Breckenridge Texan

By Tony Pilkington and Carla McKeown/Breckenridge Texan

When the deadline to file for office to run in next year’s election closed on Monday, only one local current office holder had a challenger. Houston Satterwhite filed to run against incumbent Will Warren for the Precinct 3 County Commissioner’s position.  Monday, at 6 p.m., was the deadline for candidates to file to run for office in next-year’s election, and none of the other incumbents for local elections have opponents.

Warren has served as the Precinct 3 commissioner since he defeated then-incumbent Joe High for the office in the 2016 Republican Primary; Warren was sworn into office on Jan. 1, 2017. Satterwhite, who also ran for the Precinct 3 position in 2016, is the former Public Works Director for the City of Breckenridge and currently a maintenance section supervisor with the Texas Department of Transportation’s Eastland office.

In the two area state races for State Representative and State Senator, both incumbents will face challengers.

For State Representative District 60, which includes Stephens, Palo Pinto and Parker counties and is currently held by Glenn Rogers, there will be a rematch between Rogers of Graford, who lists his occupation as veterinarian/rancher, and Mike Olcott of Aledo, whose occupation is listed as retired. Rogers and Olcott faced off in the 2022 Republican Primary Election and subsequent run-off, and Rogers won the run-off election with 10,043 votes to Olcott’s 9,725 votes, according to the Texas Secretary of State’s website.

There are no Democrats who filed to run in the State Representative District 60 race.

In the State Senator-District 10 race, which includes Stephens County, incumbent Phil King, an attorney from Weatherford, is running unopposed in the Republican primary. However, Andy Morris, an attorney, is running unopposed in the Democratic Primary, setting up a challenge for King in the General Election in November.

On the Federal side, in the Congressional House Race for U.S. Representative 25, currently held by Roger Williams, whose district includes Stephens County as well as all or parts of 12 other counties, there are three candidates who have filed for the Republican Primary. The candidates include Vince Crabb, whose occupation is listed as a retired Army colonel; Matthew Lucci of Arlington, whose occupation is an entrepreneur; and the incumbent Roger Williams, who lists his occupation as a car dealer. There are no Democratic candidates running for the office.

The local offices that will be on the ballot are:

• 90th Judicial District Judge — Phillip Gregory is running unopposed for the position. He was recently appointed to fill the unexpired term of Judge Stephen E. Bristow, who retired in September.
• 90th Judicial District Attorney for Stephens and Young counties — Incumbent Dee Peavy is running unopposed for the position.
• Sheriff — Incumbent Kevin Roach is running unopposed for the position.
• County Attorney — Incumbent Gary Trammel is running unopposed for the position.
• Tax Assessor-Collector — The current Chief Deputy Clerk in the Tax Assessor-Collector’s office, Crystal Shook, is running unopposed for the position.
• County Commissioner, Precinct 1 — Incumbent David Fambro is running unopposed for the position.
• County Commissioner, Precinct 3 — Incumbent Will Warren and candidate Houston Satterwhite are running for the office.
• Constable — Incumbent Wayne McMullen is running for the office.
• Unexpired Term (2 years) for County Treasurer — Recently appointed Treasurer Kelsey Cornwall is running unopposed for the office.

The Texas Republican and Democratic Primary Elections will be on March 5, 2024, with Early Voting held Feb. 20 through March 1. The deadline to register to vote in the election is Feb. 5, 2024.

The Uniform (General) Election will be Nov. 5, 2024.

Although most of the local candidates do not have opponents in the upcoming primary election, they may still face write-in candidates in the November election. Click here for more details about write-in candidacy.