In addition to the race for U.S. president, Allen residents have a number of local and state elections to consider. Learn a bit about each candidate's background in this local electoral roundup:

U.S. House District 3

U.S. House Rep. Sam Johnson, a Republican in his 26th year representing Collin County in Texas’s third congressional district, is running to retain his seat against Democrat Adam P. Bell, Libertarian Scott Jameson and Green Party candidate Paul Blair. The incumbent Johnson serves as a deputy whip and serves on the House Committee on Ways and Means, where he chairs the Social Security Subcommittee. His Democratic challenger Bell has worked in real estate since 2003, when he started his own title company.

State Representative District 89

Three candidates are vying for state representative in District 89. Incumbent Jodie Laubenberg, a Republican, is currently serving her seventh term in the Texas House of Representatives and is chair of the House Committee on Elections and a member of the House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence, according to her website. She is running against Democrat Denise Hamilton, a substitute teacher and Collin County court-appointed special advocate, and Libertarian Bob Worthington.

State Representative District 67

State Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano, is running for his third term for District 67. Leach, who was first elected 2012, practices law at the law firm of Gray Reed & McGraw, P.C. in Dallas. The Democratic candidate Scott Coleman is a public administrator in Carrollton. Ray Brewer is the Libertarian candidate.

416th District Judge

Republican Andrea Thompson and Libertarian Daniel R. Correa are running for 416th District Judge. Thompson has spent four years working at Collin County’s clerk’s office, during which time the office went paperless. Correa has practiced civil and commercial litigation since 2011.   To learn more about this race and the candidates, read their Q&A here.