Early voting runs Oct. 24-Nov. 4 for the upcoming Nov. 8 election, and voters in the Cedar Park and Leander area are able to cast ballots in a number of races.

Below is a guide to what is on the ballot, including links to Q&A's with local candidates as well as information on where to vote.

Dates to know

  • Oct. 24: First day of early voting

  • Oct. 28: Last day to apply for ballot by mail (received, not postmarked)

  • Nov. 4: Last day of early voting

  • Nov. 8: Election Day

  • Nov. 8: Last day to receive ballot by mail (or Nov. 9 if carrier envelope is postmarked by 7 p.m. at location of election on Election Day)


Where to vote

Residents may cast their ballots at any polling location in the county in which they are registered to vote. This means residents in the Travis County portion of Cedar Park must vote at a Travis County polling place, and residents in Williamson County must vote at a Williamson County-run location.

Early voting hours are Mondays-Saturdays 7 a.m.-7 p.m. and Sundays noon-6 p.m. On Election Day, polls are open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m.


Voting hours in both counties are the same.

Note: The map below shows voting locations in the Cedar Park and Leander area. Locations with a * are both early-voting and Election Day polling places. Dark purple signifies Williamson County polling places, whereas light purple ones are Travis County.



Sample ballot


The following list includes elections voters in the Cedar Park and Leander area may be eligible to vote in. Only candidates in contested elections are included.

Candidate Q&A's are linked where available.

View the full Williamson County sample ballot here and the Travis County sample ballot here.

R: Republican, D: Democrat, L: Libertarian, G: Green


* incumbent


STATE

Governor

(R) Greg Abbott*


(D) Beto O’Rourke

(L) Mark Tippetts

(G) Delilah Barrios

Lieutenant governor


(R) Dan Patrick*

(D) Mike Collier

(L) Shanna Steele

Attorney general

(R) Ken Paxton*

(D) Rochelle Mercedes Garza

(L) Mark Ash

Comptroller of public accounts

(R) Glenn Hegar*

(D) Janet T. Dudding

(L) V. Alonzo Echevarria-Garza

Commissioner of the General Land Office

(R) Dawn Buckingham

(D) Jay Kleberg

(G) Alfred Molison, Jr.

Commissioner of agriculture

(R) Sid Miller*

(D) Susan Hays

Railroad commissioner

(R) Wayne Christian*

(D) Luke Warford

(L) Jaime Andres Diez

(G) Hunter Wayne Crow

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 3

(R) Debra Lehrmann*

(D) Erin A. Nowell

(L) Thomas Edward Oxford

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 5

(R) Rebeca Huddle*

(D) Amanda Reichek

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 9

(R) Evan Young*

(D) Julia Maldonado

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 5

(R) Scott Walker*

(D) Dana Huffman

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 6

(R) Jesse F. McClure III*

(D) Robert Johnson

Member, State Board of Education, District 5

(R) Perla Muñoz Hopkins

(D) Rebecca Bell-Metereau*

Texas Senate, District 5

(R) Charles Schwertner*

(L) Tommy Estes

Texas Senate, District 24

(R) Pete Flores

(D) Kathy Jones-Hospod

Texas Senate, District 25

(R) Donna Campbell*

(D) Robert Walsh

Texas House of Representatives, District 19

(R) Ellen Troxclair

(D) Pam Baggett

Texas House of Representatives, District 20

(R) Terry M. Wilson*

(D) Raul Camacho

Texas House of Representatives, District 52

(R) Caroline Harris

(D) Luis Echegaray

Texas House of Representatives, District 136

(R) Michelle Evans

(D) John H. Bucy III*

(L) Burton Culley

FEDERAL

U.S. House of Representatives, District 10

(R) Michael McCaul*

(D) Linda Nuno

(L) Bill Kelsey

U.S. House of Representatives, District 37

(R) Jenny Garcia Sharon

(D) Lloyd Doggett

(L) Clark Patterson

LOCAL

Leander ISD board of trustees, Place 1


David Doman

Trish Bode*

Mike Sanders

Leander ISD board of trustees, Place 2

Brandi Burkman

Gloria Gonzales-Dholakia*

Leander ISD board of trustees, Place 5

Kevin Leverenz

Shawn Leege

Sade Fashokun*

Leander ISD board of trustees, Place 6

Francesca Romans

Sharon Bell

Scott Reese

Leander ISD board of trustees, Place 7

Joseph Gorordo

Paul Gauthier

Elexis Grimes*

Leander ISD, Proposition A

Authorizing the board of trustees of the Leander Independent School District to purchase attendance credit from the state with local tax revenues.

Leander ISD, Proposition B

Ratifying the ad valorem tax rate of $1.2746 per $100 valuation in Leander Independent School District for the current year, a rate that will result in an increase of 35% in maintenance and operations tax revenue for the district for the current year as compared to the preceding year, which is an additional $99,041,063.

Travis County judge

(R) Rupal Chaudhari

(D) Andy Brown*

Travis County clerk

(R) Susan Haynes

(D) Dyana Limon-Mercado

Travis County justice of the peace, Precinct 2

(D) Randall Slagle*

(L) Christopher David

Williamson County judge

(R) Bill Gravell*

(D) Blane Conklin

(L) Wes Benedict

Williamson County Court-at-Law No. 1 judge

(R) Brandy Hallford*

(D) Brian McConnell

Williamson County Court-at-Law No. 3 judge

(R) Doug Arnold*

(D) Thomas Velez

Williamson County clerk

(R) Nancy E. Rister*

(D) Erica Smith

Williamson County commissioner, Precinct 2

(R) Cynthia Long*

(D) Brigid Lester

Williamson County justice of the peace, Precinct 1

(R) Russell Winston Collins

(D) KT Musselman*

Williamson County justice of the peace, Precinct 2

(R) Angela Williams

(D) Sara Groff

Williamson County justice of the peace, Precinct 3

(R) Evelyn McLean*

(D) Renée Schalk•