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Early Voting: Monday, October 22 - Friday, November 2
Election Day: Tuesday, November 6, 7:00am-7:00pm
Voting questions? Call 210-335-8683
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Adam McManus' Election Picks
1. You are allowed to print this out and bring it with you when you vote.
2. Be advised that the election officials do
not allow you to pull out your phone while voting, so make sure that you print it out ahead of time.
U.S. Senator: Ted Cruz
U.S. Representative, District 21: Chip Roy
U.S. Representative, District 23: Will Hurd (lesser of 2 evils)
U.S. Representative, District 35: David Smalling
Governor: Greg Abbott
Lieutenant Governor: Dan Patrick
Attorney General: Ken Paxton
Comptroller of Public Accounts: Glenn Hegar
Commissioner of the General Land Office: George P. Bush
Commissioner of Agriculture: Sid Miller
Railroad Commissioner: Christi Craddick
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2: Jimmy Blaylock
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 4: John Devine
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 6: Jeff Brown
Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals: No endorsement
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 7: Barbara Parker Hervey
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 8: Michelle Slaughter
State Senator, District 25: Donna Campbell
State Representative, District 116: Fernando Padron
State Representative, District 117: Michael Berlanga
State Representative, District 118: John Lujan
State Representative, District 121: Steve Allison
State Representative, District 122: No endorsement
Justice, 4th Court of Appeals District, Place 2: Marialyn Barnard
Justice, 4th Court of Appeals District, Place 3: Jason Pulliam
Justice, 4th Court of Appeals District, Place 4: Patrick Ballantyne
Justice, 4th Court of Appeals District, Place 5: Rebecca Simmons
Justice, 4th Court of Appeals District, Place 7: Shane Stolarczyk
District Judge, 45th Judicial District: No endorsement
District Judge, 144th Judicial District: Lorina Rummel
District Judge, 150th Judicial District: Renee Yanta
District Judge, 186th Judicial District: Jefferson Moore
District Judge, 187th Judicial District: Karl Alexander
District Judge, 224th Judicial District: "Cathy" Stryker
District Judge, 225th Judicial District: No endorsement
District Judge, 226th Judicial District: Todd McCray
District Judge, 227th Judicial District: Kevin M. O'Connell
District Judge, 285th Judicial District: Richard Price
District Judge, 288th Judicial District: Clint Lawson
District Judge, 289th Judicial District: Daphne Previti Austin
District Judge, 290th Judicial District: Melisa Skinner
District Judge, 436th Judicial District: No endorsement
District Judge, 437th Judicial District: Lori I. Valenzuela
Criminal District Attorney Bexar County: Tylden Shaeffer
County Judge: Tom Rickhoff
Judge, County Court-at-Law #1: John D. Fleming II
Judge, County Court-at-Law #2: Jason Wolff
Judge, County Court-at-Law #3: Ashley Foster
Judge, County Court-at-Law #4: Jason R. Garrahan
Judge, County Court-at-Law #5: Julie Bray Patterson
Judge, County Court-at-Law #6: Wayne Christian
Judge, County Court-at-Law #7: No endorsement
Judge, County Court-at-Law #8: Celeste Brown
Judge, County Court-at-Law #9: Walden Shelton
Judge, County Court-at-Law #10: No endorsement
Judge, County Court-at-Law #11: Tommy Stolhandske
Judge, County Court-at-Law #12: Scott Roberts
Judge, County Court-at-Law #13: Crystal Chandler
Judge, County Court-at-Law #14: Susan Skinner
Judge, County Court-at-Law #15: Bob Behrens
Judge, County Probate Court-at-Law #1: No endorsement
Judge, County Probate Court-at-Law #2: Julie Hardaway
District Clerk: Donna Kay McKinn
ey
County Clerk: No endorsement
County Commissioner, Precinct #2: Theresa Connolly
County Commissioner, Precinct #4: No endorsement
McManus picks on Propositions
Proposition A: For (Yes)
Proposition B: Against (No)
Proposition C: For (Yes)
I found the explanations from the Friends of the San Antonio Family Association helpful on the propositions.
Proposition A will bring the San Antonio referendum back in line with Texas' statute.
Proposition B will restrict the San Antonio City Council's responsibility to approve or disapprove of the City Manager and the respective contract for that selected person.
It also increased the necessity to elect good Councilmen and Mayor. And, as it is their responsibility, they should have the ability to choose the appropriate compensation for the City Manager which should not be tied to the lowest paid City employee.
Additionally, having the lowest paid City of San Antonio employee which now a "living wage" tied to the City Manager's pay could easily be treated as a "leap frog effect" similar to how Union wages are tied to the Minimum Wage. The increase of one triggers the argument and/or cause for the other to be increased.
This could happen at a local level too where it gives argument or cause for that "leap frog effect" between the City of San Antonio's employees but possibly with the Police and Fire union pay too, especially on contract renewals. This is an unknown.
Indirectly, Prop B also expands the bureaucracy.
Proposition C will force both sides -- the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio Fire Department -- to come to the table and make a reasonable contract agreement that will usually involve both sides getting some of what they want and some of what they don't want. Ultimately, it should save the taxpayers money depending upon who we elect to the San Antonio City Council.
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