Deadline Looms for Spots on Ballot

Mueller Plans to Make County Judge’s Race at Least a Four-Person Affair

The deadline for candidates to file for a spot on the March 1 Primary Election ballots is at 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 13.

Dan Mueller informed the Record that he does plan to run for County Judge and will have a formal announcement in Tuesday’s edition.

Candidates who have filed for local office in the Republican Primary so far include the following:

• Lori Berger for County Judge

• William Bernsen for County Judge

• Craig Moreau for County Judge

• Linda Svrcek for District Clerk (incumbent)

• Brenda Kallus Fietsam for County Clerk (incumbent)

• Sylvia Mendoza for Tax Assessor-Collector (incumbent)

• Luke Sternadel for Pct. 2 Commissioner (incumbent)

• Drew Brossmann for Pct. 4 Commissioner (incumbent)

• Kyle Hartman for Pct. 1 Justice of the Peace (incumbent)

• Jamie Moreau for Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace

• Brad Neville for Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace

• Victor Weishuhn for Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace

• Charles Zapalac for Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace

As of Wednesday, Dec. 8, no one had filed to run for local office in the Democratic Primary.

One candidate has filed to run in the Democratic Primary for Texas House District 85: Larry Baggett of Hockley. Baggett describes himself as a “middle-of-the-road Democrat.” He served 11 years in the U.S. Navy before entering law enforcement. He also worked as a private security contractor in Iraq and Afghanistan. He now works as an inspector in the lumber industry.

“The far left despises me,” Baggett said in an interview with the Record on Tuesday. “I’m here to serve all Texans. Instead of a party of division, we need to be a party of uniting people.”

Baggett says he opposes “overreach by the Governor’s office and other elected officials who step outside their boundaries.” He said he opposed the Democrats who walked out of the Legislature and broke quorum during the last session, calling it a “photo-op.” Three candidates have filed to run in the Republican Primary for Texas House District 85: Fred Roberts of Fayetteville, Artemio “Art” Hernandez of Brookshire and Phil Stephenson of Wharton.