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CANDIDATE INFORMATION

You can also find this information for others (outside of Precinct 58) by going to https://elections.mctx.org and clicking on Your Registration Status.

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Below you will find information that I have gathered. The links provided are all from their campaign website or whatever I could find on them. When a candidate doesn't take the time to develop a site where voters can easily access their stances, values, beliefs, or plans for the position in which they are running, then that is an instant NO from me.

 

The information is not opinion based but rather sourced facts. As a voter who has taken the time to search for answers and truth, I will leave the choice in your able hands. I would encourage you to consider refraining from voting based solely on friendly recommendations but rather what you believe will produce the most solid conservative Republican candidates.

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As more information is available on the candidates, I will add the links below. If their name is blank, it is because they have nothing out there for voters...which does not speak well for their chances of winning.

 

Most of these offices will have Democrat opponents in November. We MUST ELECT THE STRONGEST CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN so that once they are in office we will not live in the fear that they will constantly be siding with Democrats in the name of "getting business done." 

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Below you will find only the races in the

PRECINCT 58

2026 REPUBLICAN PRIMARY

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UNITED STATES SENATOR

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UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT 2

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​GOVERNOR

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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

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ATTORNEY GENERAL

 

COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNT​​

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COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE

  • Dawn Buckingham

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COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE

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RAILROAD COMMISSIONER

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CHIEF JUSTICE SUPREME COURT

  • Jimmy Blacklock

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JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT, PLACE 2, UNEXPIRED TERM

  • ​James P. Sullivan

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JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT, PLACE 7

  • ​Kyle Hawkins

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JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT, PLACE 8

  • ​Brett Busby

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JUDGE, COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS, PLACE 3

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JUDGE, COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS, PLACE 4

  • Kevin Patrick Yeary

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JUDGE, COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS, PLACE 9

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MEMBER, STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, DISTRICT 6

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​STATE SENATOR, DISTRICT 4

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STATE REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT 15

  • Brad Bailey

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CHIEF JUSTICE, 15TH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT

  • Scott Brister

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JUSTICE, 15TH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT, PLACE 2

  • Scott K. Field

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JUSTICE, 15TH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT, PLACE 3

  • April Farris

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CHIEF JUSTICE, 9TH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT

  • Scott Golemon

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DISTRICT JUDGE, 221ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT

  • Lisa Michalk

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DISTRICT JUDGE, 284TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

  • Kristin Bays

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DISTRICT JUDGE 359th JUDICIAL DISTRICT

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DISTRICT ATTORNEY, 9TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, UNEXPIRED TERM

  • Mike Holley

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COUNTY JUDGE

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JUDGE, COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO.1

John C. Hafley

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JUDGE, COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO.3

Amy Tucker

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JUDGE, COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO.4

Echo Hutson

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JUDGE, COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO.6

Scharlene White Valdez

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JUDGE, COUNTY PROBATE COURT NO.1

Claudia Laird

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DISTRICT CLERK

Melissa Miller

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COUNTY CLERK

Bandon Steinmann

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JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT NO. 3

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​COUNTY CHAIR

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10 PROPOSITIONS

  1. Texas property taxes SHOULD BE ASSESSED at the purchase price and phased out entirely over the next six years through spending reductions.

  2. Texas should REQUIRE any local government budget that raises property taxes to be approved by voters at a November general election.

  3. Texas should PROHIBIT denial of healthcare or any medical service based solely on the patient's vaccination status.

  4. Texas should REQUIRE its public schools to teach that life begins at fertilization.

  5. Texas should BAN gender, sexuality, and reproductive clinics and services in K-12 schools.

  6. Texas should ENACT term limits on ALL elect officials.

  7. Texas should BAN the large scale export or sale of our groundwater and surface water to any single private or public entity.

  8. The Texas legislature should REDUCE the burden of illegal immigration on taxpayers by ending public services for illegal aliens.

  9. The Republican-controlled Texas Legislature SHOULD STOP AWARDING LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, including committee and subcommittee chairmanships and vice chairmanships, to Democrats.

information you need to know

Barbara Denson - is NOT PRO-LIFE. Very weak candidate for Life. She fought to take down the pro-life stance from our Republican Priorities. Quote:"Most people are not on our side on that subject (about abortion). We're on the extreme end. If we don't go with the will of the people, we will not stay in power."

 

Most conservative Republicans ARE ON OUR SIDE about the continuing issues with abortion. Ms. Denson is absolutely incorrect about her stance and I would seriously question her sources and "polls" that show something to the contrary. Nationwide polling by Gallup (consistently taken from 1995-2024) shows that an the percentage of Republicans who identify as Pro-Life, in the current poll is UP from 51% in 1995 to 72% in 2024. The reliable Republican voters who show up at elections, are staunch defenders of life!

