Who do you have in the other races on the ballot?

[Shane]

Other than presidential candidates, who do you like in the other races on the Republican primary ballot?

After reading as much as I could find, here's who I came up with. I'm open to educated opinions otherwise on all of these though. Who do you like?

Railroad Commissioner – Wayne Christian
Supreme Court Place 3 – Michael Massengale
Supreme Court Place 5 – Rick Green
Supreme Court Place 9 – Eva Guzman
Court of Appeals Place 2 – Ray Wheless
Court of Appeals Place 5 – Steve Smith
Court of Appeals Place 6 – Michael Keasler


And what about the ballot propositions?

Prop 1 – no
Prop 2 – yes
Prop 3 – yes
Prop 4 – yes



For those of you in my part of the state, what are your thoughts on these races?

District 19 US Representative – Donald May
State Representative District 71 – Isaac Castro

[Ætheling]

I voted same as you on the props. Trying to get Kevin Brady out of the Capitol so voted for Colonol Dean. Cruz for the big show.

[Shane]

I haven't voted yet. Still trying to nail down all the other races for sure. The state court positions are very important too.

[Ætheling]

Unfortunately I didn't do enough research to have a dog in the fight for most state positions. Need to do more research next time. Was hard to find much on them that wasn't put out by themselves.

[Playa]

I'm in district 19 with you, that's a full stable in that race. I won't vote for Lubbock mayor Glen Robertson- his values are right, but calling him an idiot would be a compliment to him.

I like what I hear about Michael Bob Starr & Jodey Arrington says the right things, but I'm pretty sure he is a RINO.

Honestly had t paid much attention to the others

[Shane]

This was fairly helpful.

http://www.ivoterguide.com/

[Shane]

I'm in district 19 with you, that's a full stable in that race. I won't vote for Lubbock mayor Glen Robertson- his values are right, but calling him an idiot would be a compliment to him.

I like what I hear about Michael Bob Starr & Jodey Arrington says the right things, but I'm pretty sure he is a RINO.

Honestly had t paid much attention to the others

One of Starr's sons was in school with my son, but I never met or got to know Starr. I have friends that like him, but I also have some friends in the Air Force that don't. Then this came out recently....

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/13/west-texas-conservatives-endorse-gay-rights-activist-for-congress/

I am leaning toward May in the Dist 19 race right now. I read a lot in the Lubbock media about Robertson. Your description sounds accurate.

[Playa]

Unfortunately I didn't do enough research to have a dog in the fight for most state positions. Need to do more research next time. Was hard to find much on them that wasn't put out by themselves.

Ha! This supports a long held theory of mine that we are all so fixated on what happens in DC and we let our state & even local gov't deteriorate.

[Playa]

One of Starr's sons was in school with my son, but I never met or got to know Starr. I have friends that like him, but I also have some friends in the Air Force that don't. Then this came out recently....

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/13/west-texas-conservatives-endorse-gay-rights-activist-for-congress/

I am leaning toward May in the Dist 19 race right now. I read a lot in the Lubbock media about Robertson. Your description sounds accurate.

Meh- he ran in a gay 5K, could care less.


I guess Donald May has got to win an election at some point. He's just not a very compelling guy. Great principles, but does not present them in a passionate manner that invigorates me. Then again, maybe that's what's wrong with this country.

I'm honestly just now beginning my prospecting.

[Ætheling]

Immediate local I'm informed and active to include some state. The justices though I have no idea about.

[Big H]

I have it written down in the house and will post it later.

But in the meantime why are you no on prop 1? I am not arguing just trying to get more information.

[Ætheling]

I'm not giving the govt anymore authority to tax. They will never tax less just more. My opinion.

[Shane]

I have it written down in the house and will post it later.

But in the meantime why are you no on prop 1? I am not arguing just trying to get more information.

It might be a good idea to replace the property tax with a sales tax, but I'm just not sure yet. Sales tax receipts seem to fluctuate more in recessions than property tax receipts do. I worry about how a bigger dip in revenue would affect the state budget as well as school districts' budgets. I'm not sold one way or the other, so I guess I'm just sticking with status quo for now until I am convinced that a sales tax would be better.

[Big H]

Thank you for the response. I agree with what you said but I voted yes on all of the propositions. I am willing to take that risk I guess. But on to your original question. This is who I voted for and I did research these but had trouble finding as much information as I wanted. I have been disappointed in the amount of information available on the candidates. All of these elections are important bUT had I not downloaded the ballot for my area I would not have know even some of rhe races on it.
President - Cruz
US Rep 4 - John Ratcliffe
RR Commissioner- Wayne Christian
Justice SC 3- Michael Massengale
Justice SC 5- Rick Green
Justice SC 9- Eva Guzman
Judge CCA 2- Ray Whelen
Judge CCA 5- Brent Webster
Judge CCA 6- Michael E Kessler
State Board of Education 9- Mary Lou Bruner
State Rep 2- Dan Flynn

[Shane]

Yep, it's more difficult to get info on the state races. Local races are easier, and national races are easy. State races are the hardest. We should have been talking about them sooner here, I guess. Usually, on TBH you can find a few people that know about all of the candidates statewide. TBH may be the best resource for that stuff.