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Municipal elections in Williamson County, Texas (2018)

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2018 Williamson County elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: December 11, 2017
Primary election: March 6, 2018
General election: November 6, 2018
Election stats
Offices up: County commissioner, County clerk, District clerk, Treasurer, Local courts
Total seats up: 12
Election type: Partisan
Other municipal elections
U.S. municipal elections, 2018
Williamson County, Texas, held general elections for county commissioner, county clerk, district clerk, treasurer, and local judicial positions on November 6, 2018. If a race had multiple candidates for a party nomination, a primary was held on March 6, 2018. The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was December 11, 2017.


In primary races where no candidate received a majority of the vote, a primary runoff between the top two candidates was held on May 22, 2018.

Elections

County commission

General election

Williamson County Commissioners

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Precinct 2

Kasey Redus  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngCynthia Long (i)

Precinct 4

Carlos Salinas

Green check mark transparent.pngRuss Boles

Williamson County Judge

Blane Conklin

Green check mark transparent.pngBill Gravell  Candidate Connection

William Kelberlau (Independent)

Primary runoff

Williamson County Commissioners

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Precinct 4

Green check mark transparent.pngRuss Boles
Bobby Seiferman


Primary election

Williamson County Commissioners

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Precinct 2

Green check mark transparent.pngKasey Redus  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngCynthia Long (i)
Bart Turek

Precinct 4

Green check mark transparent.pngCarlos Salinas

Runoff Arrow.jpgRuss Boles
David Marek
Heather Peal
Runoff Arrow.jpgBobby Seiferman

Williamson County Judge

Green check mark transparent.pngBlane Conklin

Green check mark transparent.pngBill Gravell  Candidate Connection
Frank Leffingwell


County clerk

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Jessica Tiedt

Republican primary Republican Party

Nancy Rister (i)

District clerk

General election

General election candidates

  • Lisa David  (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔

Democratic primary Democratic Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Republican primary Republican Party

Lisa David (i)

Treasurer

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Omar Kadir

Republican primary Republican Party

Scott Heselmeyer
Lee Ann Seitsinger

Judicial

District Courts

General election

District Courts

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Texas 277th District Court

Green check mark transparent.pngStacey Mathews (i)

Texas 368th District Court

Green check mark transparent.pngRick J. Kennon (i)

Primary election

District Courts

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Texas 277th District Court

Green check mark transparent.pngStacey Mathews (i)

Texas 368th District Court

Green check mark transparent.pngRick J. Kennon (i)


Williamson County Court at Law

General election

Williamson County Court at Law

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Williamson County Court at Law No. 1

Don Morehart

Green check mark transparent.pngBrandy Hallford

Williamson County Court at Law No. 2

Green check mark transparent.pngLaura Barker (i)

Williamson County Court at Law No. 3

Green check mark transparent.pngDoug Arnold (i)

Williamson County Court at Law No. 4

Green check mark transparent.pngJohn B. McMaster (i)

Primary election


Justice of the Peace Courts

General election

Williamson County Justice of the Peace Courts

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Precinct 1

Green check mark transparent.pngKT Musselman

Dain Johnson (i)

Precinct 2

Audrey Amos-McGehee

Did not make the ballot:
Jonasu Wagstaff 

Green check mark transparent.pngEdna Staudt (i)

Precinct 3

Katherine Kerr Kubatzky

Green check mark transparent.pngEvelyn McLean

Precinct 4

Green check mark transparent.pngStacy Hackenberg

Judy Schier Hobbs (i)

Primary election

Williamson County Justice of the Peace Courts

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Precinct 1

Green check mark transparent.pngKT Musselman

Green check mark transparent.pngDain Johnson (i)

Precinct 2

Green check mark transparent.pngJonasu Wagstaff

Green check mark transparent.pngEdna Staudt (i)
Bronson Tucker

Precinct 3

Green check mark transparent.pngKatherine Kerr Kubatzky

Deanna Hoff Lewis
Green check mark transparent.pngEvelyn McLean

Precinct 4

Green check mark transparent.pngStacy Hackenberg

Green check mark transparent.pngJudy Schier Hobbs (i)
Randall Pick


Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Texas elections, 2018

About the county

See also: Williamson County, Texas

The county government of Williamson County is located in Georgetown, Texas. The county was first established in 1848.[1]

County government

See also: Government of Williamson County, Texas

Williamson County is overseen by a five-member commissioners court. Four commissioners are elected by district to four-year terms. The head of the commissioners court—the county judge—is elected county-wide. Residents also elect a county attorney, district attorney, county clerk, district clerk, county sheriff, county tax assessor-collector, county treasurer, four constables, and four justices of the peace.

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Williamson County, Texas
Williamson County Texas
Population 422,679 25,145,561
Land area (sq mi) 1,118 261,266
Race and ethnicity**
White 79.7% 74%
Black/African American 6.4% 12.1%
Asian 6.8% 4.8%
Native American 0.3% 0.5%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.1%
Other (single race) 2.5% 5.8%
Multiple 4.2% 2.7%
Hispanic/Latino 24.4% 39.3%
Education
High school graduation rate 93.2% 83.7%
College graduation rate 41.3% 29.9%
Income
Median household income $87,337 $61,874
Persons below poverty level 6.4% 14.7%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

One of 254 Texas counties—0.4 percent—is a Pivot County. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Jefferson County, Texas 0.48% 1.61% 2.25%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Texas with 52.2 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 43.2 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Texas cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 66.7 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Texas supported Democratic candidates slightly more often than Republicans, 53.3 to 46.7 percent. The state, however, favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Texas. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[2][3]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 54 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 37.4 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 65 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.4 points. Clinton won 10 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 96 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.2 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 85 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 34.5 points.

See also

Williamson County, Texas Texas Municipal government Other local coverage
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