Welcome to the 2010
Burleson County Republican Primary!
Republicans are again attracting
a great slate of talent for
Burleson
County, Texas, and America! We salute them not only their
qualifications, but also
for
their willingness to give the time, energy, and dedication necessary to
run
for public office!
NOTE:
Local Republican officials must be doing their jobs pretty well.
We don't
have any of that fancy polling data, but when ALL of the local
Republican incumbents are
unopposed in both the Primary and General Election, one might get the
idea that folks are pretty happy with the way things are going.
Now
we just need to achieve as good success in Austin and Washington, DC!
There
are another ELEVEN
Republican
incumbents which are unopposed in the Republican Primary, but who will
have opposition during the general election. That leaves only
eight contested races to be voted on in the Primary Election. But
they
are important races: US
Congressman - District 10, US Congressman - District 17, Govenor, State Senator, Board of Education Member, Railroad Commissioner, Supreme Court, and
the 10th Court of Appeals.
All offices up for election with Republican candidates are
shown in the list below. Candidates are listed in the same order
that they will appear on Burleson County Republican Primary ballots.
There are five Republican Party
of Texas Propositions being voted on in this year's primary. You
can click here to jump directly to them
(they are at the bottom of the
page).
(Click on the
names to open the candidate's web-site in a new window)
Local
Offices
Justice of the Peace,
Precinct 1
James
Baldwin
James is the
incumbent Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1.
James
has no opposition in either the primary or the general election and is
the general election winner for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1.
Justice of the Peace,
Precinct 2
Bill Orsak
Bill is
the incumbent Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2
James
has no opposition in either the primary or the general election and is
the general election winner for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2.
Justice of the Peace,
Precinct 3
Johnny Towslee
Johnny is the incumbent Justice
of the Peace, Precinct 3
Johnny has no opposition in
either the primary or the general election and is
the general election winner for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3.
Burleson
County Offices
District
Clerk
Joy Brymer
Joy is the
incumbent Burleson
County District Clerk.
Joy has no opposition in either
the primary or the general election and is
the general election winner for District Clerk.
Burleson
County
Commissioner - Place 2
Keith Schroeder
Keith Schroeder of Caldwell is the Republican
Candidate for Burleson County Commissioner - Place 2.
Keith has no opposition in the
primary election and is automatically the Republican nominee for
Burleson County
Commissioner - Place 2.
Burleson
County Judge
Mike Sutherland
Mike is the incumbent Burleson
County Judge.
Mike has no opposition in either
the primary or the general election and is the 2010 General Election
winner
for Burleson County Judge.
State
of Texas Offices (Regional)
Court of Appeals, 10th Judicial District,
Place 3
Felipe Reyna
Felipe is the
incmbent Justice, resides in Lorena, and was born in July 1945.
Al Scoggins
Al is the 378th
District Judge, resides in Ennis, and was born in July 1955.
State
Representative - House District 17
Tim
Kleinschmidt
Tim is the
incumbent State Representative, is an Attorney/Rancher, resides in Lexington,
and was born in November 1956.
He is
unopposed in the Republican Primary and will be the Republican
incumbent in the General Election.
State
Senator - Senate District 5
Steve Ogden
Steve is the incumbent State
Senator, is Self-Employed, resides in Bryan, and was born in September
1950.
Ben Bius
Ben is a Real Estate
Investor, resides in Huntsville, and was born in November 1955.
Member, State Board of Education, District 10
Brian Russell
Brian is an Attorney, resides in Austin, and was born in September 1969.
Marsha Farney
Marsha is an Educator, resides in Georgetown, and was born in December 1958.
Rebecca Osborne
Rebecca is an Educator, resides in Austin, and was born in November 1958.
State
of Texas Offices (Statewide)
Judge,
Court from Criminal Appeals -
Place 2
Lawrence "Larry" Meyers
Larry is the incumbent Judge,
resides in Fort Worth, and was born in November 1947.
He is unopposed in the Primary Election and will be the
Republican incumbent in the General Election.
Judge,
Court of Criminal Appeals - Place
5
Cheryl
Johnson
Cheryl is the incumbent Judge,
Court of Criminal Appeals, resides in Austin, and was born in September
1946.
She is unopposed in the Primary
Election and will be the Republican incumbent in the General Election.
Judge, Court
of Criminal Appeals -
Place 6
Michael
E. Keasler
Michael is the incumbent Judge,
Court of Criminal Appeals, resides in Austin, and was born in August
1942.
He is unopposed in the Primary Election and
will be the Republican incumbent in the General Election.
Justice, Texas Supreme
Court - Place 3
Rick Strange
Rick is a Justice on 11th Court of Appeals, resides in Midland, and was born in December 1959.