 

NEW INFORMATION (2/10/2026)

Have you heard of the movement from 2024 called Right to Win? I can only surmise that they came up with that name from a play off of the pro-life movement Right to Life. How sad that the mockery of the name basically says it all: the removal of abortion from issues that voters care about the most. This group created a petition to accomplish the following:

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"If we are to win the majority of the vote this fall (2024), we must focus on the issues voters care about most.   Every poll says Republicans (and all voters) are most concerned with the Border, the Economy, and Crime.  Yet Republican Party leaders continue to talk about Abortion and place the rights of fetuses and embryos above those of all other Americans, including children currently trapped in poverty, trafficking and the foster care system.

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So that we can win the elections and save America, we implore Republican Party leaders to eliminate any reference to Abortion, Abortion Pills (Abortifacients) and the Unborn from the Republican Platform."

 - experpt from Change.org WIN OR ELSE in 2024!!! RIGHT TO WIN 

 

Hopefully, you will click that link to read the whole petition. This group was taking signatures! The use of the word FETUS and EMBRYOS is clearly a liberal stance used by pro-abortion, pro-choice, my-body-my-choice individuals who are in fact NOT PRO-LIFE and for them to even claim that stance is another cut in the flesh of every child that was ripped, burned, or cut in pieces from their mother's womb. Is this harsh? Not even close.

 

This is the truth about Barbara Denson, candidate for SBOE, Dist. 6. She should NOT be allowed near any policies that are made about the future of our children. PERIOD.

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HERE IS A PHOTO with Barbara Denson and Mr. Mark Vincent Goloby, wearing her Right to Win sash like the suffragettes of the past who applauded Margaret Sanger for her promotion of birth control and access to abortion, and Mr. Goloby wearing a Don't Tread on my Homeschool button - how sad that he would think it prudent to take a picture with this woman who is clearly NOT pro-family by seeking to remove abortion from our Republican Priorities.

 

Being pro-life represents the majority of CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS.

 

Mr. Goloby is currently running for Governor against Greg Abbott - If Goloby was your Republican choice for Governor of Texas, I hope that as a faithful Republican, you will remove him from your ballot pick now that we see his reckless behavior and true colors. 

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My friends, in my opinion, as Christians/Republicans who value life, have fought for life, defend life at every instance - we should NOT vote for this woman in any capacity to represent us in the 2026 Republican Primary. We MUST SPREAD THE WORD. I leave this knowledge in your hands. This is not hearsay. This is FACT with PROOF. 

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MYconcern with this candidate:

  1. She does NOT defend life out of fear of losing voters because she believes that voters are more focused on other issues. We may have succeeded in overturning Roe v. Wade but our fight is far from over! On the contrary, the work has just begun!

  2. She refers to a human child as a fetus and wants to eliminate any reference to Abortion, Abortion Pills (Abortifacients) and the Unborn from the Republican Platform. We know that most pro-choice individual choose the word fetus because their goal is to dehumanize what they are doing. "If it's not a baby, how is it murder?"

  3. She states that supposedly the majority of  Republicans rate the importance of abortion in how they vote, low on what is most important to them. What she fails to recognize is that LIFE is a basic right and when the RIGHT to LIFE is removed, we must ask ourselves - what is next?

What I would've liked to have heard from her is how we should teach about life beginning at conception until natural death in our public schools. Make it part of the curriculum!

 

People that understand these basic truths are more likely to respect life and fight to defend vulnerable mothers and babies. As we teach health classes to our children we should also include what to do if you find yourself in a crisis pregnancy, what your options are (adoption being one), and what resources are offered to ladies before, during, and up to 4 years AFTER the birth of the child.

 

If we value life, we must be brave enough to defend it and not be afraid of losing voters!

 

Her stance is a huge hit to the dignity of life and family. Republicans are overwhelmingly PRO-LIFE and will fight wherever the unborn or children are involved. VOTE:

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STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, DISTRICT 6 - this is FOUR year term

MONTGOMERY COUNTY JUDGE  - this is a FOUR year term

Judge Mark Keough - plead guilty to: (found three different articles saying the same thing)

Judge Wayne Mack - and Gay Marriage. Click on Gay Marriage to read the article written by author and mother Michele Nuckolls. The article documents marriage certificates issued as recently as December 15, 2025—nearly two months after legislation was enacted to protect judges who, for reasons of conscience and faith, choose not to officiate same-sex marriages.

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Judge Wayne Mack is well known for organizing large Prayer Breakfast events and publicly professing a commitment to faith-based leadership. His campaign website states that for more than four decades he has dedicated his life to public service, Christian leadership, and strengthening Montgomery County.

