LOCAL AND NATIONAL ELECTIONS
Early voting has begun in 3 San Marcos locations
Get ready to mark your ballot with your preferred candidates because early voting is in full swing until Nov. 1. Election Day is Nov. 5.
Early voting from Oct. 22 to 25 will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. It is from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Oct. 26 and 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Oct. 27. From Oct. 28 to Nov 1, it will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting on election day, Nov. 5, will occur from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The early voting locations in San Marcos are Broadway Polling Location at 401 Broadway Street #A, Hays County Elections Office at 120 Stagecoach Trail and the LBJ Student Center at 301 Student Park Drive. Those locations are also available for election day in addition to Brookdale San Marcos North at 1720 Old Ranch Road 12, Calvary Baptist Church at 1906 North Interstate 35 Frontage Road, Centro Cultural Hispano at 211 Lee Street, Dunbar Center at 901 West Martin Luther King Drive, First Baptist Church San Marcos at 325 West McCarty Lane, La Cima Amenity Center at 301 Central Park Loop, Promiseland Church at 1650 Lime Kiln Road, San Marcos Fire Department Station #5 at 100 Carlson Circle, San Marcos Housing Authority at 820 Sturgeon Drive, San Marcos Public Library at 625 East Hopkins Street, Sinai Pentecostal Church 208 Laredo Street and South Hays Fire Department Station #12 at 8301 Ranch Road 12.
On the ballot for city of San Marcos mayor are incumbent Jane Hughson and Juan Miguel Arredondo. For San Marcos City Council Place 5, there is Roland Saucedo, Atom Von Arndt, Griffin Spell and Lorenzo Gonzalez. For San Marcos City Council Place 6, there is Amanda Rodriguez and Maraya Dunn.
There will be a San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District Proposition A on the ballot. The proposition states that approval would ratify the ad valorem tax rate of $1.0152 per $100 property tax valuation. That is an increase of 1.3% in maintenance and operations tax revenue for the district, which produce an additional $851,078 compared to the previous year.
On the ballot for 22nd Judicial District Judge, there is R. Bruce Boyer, republican, and he is running unopposed. For 453rd Judicial District Judge, there is Sherri K. Tibbe, democrat, and she is running unopposed. For 483rd Judicial District Judge, there is Tanner Neidhardt, republican, and Alicia Key, democrat. For County Court at Law #3 Judge, there is Robert E. Updegrove, republican, and Elaine S. Brown, democrat. For Hays County District Clerk, there is Philip Muzzy, republican, and Amanda K. Calvert, democrat. For Hays County Sheriff, there is Anthony Hipolito, Jr., republican, and Alex Villalobos, democrat. For Hays County Tax Assessor-Collector, Jennifer M. Escobar, democrat, is running unopposed. For Hays County Commissioner Pct. 1, incumbent Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe, democrat, is running unopposed. For Hays County Commissioner Pct. 3, there is Morgan Hammer, republican, and Rebecca Minnick, democrat. For Hays County Justice of the Peace Pct. 1 Place 1, there is Jo Anne Prado, democrat, running unopposed. For Hays County Constable Pct. 1, there is David L. Peterson, democrat, running unopposed. For Hays County Constable Pct. 3, there is Don Montague, republican, running unopposed.
On the ballot for State Senator District 25, there is Donna Campbell, republican, and Merrie Fox, democrat. For State Representative District 45, there is Tennyson G. Moreno, republican, and Erin Zwiener, democrat. For State Representative District 73, there is Carrie Isaac, republican, and Sally Duval, democrat.
On the ballot will be candidates for President: Donald J. Trump, republican, Kamala D. Harris, democrat, Chase Oliver, libertarian and Jill Stein, Green party. On that ballot for U.S. Senator is Ted Cruz, republican, Colin Allred, democrat, and Ted Brown, libertarian. For U.S. Representative District 21, there is Chip Roy, republican, Kristin Hook, democrat, and Bob King, libertarian. For U.S. Representative District 35, there is Steven Wright, republican, and Greg Casar, democrat.
