On Thursday morning, Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace Doug Hurt and Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace Bryan Thompson filed for re-election and will be on the Republican Primary ballot in March 2022.
The two incumbents join seven other candidates who have filed for office this week.
On Tuesday, Molly Kay Smith filed for the Office of County Judge and Bo Allen filed for the Office of Precinct 2 County Commissioner.
On Monday, those filing included:
- Incumbent Brown County Judge, Dr. Paul Lilly
- Incumbent Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4, Ted Perez
- Incumbent Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2, Harold Hogan
- Incumbent County Commissioner, Precinct 2, Joel Kelton
- Running for Precinct 4 County Commissioner is George Huseman
- Running for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4 is Rusty Howell.
- Running for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3, is Brian Edwards
Thus far, there will four contested races:
- Brown County Judge between incumbent Dr. Paul Lilly and Molly Kay Smith
- Precinct 2 County Commissioner between incumbent Joel Kelton and Bo Allen
- Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace between incumbent Bryan Thompson and Brian Edwards
- Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace between Ted Perez and Rusty Howell
Robert Porter will also be on the ballot for Brown County Republican Party Chairman.
Those who wish to run for public office can file between now and 6 p.m. Dec. 13. File with the party chairman of the party you wish to run in. The Republican Party Chair is Robert Porter who can be reached at 325-642-5383. The Brown County Democrat Party Chair is Mike Bullard who can be reached at 325-643-2881 or mbullard23@aol.com. Each party also has a Facebook page.