Rick
Green
Rick is an Attorney, Author,
Speaker, resides in Dripping Springs, and was born in March 1971.
Jim Moseley
Jim is Justice, Court of Appeals, resides in Coppell, and was born in
February 1954.
Jeff Brown
Jeff is Justice, 14th Court of Appeals, resides in Houston, and was
born in March 1970.
Debra Lehrmann
Debra is Judge, 360th District
Court, Tarrant County, resides in Colleyville, and was born in
November 1956.
Rebecca Simmons
Rebecca is Justice,
Fourth Court of Appeals, resides in Austin, and was born in
November 1956.
Justice,
Texas Supreme Court - Place 5
Paul
Green
Paul is the incumbent Supreme
Court Justice, resides in Austin, and was born in March 1952.
He is unopposed in the Primary Election and will be the Republican
incumbent for
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 5.
Justice, Texas Supreme Court
- Place 9
Eva
Guzman
Eva is the incumbent Supreme
Court Justice, resides in Cypress, and was born in January 1961.
Rose Vela
Rose is an Appellate Justice,
resides in Corpus Christi, and was born in November 1964.
Texas
Railroad Commissioner
Victor Carrillo
Victor is the incumbent Chairman of the Texas Railroad Commision,
resides in Austin, and was born in January 1965.
David Porter
David is a CPA, resides in
Giddings, and was born in April 1956.
Commissioner
of Agriculture
Todd Staples
Todd is the incumbent
Commissioner of Agriculture, resides in Austin, and was born in August
1963.
He is unopposed in the Republican
Primary and will be the Republican incumbent in the General Election.
Commissioner of
the General Land Office
Jerry Patterson
Jerry is the incumbent Land
Commissioner, resides in Austin, and was born in November 1946.
He is unopposed in the Republican
Primary and will be the Republican incumbent in the General Election.
Comptroller of Public
Accounts
Susan Combs
Susan is the incumbent
Comptroller of Public Accounts, resides in Austin, and was born in
February 1945.
She is unopposed in the Republican Primary and will be the Republican
incumbent in the General Election.
Attorney General
Greg Abbott
Greg is the incumbent Attorney
General, resides in Austin, and was born in November 1957.
He is unopposed in the Republican
Primary and will be the Republican incumbent in the General Election.
Lieutenant
Govenor
David Dewhurst
David is the incumbent Lieutenant
Govenor, resides in Austin, and was born in August 1945.
He is unopposed in the Republican
Primary and will be the Republican incumbent in the General Election.
Govenor
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay is the senior United States
Senator from Texas, resides in Austin, and was born in July 1943.
Debra Medina
Debra is a CEO, resides in
Wharton, and was born in June 1962.
Rick Perry
Rick is the incumbent
Govenor, resides in Austin, and was born in March 1950.
National
Offices
United
States Congressman - District 10
(includes Caldwell and
Somerville areas)
Rick Martin (Deceased)
Rick was a Physician residing in
Austin. He died in his sleep on February 29, 2010 and is survived by his wife and 16 year old son.
Rick Martin's name remains on the
ballot. Should he win, the State Republican Executive
Committee will appoint a replacement candidate for the general
election. (see Texas Election Code 172.058)
Michael
McCaul
Michael is the incumbent U.S.
Congressman, resides in Austin, and was born in January 1962.
Joe
Petronis
Joe is a Program Manager, resides
in Pfugerville, and was born in November 1976.
United
States Congressman - District 17
(includes Snook, Tunnis, Clay, Cooks Point)
Dave
McIntyre
Dave is an Educator, resides in
College Station, and was born in May 1949.
Rob Curnock
Rob is a Business Owner, resides
in Waco, and was born in December 1957.
Chuck Wilson
Chuck is in Real Estate, resides
in Waco, and was born in June 1960.
Bill
Flores
Bill is a Retired Businessman,
resides in Bryan, and was born in February 1954.
Timothy
Delasando
Timothy is a Registered Nurse,
resides in College Station, and was born in September 1968.
Propositions
Texas
Republicans are being asked to vote "Yes"
or "No" on five propositions this year. The results will
assist the
Republican Party, candidates, and elected officials in crafting future
laws and policies:
Proposition
#1: 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
#2 - 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
emergency.
Proposition #3:
Cutting Federal Income Taxes: In addition to
aggressively eliminating irresponsible federal spending,
Congress should empower American citizens to stimulate the economy by
Congress cutting federal income taxes for all federal taxpayers, rather
than spending hundreds of billions of dollars on so-called “federal
economic stimulus”.
Ballot Proposition
#4: Public Acknowledgement of God:
The use of the word
“God”, prayers, and the Ten Commandments should be
allowed at public gatherings and public educational institutions, as
well as be permitted on government buildings and property.
