURCES: TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE OFFICE’S WEBSITE, COLLIN COUNTY COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
For more election information, visit communityimpact.com/vote .
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