Two is company, but 17 is a crowd in the Democratic and Republican races for the 21st District seat on the U.S. House of Representatives.
Four Democrats and 13 Republicans have filed for candidacy in their respective parties' primaries to be held on March 6, according to the Texas Secretary of State's website. U.S. House District 21 is being vacated by Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, who announced his retirement in November.
In all, 57 candidates in Central Austin races filed for candidacy by the Tuesday deadline. Independents do not hold primaries and may join the field in the November 2018 general election.
Eckhardt facing no opposition for judge seat
Other local highlights include the Travis County Judge position, where incumbent Sarah Eckhardt, a Democrat, garnered neither a Democratic nor Republican challenger for the primaries. If an independent does not enter the general election, Eckhardt would win a new term.
Embattled state Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Pflugerville, will face five challengers in the Democratic primary.
Travis County Commissioner Margaret Gomez is up against Susanna Marie Woody in a Democratic primary for Precinct 4.
The full list of candidates who filed in Central Austin races is as follows (* indicates an incumbent):
County Clerk
Dana DeBeauvoir* (D)
Travis County Commissioner, Pct. 2
Brigid Shea* (D)
Travis County Commissioner, Pct. 4
Margaret Gomez* (D)
Susanna Marie Woody
Travis County Judge
Sarah Eckhardt*
Travis County Treasurer
Dolores Ortega Carter* (D)
Travis County District Clerk
Velva L. Price* (D)
Travis County, Court-at-Law No. 1 judge
Todd T. Wong* (D)
Eric Montgomery Shepperd (D)
John Lipscombe (D)
Paul Quinzi (D)
Mike Denton (D)
Brandy Mueller (D)
Justice of the Peace, Travis County Pct. 3
Martin Harry (R)
Susan Steeg* (D)
Sylvia Holmes (D)
Justice of the Peace, Travis County Pct. 4
Raúl Arturo González* (D)
Justice of the Peace, Travis County Pct. 5
Nick Chu* (D)
State Representative District 46
Ana Cortez (D)
Casey L. McKinney (D)
Dawnna Dukes* (D)
Jose "Chito" Vela (D)
Sheryl Cole (D)
Warren Baker (D)
Gabriel Nila (R)
State Representative District 48
Donna Howard* (D)
State Representative District 49
Gina Hinojosa* (D)
Kyle Austin (R)
State Representative District 51
Eddie Rodriguez* (D)
State Senator, District 14
Kirk Watson* (D)
U.S. Representative District 21
Derrick Crowe (D)
Elliott McFadden (D)
Joseph Kopser (D)
Mary Street Wilson (D)
Al M. Poteet (R)
Eric Burkhart (R)
Foster Hagen (R)
Ivan Andarza (R)
Jason Isaac (R)
Jenifer Sarver (R)
Matt McCall (R)
Mauro Garza (R)
Peggy Wardlaw (R)
Robert Stovall (R)
Samuel Temple (R)
Susan Narvaiz (R)
William Negley (R)
U.S. Representative District 25
Chetan Panda (D)
Chris Perri (D)
Julie Oliver (D)
Kathi Thomas (D)
West Hansen (D)
Roger Williams* (R)
U.S. Representative District 35
Lloyd Doggett* (D)
David Smalling (R)
Sherrill Kenneth (SK) Alexander (R)
