Pct. 3 will get a new commissioner next year
The deadline has passed to file to run in the March Primary Election and few countywide seats will be contested once again this election cycle.
Notably, incumbent Precinct 3 Constable Todd Booher, a Republican, has drawn a primary challenge from former Whitesboro Police Chief Scott Taylor.
Taylor was recently terminated from the City of Whitesboro after more than 30 years of service due to a lack of no confidence from the City Council.
Booher has held the office for more than a decade. He is a former police officer and a real estate agent.
No Democrat filed for this office, so the winner of the March primary will be the next Constable in Western Grayson County.
Longtime Precinct 3 County Commissioner Phyllis James will not seek another term in office. Republican Lindsay Wright, of Collinsville, has filed for her seat on the primary ballot. No Democrat has filed for the seat, so Wright will run unopposed in November.
Across the County, Commissioner Precinct 1 Jeff Whitmire did not file for re-election.
Josh Marr, Scott Renfro and Terry Thomas have all filed as Republicans to replace Whitmire.
The winner of that primary will face Democrat Andre Luper in the November General Election.
Other primary contests across the county have shaped up as well.
Grayson County District Attorney Brett Smith, a Republican, has filed for reelection.
Republican John Hill has filed to run against Smith in the March primary.
The winner of that contest will face Democrat Brandy Douglas in the November General Election.
Current Grayson County Sheriff Tom Watt did not file for re-election and has endorsed Chief Deputy Tony Bennie who has registered for the office as a Republican.
With no Democrat challenger, Bennie will likely be the next sheriff.
Grayson County Tax Assessor Collector Bruce Stidham, a Republican, did not draw a challenger for the primary.
No Democrat filed for the office so Stidham will likely retain the office in November.
Judge of the 59th state District Court Larry Phillips, a Republican, has not drawn a challenger in that primary.
No Democrat filed for that office for the primary.
Jim Fallon, judge of the 15th state District Court, also failed to draw a challenger for the Republican primary.
He, too, will run unopposed in November.
Ginny Hampton, Justice of the Peace Precinct 1, didn’t draw an opponent for the Republican primary for that office.
No Democrat has filed for that office either.
Republican incumbent Thomas Carter didn’t draw an opponent for the post of Constable in Precinct 1. No Democrat filed for this office.
In the Precinct 2 spot, Cody Michael Putnam has filed to run for Constable as a Republican along Shannon Thomas.
No Democrat filed for this office, so the winner of the March Primary will get the job next year.
Precinct 4 Constable Bob Douglas, a Republican, did not draw an opponent in the primary.
No Democrat filed for that primary as well.
Election day for state primaries will be Tuesday, March 5.
Last day to register to vote is April 4. The first day of early voting in person is April 22 and the last day is April 30.