Early voting will start Oct. 24 for the upcoming November election, and Pflugerville and Hutto voters will vote on numerous races.
Here is a guide to knowing what is on the ballot and where to cast your 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)
Residents of Travis and Williamson counties may vote at any polling location within their respective county. Polls are open Oct. 24-Nov. 4 for early voting 7 a.m.-7 p.m. except for Oct. 30, when polling locations are open noon-6 p.m. More information is available at www.votetravis.org or www.wilco.org.
What's on the ballot
In Pflugerville ISD, voters will weigh in on three major initiatives under eight propositions Nov. 8. These include a $367.6 million bond package in Propositions C-H that would address safety and security, and upgrade aging campuses and land for teacher housing. Read more here.
Other than propositions, voters will consider candidates in statewide, federal and location elections.
Only candidates in contested elections are included. View the entire sample ballot for Travis County here and for Williamson County 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
Commissioner of agriculture
R Sid Miller*
D Susan Hays
Railroad commissioner
R Wayne Christian*
D Luke Warford
L Jaime Andres Diez
G Hunter Crow
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 3
R Debra Lehrmann*
D Erin Nowell
L Thomas Edward Oxford
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 5
R Rebecca 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
Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals District, Place 4
R Lesli R. Fitzpatrick
D Rosa Lopez Theofanis
District judge 455th Judicial District
R Cleve W. Doty
D Laurie Eiserloh
State Board of Education, District 5
R Perla Muñoz Hopkins
D Rebecca Bell-Metereau*
Texas Senate, District 14
D Sarah Eckhardt*
L Steven E. Haskett
Texas House of Representatives, District 46
R Sam Strasser
D Sheryl Cole*
L Thomas Kost
Texas House of Representatives, District 50
R Victor Johnson
D James Talarico
L Ted Brown
Texas House of Representatives, District 52
R Caroline Harris
D Luis Echegaray
FEDERAL
U.S. House of Representatives, District 10
R Michael McCaul*
D Linda Nuno
L Bill Kelsey
U.S. House of Representatives, District 17
R Pete Sessions*
D Mary Jo Woods
LOCAL
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 Commissioners Court judge
R Bill Gravell*
D Blane Conklin
L Wes Benedict
Williamson County Court at Law No. 1
R Brandy Hallford*
D Brian McConnell
Williamson County Court at Law No. 3
R Doug Arnold*
D Thomas Velez
Williamson County clerk
R Nancy Rister*
D Erica Smith
Williamson County Commissioner, Precinct 4
R Russ Boles*
D Jose Orta
Williamson County justice of the peace, Precinct 4
R Rhonda Redden
D Stacy Hackenberg*
PFLUGERVILLE ISD
Proposition A: Authorizing PfISD to hold an attendance credit election to allow the district to make the mandatory recapture payments through the purchase of attendance credits
Proposition B: Authorizing PfISD to hold a voter approval tax rate election for a rate of $1.2646
Proposition C: Authorizing PfISD to issue $190.28 million in bonds for school buildings, infrastructure, and improvements, including the following projects: districtwide safety and security upgrades; additions and renovations at multiple campuses, including elementary, middle and high school campuses; the purchase of land for future projects; HVAC and mechanical upgrades; and capital improvement projects to address aging conditions and equity across campuses.
Proposition D: Authorizing PfISD to issue $54 million in bonds for devices for students and staff, including related network security and infrastructure improvements
Proposition E: Authorizing PfISD to issue $3 million in bonds for Pflugerville High School performing arts renovations and sound system upgrades at CHS, HHS, PHS and WHS
Proposition F: Authorizing PfISD to issue $400,000 in bonds for the wiring of The Pfield for headsets and microphones and new Hendrickson High School scoreboards
Proposition G: Authorizing PfISD to issue $76 million in bonds for the design and construction of a districtwide career and technical education center
Proposition H: Authorizing PfISD to issue $43,924,000 in bonds for the purchase of land and the construction of affordable housing for teachers in PfISD
Editor's note: This post was updated to correct that Pete Sessions is the incumbent for the US. House of Representatives District 17 race.
