Cedar Park-, Leander-area candidates file for state primary elections

Many Cedar Park and Leander residents will vote in newly redrawn districts starting in 2022 as approved by state legislators this fall. The new districts are based on 2020 census data, which showed large population increases in the Cedar Park and Leander areas.

The U.S. Department of Justice is challenging these new maps in a lawsuit against Texas. The lawsuit states the new maps disenfranchise Black and Latino voters through a process called “vote dilution,” which spreads voters of color through several districts to reduce their voting power. Additional lawsuits, including one from Voto Latino, allege the new maps increase the number of majority-white districts.

New maps of the Texas House, Texas Senate, U.S. House and State Board of Education districts can be viewed online. Below are candidates for the state and federal districts that are within the Cedar Park-Leander area.

Texas House

District 19

Democrat:

• Pam Baggett

• Justin Berry
• Nubia Devine
• Ellen Troxclair

Democrat:

• Raul Camacho

• Terry Wilson (incumbent)

Democrat:

• Luis Echegaray

• Caroline Harris
• Nelson Jarrin
• Patrick McGuinness
• Jonathan Schober

Democrat:

• John Bucy III (incumbent)

• Michelle Evans
• Amin Salahuddin

District 5

Democrat:

• None

• Charles Schwertner (incumbent)

Democrat:

• Kathy Jones-Hospod
• Jeremy Kohlwes

• Pete Flores
• Lamar Lewis
• Raul Reyes

Democrat:

• Robert Walsh

• Channon Cain
• Donna Campbell (incumbent)

District 10

Democrat:

• Linda Nuno

• Micheal McCaul (incumbent)

Democrat:

• None

• John Carter (incumbent)
• Abhiram Garapati
• Mike Williams

District 5

Democrat:

• Rebecca Bell-Metereau (incumbent)
• Kevin Guico
• Juan Juarez

• Mark Loewe

Democrat:

• None

• Tom Maynard (incumbent)