Polls open at 7 a.m. for primary voting

Polls open bright and early for today’s Democratic and Republican Primaries. 

Hays County registered voters may vote at any polling center in the county. Voting begins at 7 a.m. and closes at 7 p.m. 

Fifteen percent of Hays County voters have already cast their ballot. In the Republican primary, 9,315 voted during the 11-day early voting period — 6.55% of the 142,166 registered voters in the county. On the Democratic side, 12,818 voters cast their ballot during early voting — 9.02% of registered voters. 

Here’s where you can vote: 

San Marcos 

• Brookdale Horizon Bay, 1720 Old Ranch 12
• Calvary Baptist Church, 1906 North Interstate 35
• Centro Cultural Hispano, 211 Lee Street
• Dunbar Center, 801 Martin Luther King Drive
• First Baptist Church, San Marcos 325 McCarty Lane
• Hays County Government Center, 712 South Stagecoach Trail
• Live Oak Health (Hays County Health Department), 401 Broadway Street #A
• Promiseland Church, 1650 Lime Kiln Road
• San Marcos Activity Center, 501 East Hopkins Street
• San Marcos Fire Station #5, 100 Carlson Circle
• San Marcos Housing Authority/CM Allen Homes, 820 Sturgeon Drive
• Sinai Pentecostal Church, 208 Laredo Street
• South Hays Fire Station #12, 8301 Ranch Road 12
• Stone Brook Seniors, 300 South Stagecoach Trail
• Texas State University – LBJ Student Center, 301 Student Center Drive

Kyle 

• ACC Campus Hays, 1200 Kohlers Crossing
• Goforth Special Utility District, 8900 Niederwald Strasse
• Hays CISD Transportation Office, 21003 Interstate 35
• Hays Transportation Department - Yarrington Road, 2171 Yarrington Rd
• Hays County Precinct 2 Office, 5458 FM 2770
• Kyle City Hall, 100 West Center Street
• Tobias Elementary School, 1005 East FM 150
• Wallace Middle School, 1500 West Center Street

Buda

• Buda City Hall, 405 East Loop Street
• Buda Elementary Upper Campus, 300 San Marcos Street
• Hays Hills Baptist Church, 1401 FM 1626
• McCormick Middle School, 5700 Dacy Lane
• Southern Hills Church of Christ, 3740 FM 967

Wimberley

• VFW Post #6441, 401 Jacobs Well Road
• Wimberley Community Center, 14068 Ranch Road 12
• Wimberley ISD Admin Office, 951 FM 2325

Dripping Springs and Driftwood

• Dripping Springs Ranch Park, 1042 Event Center Drive, Dripping Springs
• Hays County Precinct 4 Office 195 Roger Hanks Parkway, Dripping Springs

Austin

• Belterra Centre, 151 Trinity Hills Drive
• Driftwood Fire Station #2, 15850 FM 1826
• Ledgestone Senior Living, 13152 Four Star Boulevard

Here’s who’s on the ballot:

Countywide elections:

• Judge, County Court-at-Law No. 3 — On the Republican side, incumbent Tacie Zelhart is running uncontested. Democratic candidates Millie Thompson and Tony Fusco are vying for the primary.
• Hays County Sheriff — On the Republican side, incumbent Gary Cutler faces Dave Graham. On the Democratic side, Dickey Haverda and Alex Villalobos are vying for the primary.
• Hays County Tax Assessor-Collector — On the Republican side, incumbent Jenifer O’Kane, is running uncontested. On the Democratic side, Daphne Tenorio is running uncontested.
• Hays County Commissioner Precinct 1 — Incumbent Democrat Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe is running uncontested
• Hays County Commissioner Precinct 3 — Incumbent Lon A. Shell is running uncontested on the Republican side and Lisa Prewitt is running uncontested on the Democratic side.
• Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 1 — Incumbent Democrat Joanne Prado is running uncontested.
• Hays County Constable, Precinct 1 — Incumbent David Peterson faces Democratic challenger Cody Cheatham. On the Republican side, Eliseo Galarza is running uncontested.
• Hays County Constable, Precinct 2 — On the Democratic side, Incumbent Michael Torres is running uncontested. On the Republican side, Steve Avalos, is running uncontested.
• Hays County Constable, Precinct 3 — Incumbent Republican Ray Helm faces one challenger Jessica R. Deatherage.
• Hays County Constable, Precinct 4 — Incumbent Republican Ron E. Hood is running uncontested.
• Hays County Constable, Precinct 5 — Incumbent Republican John Ellen is running uncontested.

