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Dec. 8 was the last day for candidates to file to run in the March 3 primary election, per the Texas Secretary of State's website.
The county judge race has candidates in both the Republican and Democratic parties, while several Republican incumbents in countywide offices have drawn challengers only in select precinct-level races. Some positions have just one candidate filed.
Here are the races in Montgomery County on the primary ballots:
Republican primary
- County judge: Mark Keough (incumbent), Wayne Mack
- County commissioner, Precinct 2: Bob Harvey, Charlie Riley (incumbent)
- County commissioner, Precinct 4: Matt Gray (incumbent)
- District clerk: Melisa Miller (incumbent)
- County clerk: Brandon Steinmann (incumbent)
- County treasurer: Melanie K. Bush (incumbent)
- Justice of the peace, Precinct 1: Scott Carson, Brian Luly, William Waggoner
- Justice of the peace, Precinct 2: Grady Trey Spikes (incumbent)
- Justice of the peace, Precinct 3: Jay Mac Sanders (incumbent), Brittany Gable-Hale
- Justice of the peace, Precinct 4: Jason Dunn (incumbent)
- Justice of the peace, Precinct 5: Ashton Hedrick, Billy Masden
- County judge: James Graf
- Justice of the peace, Precinct 1: John A. Lagway Jr.
Feb. 2 is the deadline to register to vote in the 2026 primary elections, with early voting starting Feb. 17. Election day is March 3, according to the Texas Secretary of State’s website.
