
The deadline to file for next year’s elections passed on Monday, finalizing the March primary election ballots.
Here is the list of candidates for positions that represent parts of southern Denton County, according to the Texas Secretary of State office’s website on Tuesday afternoon:
U.S. Representative District 26
Michael Burgess – R, incumbent
Veronica Birkenstock – R
Linsey Fagan – D
Will Fisher – D
Texas Representative District 63
Tan Parker – R, incumbent
Laura Haines – D
Richard Wolf – D
Texas Representative District 64
Lynn Stucky – R, incumbent
Mark Roy – R
Andrew Morris – D
Mat Pruneda – D
Matt Farmer – D
Texas Representative District 65
Ron Simmons – R, incumbent
Kevin Simmons – R
Michelle Beckley – D
District Judge, 158th Judicial District
Steve Burgess – R, incumbent
District Judge, 211th Judicial District
Brody Shanklin – R, incumbent
District Judge, 367th Judicial District
Margaret Barnes – R, incumbent (withdrew)
Criminal District Attorney Denton County
Paul Johnson – R, incumbent
Brent Bowen – R
County Judge
Andy Eads – R
Diana Leggett – D
Wilie Hudspeth – D
Judge, County Court-at-Law No. 1
Kimberly McCary – R, incumbent
Judge, County Court-at-Law No. 2
Robert Ramirez – R, incumbent
Judge, County Criminal Court-at-Law No. 1
Jim Crouch – R, incumbent
Judge, County Criminal Court-at-Law No. 2
Sean Kilgore – R
Susan Piel – R
Judge, County Criminal Court-at-Law No. 3
David Garcia – R, incumbent
Forrest Beadle – R
Judge, County Criminal Court-at-Law No. 4
Chance Oliver – R
Judge, County Criminal Court-at-Law No. 5
Coby Waddill – R, incumbent
Judge, County Probate Court-at-Law
Bonnie Robison – R, incumbent
District Clerk
David Trantham – R
Ronnie Anderson – R
Mark Yarbrough – R
William Brown – R
Yesse Rodriguez – D
County Clerk
Juli Luke – R, incumbent
Amy Manuel – D
County Treasurer
Cindy Yeatts Brown – R, incumbent
County Commissioner Precinct 2
Ron Marchant – R, incumbent
Brandy Jones – D
County Commissioner Precinct 4
Jim Carter – R
Dianne Edmondson – R
Itamar Gelbman – R
Brenda Latham – R
Bryan Webb – D
Justice of the Peace Precinct 1
Joe Holland – R, incumbent
Danny Fletcher – R
Keri Anne Caruthers – D
Justice of the Peace Precinct 2
James DePiazza – R, incumbent
Fabian Thomas – R
Maureen Kursh Reister – D
Justice of the Peace Precinct 3
James Kerbow – R
William Lawrence – R
Sherman Swartz – R
Jason Jacoby – R
Marianne Poer Vander Stoep – D
Justice of the Peace Precinct 4
Don Cartwright – R
Scott Smith – D
Michael Callaway – D
The primary elections will take place on March 6, 2018 and the general election will be on Nov. 6.