DENTON COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY PRIMARY ELECTION March 10, 1998

Republican Party Conventions
Republican precinct conventions will be held immediately after polls close on March 10, 1998 (primary election day). The time and location will be posted at the polling place. Only residents of the precinct who voted in the Republican primary (including early voters) are eligible to attend and participate in precinct conventions. You must have a stamped voter registration card or other proof that you voted in the Republican primary. The participants of the Republican precinct convention will select officers and delegates to the county or senatorial district convention (depending on local party structure) and will consider resolutions recommending party platform positions. County or senatorial district conventions will be held on March 28, 1998 where delegates will select officers for the convention, select delegates to the state convention, and consider resolutions recommending party platform positions. The state convention will be held June 12-13, 1998, in Fort Worth at which each senatorial caucus selects a district executive committeeman and committeewoman. The convention as a whole will elect a state chairman and vice-chairman, one woman and one man. State delegates will also adopt a party platform and rules. For more information, contact the Republican Party of Texas at 211 E. 7th St., Suite 620, Austin, Texas 78701; or call 512/477- 9821; or visit the party's website at www.texasgop.org.

Sample Ballot

All candidates listed in ballot order.

United State Representative, District 4

Douglas Jones
Geoffrey Fielding Walsh
Jim Lohmeyer
Ray Hall

United State Representative, District 13

Mac Thornberry
Richard Amon

United State Representative, District 26

Dick Armey

Governor

Four-year term. Among duties: executes all laws and conducts all business with other states and the federal government; fills appointive offices; fills vacancies in state or district elected offices by appointment; calls special sessions of the legislature and sets their agenda; approves or disapproves every bill passed by the legislature. Salary: $115,345.

R.C. Crawford
George W. Bush

Lieutenant Governor

Four-year term. Among duties: presides over the Texas Senate; under current Senate rules, names committee members and chairs and sets calendar; casts deciding vote when the Senate vote is tied; serves as chair of the Legislative Budget Board and Legislative Council; serves as Governor if the Governor is absent from the state or unable to serve. Salary: $7,200. (Receives same salary as the governor when serving as governor.)

Rick Perry

Attorney General

Four-year term. Among duties: defends the laws and Constitution of the State of Texas; serves as legal advisor to the governor and all state officials and agencies; represents the state and its officers in lawsuits before the Supreme Court of Texas, the Texas Courts of Appeal, and the lower courts; issues advisory opinions on state and federal law to guide state agencies and officials; and performs any other duties imposed by the Texas Legislature. Salary: $92,217.

Barry Williamson
John Cornyn
Tom Pauken

Comptroller of Public Accounts

Four-year term. Among duties: serves as the chief financial officer for the state; maintains records and accounts of state income and expenditures; assesses and collects most state taxes, supervises local tax collections; certifies revenue estimates for the legislature; conducts performance reviews on state government and local school districts; administers unclaimed property and Texas Tomorrow Fund programs. Salary: $92,217.

Carole Keeton Rylander

Commissioner of General Land Office

Four-year term. Among duties: manages 20.4 million acres of state land and mineral rights, including off-shore out to 10.3 miles in the Gulf of Mexico; supervises leasing for oil-gas and other minerals, grazing and other purposes; supervises inventorying, appraising, and making recommendations on the lease or sale of unused and underutilized state property; chairs the Veterans Land Board. Salary: $92,217.

Jerry Patterson
Don Loucks
David Dewhurst

Commissioner of Agriculture

Four-year term. Among duties: heads the Department of Agriculture; serves as an advocate for Texas farmers and ranchers; administers programs to protect consumers; enforces agricultural laws. Salary: $92,217.

Hamp Hodges
Susan Combs

Railroad Commissioner

Six-year term (on a three-person commission). Among duties: regulation of the oil and gas industry, including drilling production, and environmental protection; natural gas utility companies; natural gas and hazardous liquids pipeline safety; surface mining of coal, uranium, and iron ore gravel, including land reclamation; transportation and storage of liquified petroleum gas, compressed natural gas, and liquefied natural gas; railroad safety; and encourages the use of clean-burning propane and researches new technologies for its use. Salary: $92,217.

Tony Garza
Steve Stockman

Justice, Texas Supreme Court

Six-year term. Serves as a member of the court of highest appellate jurisdiction in civil matters in the state; has the power to issue writs of habeas corpus, mandamus, and others. Salary: $110,000.

PLACE 1

Craig T. Enoch

PLACE 2

Candace G. Tyson
Harriet O'Neill

PLACE 3

Greg Abbott

PLACE 4 (Unexpired Term)

Deborah Hankinson
Steve Smith

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals

Six-year term. Among duties shared with other judges: serves as a member of the court of highest appellate jurisdiction in criminal matters in the state; has the power to issue writs of habeas corpus and others. Salary: $109,000.

