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The 2008
Burleson County Republican Primary!
The
Republicans are again attracting a great slate of talent for
Burleson
County, Texas, and America!
Win or lose, we salute them for not only their qualifications, but also
for
their willingness to give the time, energy, and dedication necessary to
run
for public office!
NOTE:
There are only three contests and propositions on this year's
Republican Primary
Ballot:
Click on any of the above
to jump directly to that contest in the full list below.
Each of the other 16 elected offices have only one Republican
candidate. Under Texas Law, these unopposed candidates are
declared as the
Republican Nominee and DO NOT appear on the Republican Primary
Election Ballot that you will vote. Similarly, all the
Republican
Party officials in Burleson County are unopposed in this election and
do not appear on the ballot.
Below is the
full list of Candidates and Propositions for the 2008 Burleson
County Republican Primary
Election:
(Click on the
names to open the candidate's web-site in a new window)
Local
Offices
Constable,
Precinct 2
 Dennis
Gaas of is the incumbent
Constable, Precinct 2
Dennis
has no opposition and will be the Republican nominee for
Constable, Precinct 2.
Burleson
County Offices
Burleson
County Sheriff
Dale
Stroud of Caldwell is the
incumbent Burleson
County Sheriff.
He is
unopposed in the Primary election and will be the Republican nominee
for Burleson County Sheriff.
Burleson County Tax
Assessor-Collector
Curtis
Doss from Caldwell, Texas is the incumbent Tax
Assessor-Collector.
He is
unopposed in the primary elections and will be the Republican nominee
for Burleson County Tax Assessor-Collector.
Burleson County
Commissioner - Place 3
David Hildebrand of Caldwell is
the
incumbent Burleson County Commissioner - Place 3.
He is unopposed
in the Primary and will be the Republican nominee for Burleson County
Commissioner - Place 3.
State
of Texas Offices (Local)
District
Attorney, 21st Judicial District
Bill Parham of
Brenham is an
Attorney born August 15, 1952.
He is
unopposed and will be the Republican nominee for District Attorney,
21st Judicial District.
District
Judge, 335th Judicial District
Reva Towslee
Corbett
from Caldwell, Texas is the incumbent 335th District Judge.
She is unopposed and will be the Republican
nominee for 335 District Judge.
State
Representative - District 17
Tim
Kleinschmidt from
Lexington, Texas is an attorney born on November 15, 1956.
He is
unopposed and will be the Republican nominee for State Representative -
House District 17
Justice,
10th Court of Appeals District - Place 2
Rex Davis of Woodway is an attorney
born on August 23, 1950.
He is unopposed
and will be the Republican nominee for Justice, 10th Court of Appeals
District, Place 2.
State
of Texas Offices (Statewide)
Judge,
Court from Criminal Appeals -
Place 3
Tom Price from Richardson, Texas
is an incumbent Judge of the Court of Criminal
Appeals born March 13, 1945.
He is unopposed and will be the
Republican nominee for
Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3.
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals - Place 4
Paul Womak from Georgetown, Texas is an incumbent Judge of
the Court of
Criminal Appeals born April 1, 1947.
Robert
Francis from Coppell, Texas is a State District Judge born
October 3, 1959.
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals - Place 9
Cathy
Cochran from Austin, Texas is an incumbent Judge of
the Court of
Criminal Appeals born November 11, 1944.
She is unopposed and
will be the Republican nominee for
Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9.
Justice, Texas Supreme Court - Place 7
Dale
Wainwright from Austin, Texas is the incumbent Justice of the
Texas
Supreme Court born on June 19, 1961.
He is unopposed and will be
the Republican nominee for Justice, Texas Supreme Court, Place 7.
Justice,
Texas Supreme Court - Place 8
Phil
Johnson from Austin, Texas is an
incumbent Justice of the Texas
Supreme Court born October 24, 1944.
He is unopposed and will be the Republican nominee for
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8.
Chief
Justice, Texas Supreme Court
Wallace
B. Jefferson from Austin, Texas is the incumbent Chief
Justice, Texas
Supreme Court born on July 22, 1963.
He is unopposed and will be
the Republican nominee for Chief Justice, Texas Supreme Court.
Texas
Railroad Commissioner
Michael
L.
Williams
is from Austin,
Texas is Chariman of the Texas Railroad Commission and was born on May
31, 1953.
He is unopposed and will be the Republican nominee for Railroad Commissioner.
National
Offices
United
States Congressman - District 10
Michael
T. McCaul
is from Austin, Texas is a U.S. Congressman born on January 14, 1962.
He is unopposed and will be the Republican nominee for U.S.
Congress District 10.
(District
10 includes the Caldwell - Somerville area)
United
States Congressman - District 17
Rob Curnock from Waco, Texas is a
Businessman born on December 14, 1957.
He is unopposed and
will be the Republican nominee for U.S. Congress District 17.
(District
17 includes the Snook area)
United States
Senator
John
Cornyn
from Austin, Texas is the incumbent U.S. Senator born on February 2,
1952.
Larry
Kilgore from Mansfield, Texas is a consultant born on
November 14, 1964.
President of
the United States of America
Hugh
Cort from
Birmingham, Alabama is a physician born October 29, 1951
Mike
Huckabee
from North Little Rock Arkansas is a consultant born on August 24, 1955
Alan
Keyes from
Damestown, Maryland is a talk-show host born August 7, 1950.
John
McCain from
Phoenix, Arizona is a U.S. Senator born on August 29, 1936.
Ron
Paul from
Lake Jackson, Texas is a U.S. Congressman born August 20, 1935.
Hoa Tran from
Houston, Texas is an Oriental Herbal Medicine Specialist born on
February 12, 1949.
NOTE:
The following candidates have withdrawn from the Presidential
race:
Duncan
Hunter
from Alpine, California is a U.S. Congressman born on May 31, 1948.
Duncan
Hunter has withdrawn
his candidacy
for President of the United States effective Saturday, January
19, 2008.
He remains on the Texas ballot.
Fred
Thompson from
McLean, Tennessee is self-employed born on August 19, 1942.
Fred Thompson
has withdrawn his candidacy for President of the United States
effective Tuesday, January 22, 2008. He
remains on
the Texas ballot.
Rudy
Giuliani
from New York, New York is an attorney born May 28, 1944.
Rudy
Giuliani has
withdrawn his candidacy for President of the United States effective
Wednesday, January 30, 2008. He remains on the Texas Ballot.
Mitt
Romney
from Belmont, Massachusetts is a former Governor, born on March 12,
1947.
Mitt Romney has withdrawn his candidacy for President of the United
States effective Thursday, February 7, 2008. He remains on
the
Texas Ballot.
Propositions
Texas
Republicans are being asked to vote "Yes"
or "No" on three propositions this year. The results will
assist the
Republican Party, candidates, and elected officials in crafting future
laws and policies:
Proposition 1 - Immigration:
Federal,
state and local officials should be required to enforce U.S.
immigration laws in order to secure our borders.
Proposition 2 - Photo ID:
The Texas
Legislature should make it a priority to protect the
integrity of our election process by enacting legislation that requires
voters to provide valid photo identification in order to cast a ballot
in any and all elections conducted in the State of Texas.
Proposition 3 - Controlling
Government Growth:
Every
government body in Texas should be required to limit any annual
increase in its budget and spending to the combined increase of
population and inflation unless it first gets voter approval to exceed
the allowed annual growth or in the case of an official state of
emergency.
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