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My concern with this candidate is rooted in Scripture and Christian conviction. God’s Word clearly defines marriage as a sacred covenant between one man and one woman, established by God Himself. How does officiating same-sex marriages align with or uphold this biblical truth? In what way does participating in such ceremonies affirm God’s design for marriage or glorify Him?

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The Marriage was officiated by Judge Wayne L. Mack on December 15, 2025, almost two months after the courts ruled that Judges could in fact refuse to marry a same sex couple

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  • The Law/Policy: The Texas Supreme Court order in Oct 2025 affirmed that judges can refuse to perform weddings if it conflicts with their religious beliefs, overturning previous warnings from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

  • Impact: This does not stop same-sex marriage in Texas, which remains legal. It only means specific judges may decline to officiate, in which case they must refer couples to another official. 

He isn't the only judge capable of marrying same-sex couples. In my opinion, as a man of God and as a Christian with fairly strong knowledge of the Bible, Mack should've DEFENDED THE BIBLE'S TEACHING of marriage being between a man and a woman, by graciously declining this couple's request to marry them and then perhaps lovingly evangelizing them as to why they should reconsider (if they were open to listening - now we'll never know). We must walk the talk and not be afraid of turning people away or hurting their feelings by not participating in this same-sex union. If you cannot live your faith in your workplace then perhaps you need a new line of work? I would encourage Mack to stop preaching at churches until he gets his faith in order and do as he asks others to do: live boldly in Christ - "not when it's convenient, not when it's comfortable, not when everything is going good."

MUDSLINGING PASTOR - reporting truth or depending on headlines to garner the votes? ARTICLE HERE. This was sad to read this morning. I subscribed to these emails from substack to read up on what was happening in our schools. Ms. Nuckolls is excellent in reporting on CISD issues and library content. It looks like she would like to keep Keough, who is a great supporter of keeping inappropriate reading materials out of our public libraries and has honed in on Mr. Mack for his willingness to officiate at gay marriages. He was not forced. He CHOSE to do it instead of lovingly declining and evangelizing these same sex marriages...which is what you would expect from a Pastor who is not afraid to live the Call of Christ.

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JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, PRECINCT 3

Jay Mack Sanders - In January 2025, the Montgomery County Commissioners Court unanimously appointed Jay Mac Sanders to serve as the Justice of the Peace for Precinct 3. This appointment filled a vacancy left by Matt Beasley, who resigned to become chief of staff for Montgomery County Precinct 3 Commissioner Ritch Wheeler.

  • The appointment was made instead of holding a special election because Texas law (Local Government Code) allows county commissioners to fill unexpired terms for certain county offices.

  • Sanders was appointed to serve the remainder of the current term, which will run through the end of 2026, at which point the position will be on the general election ballot.

  • Before this appointment, Sanders was a real estate broker and owner of Mustard Seed Realtors in the The Woodlands area and had previously run for Montgomery County Precinct 3 commissioner against James Noack in 2016. (instantly, i like this guy)

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Why I think he should stay as JP in Precinct 3

  • EXPERIENCE he's got it. Yes, he didn't have any experience when he first started but he did have experience in contract interpretation which comes in handy with the cases he sees as a Justice of the Peace. When he came into the role of JP3 he didn't only do the required amount of judicial training needed, he did more - because that's the kind of individual he is. If there is more to be learned, he does it. 

  • CASE LOADS SO FAR:

    • He had 4,500 more cases filed in 2025 than in 2024.​

    • You cannot close all the new ones without new staff

    • He should have about 17 people on staff - currently working with only 12

    • He closed 3,000 more cases in 2025 than 2024 and had 34,000 cases filed in 2025

    • Sanders says that JP3 is the 7th busiest court in the entire state of Texas. Not just JP courts - all courts.

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I do not believe it's time to change our JP3. As of the latest available reports (early 2026), there aren’t any major news articles or widely reported investigations or ethics complaints publicly circulating about Judge Sanders related to his conduct as JP3. A single legal challenge is on record, but it’s not (by itself) confirmation of any wrongdoing — lawsuits against judges in their official capacity happen as part of normal judicial process. So with no widely reported complaint or ethics investigation in major local news or government oversight sources about unethical or criminal conduct by Sanders as JP3, I DO NOT believe it is time to bring someone else in, that is new, and related to our current Precinct 3 Constable, Ryan Gable.

I am not a big fan of nepotism and it is extremely hard to trust that the relationship will not influence outcomes but that is just the jaded side of me speaking.

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Jack Mack is doing a great job, so far. I see no reason to change.

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