PLACE 1

Lloyd W. Oliver
Vicki Isaacks
Mike Keasler
David A. Schulman
David Barron

PLACE 2

Forrest Lumpkin
Jeffrey Brian Keck
William Harrison Ray
Murff F. Bledsoe
Harvey Hudson
Cheryl Johnson
Jerry E. Smith
John C. Moncure

PLACE 3

Herb Hancock
Lawrence "Larry" Meyers

Member, State Board of Education, District 14

Richard Watson

State Senator District 22

David Sibley

State Senator District 30

Tom Haywood

State Representative District 63

Mike Lawshe
Mary Denny

State Representative District 64

Donna Morris
Jerry Reagan
Tom Jester, Jr.
Ronny Crownover

State Representative District 65

Burt Solomons

Justice, 2nd Court of Appeals District

William H. Bringham

District Judge, 158th Judicial District

Phillip Vick

District Judge, 211th Judicial District

L. Dee Shipman

District Judge, 367th Judicial District

Lee Gabriel

Crininal District Attorney

Bruce Isaacks

County Judge

Jeff Moseley
Ray Roberts

Judge, County Court at Law #1

Darlene A. Whitten

Judge, County Criminal Court #1

Jim Crouch

Judge, County Criminal Court #2

Virgil L. Vahlenkamp, Jr.
Steve Wohr

Judge, County Criminal Court #3

David Garcia
Paul Johnson

Judge, County Probate Court

Don Windle

District Clerk

Sherri Brownlee
Scott Vick

County Clerk

Cynthia Mitchell
Lee'O Housden, Jr.
George Leake

Denton County Treasurer

Cindy Yeatts Brown
Bob McCombs

County Commissioner Precinct 2

Sandy Jacobs

County Commissioner Precinct 4

Jim Carter
Don White

Justice of Peace Precinct 1

Sandra Marie Chapman
Carol Ann Ganzer

Justice of Peace Precinct 2

Deborah Baker Hollifield
Ira L. Hicks

Justice of Peace Precinct 3

Michael Doyle McCary
Becky Kerbow
Ronni Cade

Justice of Peace Precinct 4

Willard French
Jim Bogers
Jean McFarling
Daniel Allison

Justice of Peace Precinct 5

Lee'O Housden, Sr.
Barbara Gailey
Marion E. Ragsdale

Justice of Peace Precinct 6

Ron Marchant

Justice of Peace Precinct 7

Lil Arnold
Heide B. Hardeman

Constable Precinct 7

Mike Barrow

County Chairman
(You may vote for a write-in candidate by writing in the name of the candidate on the line provided.)

Ann Buscarino
Richard Hayes
Write-In

Precinct Chairman
(You may vote for a write-in candidate by writing in the name of the candidate on the line provided.)

Precinct 102

Neal Scheitel
Vicki Mulkey

Precinct 104

Ed Brownlee
Wilbur F. Poppe

Precinct 105

Andrew Foote
Glenna Krueger
Write-In

Precinct 107

John E. Malloy
Glenda G. Crenshaw
Roger Jones

Precinct 108

Margaret E. Barnes
Kurt Hyde

Precinct 109

Nancy Dillard
Cynthia Buerke

Precinct 112

Jaicie Kirkpatrick
Sylvia L. Brantley

Precinct 113

Stacy Scofield
Jug Hiser

Precinct 114

Robby D. Wright
Will Rogers

Precinct 118

James R. Eberhart
Shirley Spellerberg

Precinct 121

Richard S. Podgorski
Janice H. Freeman

Precinct 122

Joyce Crawford
William Mitchell

Precinct 123

Pat Waddle
Colleen A. Mitchell

Precinct 125

Sherry D. Cochran
Derek J. Hartsfield

Precinct 127

Tim McCormick
Ray Leggett

Precinct 201

William E. Bausticker
Barry Sims

Precinct 202

Babbette Floyd
Morris Seay

Precinct 209

Shawn Bhagat
Sylvia A. Hellman

Precinct 219

Danny R. Skinner
Harry "Pete" Peterson

Precinct 220

Wes Stewart
Frances Armstrong

Precinct 225

Norman Ray Medford
Brian H. Head

Precinct 300

Keith Westberry
Terry Cade

Precinct 306

Mack H. Kimberlin
Mary Ann Grunwald

Precinct 307

Sharon Dahl
Sam Shotts

Precinct 308

Sandra Lyon Davis
Liz Martin

Precinct 309

Steve Mossman
Ted Baze

Precinct 314

Rose LaPlant
Bill McFarling

Precinct 315

Greg Leveling
Linda Moody

Precinct 317

Chris Bennett
William L. McFarling

Precinct 319

Sara Wingard
Doris Smith
John Parkinson

Precinct 320

Troy Hill
Melvin Wiggins

Precinct 323

Carol Kohankie
Rafe Foreman
Susan Medley

Precinct 324

Russell Kerbow
Sheri Hoskins

Precinct 326

Ellis Newkirk
John A. Harrison

Precinct 328

Rebecca Thompson
Mark Glover

Precinct 329

Shirley L. Crouch
Vince Brooks

Precinct 400

James M. Dykes
Terry Christlieb

Precinct 407

Roy Davenport
Randall Rattan

Precinct 409

Dean Starnes
Joanna Deonath

Precinct 410

Earnest A. Woodall
Herb Steele

Precinct 415

Lloyd Fitzpatrick
Kenneth Robison

Precinct 418

Gary Samuelson
Winston Moore

Precinct 429

Michael J. Savoie
Robin A. Barrow