Candidates were included in this guide based on elections taking place within this newspaper’s coverage area. The candidates' political affiliation will be marked with the following characters: * Incumbent D: Democrat L: Libertarian R: Republican

Statewide

U.S. senator *R: Ted Cruz D: Beto O’Rourke L: Neal M. Dikeman Governor *R: Greg Abbott D: Lupe Valdez L: Mark Jay Tippetts Lieutenant governor *R: Dan Patrick D: Mike Collier L: Kerry Douglas McKennon Attorney general *R: Ken Paxton D: Justin Nelson L: Michael Ray Harris Comptroller of public accounts *R: Glenn Hegar D: Joi Chevalier L: Ben Sanders Commissioner of the General Land Office *R: George P. Bush D: Miguel Suazo L: Matt Piña Commissioner of agriculture *R: Sid Miller D: Kim Olson L: Richard Carpenter Railroad commissioner *R: Christi Craddick D: Roman McAllen L: Mike Wright

Local

U.S. House  Representative, District 3 R: Van Taylor D: Lori Burch L: Christopher J. Claytor Texas Senate Senator, District 8 R: Angela Paxton D: Mark Phariss Texas House Representative, District 66 *R: Matt Shaheen D: Sharon Hirsch Texas House Representative, District 67 *R: Jeff Leach D: Sarah Depew Texas House Representative, District 89 R: Candy Noble D: Ray Ash State Board of Education Member, District 12 R: Pam Little D: Suzanne Smith L: Rachel Wester Collin County Judge R: Chris Hill D: Danyell Lanier Commissioner, Precinct 2 *R: Cheryl Williams D: Tanner Do Commissioner, Precinct 4 *R: Duncan Webb D: Byron Bradford Justice, Supreme Court of Texas, Place 2 *R: Jimmy Blacklock D: Steven Kirkland Justice, Supreme Court of Texas, Place 4 *R: John Devine D: R.K. Sandill Justice, Supreme Court of Texas, Place 6 *R: Jeff Brown D: Kathy Cheng Presiding judge, Court of Criminal Appeals *R: Sharon Keller D: Maria T. (Terri) Jackson L: William Bryan Strange III Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 7 *R: Barbara Parker Hervey D: Ramona Franklin Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 8 R: Michelle Slaughter D: Mark Ash Chief Justice, Fifth Court of Appeals R: Douglas S. Lang D: Robert Burns Justice, Fifth Court of Appeals, Place 2 *R: David Evans D: Robbie Partida-Kipness Justice, Fifth Court of Appeals, Place 5 *R: Craig Stoddart D: Erin Nowell Justice, Fifth Court of Appeals, Place 9 *R: Jason Boatright D: Bill Pederson Justice, Fifth Court of Appeals, Place 10 *R: Molly Francis D: Amanda Reichek Justice, Fifth Court of Appeals, Place 11 R: John Browning D: Cory Carlyle Justice, Fifth Court of Appeals, Place 12 R: Jim Pikl D: Ken Molberg Justice, Fifth Court of Appeals, Place 13 *R: Elizabeth Lang Miers D: Leslie Lester Osborne District clerk *R: Lynne Finley D: Karmin Kirschner Clerk *R: Stacey Kemp D: David Chevalier Justice of the peace, Precinct 3, Place 2 R: Mike Missildine D: Ramona Brumfield Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4 *R: W. M. “Mike” Yarbrough D: Carissa Picard