Statewide

• Texas Railroad Commissioner — On the Republican, incumbent Ryan Sitton faces only one challenger James “Jim” Wright. On the Democratic side, there are four candidates including Chrysta Castaneda, Mark Watson, Roberto R. “Beto” Alonzo and San Marcos’ own Kelly Stone.
• Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Texas — Incumbent Nathan Hecht faces no challengers on the Republican side. On the Democratic side to contenders, Amy Clark Meachum and Jerry Zimmerer, are vying for the primary.
• Justice, Supreme Court of Texas, Place 7 — Incumbent Jeffrey S. Boyd faces no challengers on the Republican side. On the Democratic side to contenders, Brandy Voss and Staci Williams, are vying for the primary.
• Justice, Supreme Court of Texas, Place 8 — Incumbent Brett Busby faces no challengers on the Republican side. On the Democratic side to contenders, Peter Kelly and Gisela D. Triana, are vying for the primary.
• Texas Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3 — On the Republican side, incumbent Bert Richardson faces one challenger Gina Parker. On the Democratic side to contenders, Elizabeth Davis Frizell, Dan Wood and William Pieratt Demond, are vying for the primary.
• Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4 — Incumbent Kevin Patrick Yeary faces no challengers on the Republican side. On the Democratic side to contenders, Tina Clinton and Steven Miears, are vying for the primary.
• Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9 — Incumbent David Newell is running unopposed on the Republican side and Brandon Birmingham is running unopposed on the Democratic side.
• Chief Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals — Incumbent Jeff Rose is running unopposed on the Republican side and Darlene Byrne and Keith S. Hampton are vying for the Democratic primary.
• State Board of Education, District 5 — Democratic primary candidates include Rebecca Bell-Metereau and Letti Bresnahan. Republican primary candidates include Inga Cotton, Robert Morrow and Lani Popp.
• State Senator, District 21 — Incumbent Judith Zaffirini is running unopposed on the Democratic side and Frank Pomeroy is running unopposed on the Republican side.
• State Representative, District 45 — On the Democratic side, incumbent Erin Zwiener faces only one challenger Liliana Posada. On the Republican side, there are three challengers Carrie Isaac, Austin Talley and Kent "Bud" Wymore.

Federal 

• President — President Donald J. Trump faces six Republican challengers, including former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld and former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh. On the Democratic side, there are 17 candidates who filed in the Texas primary, however, 14 have dropped out of the race. Among three major contenders are former Vice President Joe Biden, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
• U.S. Senator — On the Republican side, incumbent John Cornyn faces four challengers including Virgil Bierschwale, John Anthony Castro, Dwayne Stovall and Mark Yancey. Democrats will be sorting out 12 candidates, including former congressional candidate MJ Hegar, state Sen. Royce West of Dallas, Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, Amanda Edwards, Chris Bell and Sema Hernandez.
• U.S. Representative District 21 — On the Republican side, incumbent Chip Roy has no challengers. On the Democratic side are challengers Wendy Davis and Jennie Lou Leeder.
• U.S. Representative District 25 — On the Republican side, incumbent Roger Williams faces Republican challenger Keith Neuendorff. On the Democratic side are challengers Julie Oliver and Heidi Sloan.
• U.S. Representative District 35 — On the Democratic side, incumbent Lloyd Doggett faces one challenger Rafael Alcoser III. On the Republican side are challengers “Guillermo” William Hayward, Jenny Garcia Sharon and Nick Moutos.