Tuesday, May 27 is the day to vote in the Runoff Elections. Early voting is being held from May 19 through the 23 at the Calhoun County Courthouse.

Three positions are on the Democrat Ballot:

Susan Riley and Shelby Sebastian are running for County Clerk. On the ballot for U.S. Senator are Kesha Rogers and David Alamell. The office of Commissioner of Agriculture race is between Jim Hogan and Richard “Kinky” Friedman.

The Republican ballot is as follows:

Lieutenant Governor – David Dewhurst vs Dan Patrick; Attorney General – Dan Branch vs Ken Paxton; Commissioner of Agriculture – Tommy Merritt vs Sid Miller; Railroad Commissioner – Wayne Christian vs Ryan Sitton. Only those persons who did not vote in the Democratic Primary are eligible to vote in the Republican Runoff.

Because of low voter turnout in previous runoffs, the local Republican Party will hold elections at combined polling places listed below:

Commissioner Galvan’s Precinct #1 (voting precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6)  will all vote at the Heritage Center, corner of Austin St (Hwy 238) and Alcoa Drive, Port Lavaca.

Commissioner Lysey’s Precinct #2 (voting precincts 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,12, and 13) will all vote at Salem Lutheran Church, 2101 N. Virginia Street, Port Lavaca.

Commissioner Fritsch’s Precinct 3 (voting precincts 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19) will all vote at Bauer Community Center, 2300 N. Hwy 35, Port Lavaca.

Commissioner Finster’s Precinct #4 will have 3 polling places:

Voting Precincts 20, 21, 22, and 23 will all vote at Hatch Bend Country Club, 579 Meadowview Lane, Port Lavaca.

Precincts 24 (Seadrift) and 25 (Port O’Connor) will vote at their regular polling places.