November 3 Elections
Voters Across Three States Prepare for Local and Judicial Nov. 3 Ballot
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Voters face local and judicial races in Texas, Minnesota and Michigan on Nov. 3. In League City, incumbent Tommy Cones faces Gregory Van Etten for City Council Position 2; in Roman Forest, David Mullane faces LaChrystal Ricke for Position 1 and Ray Guzman faces Oscar Ramirez for Position 3, while Linda Stewart is unopposed for Position 5. The Roman Forest candidates’ stated priorities include public safety, responsible spending, infrastructure and planning for growth; Cones has emphasized public safety, infrastructure, drainage, traffic, economic development and limiting taxes and spending. Brewster incumbent council member is seeking re-election, citing ongoing projects and listening to residents, while Perham incumbents Brad Schmidt and Fred Lehmkuhl and challenger Taylor Altstadt are competing for two seats. In Tarrant County, Republican incumbent Tim O’Hare will face Democratic Commissioner Alisa Simmons for county judge, and Ann Arbor Ward 4 candidates are Democrat Aidan Sova and independent James Trost, competing for the seat being vacated by Dharma Akmon. Three seats on Texas’ Court of Criminal Appeals are also open amid scrutiny of the court’s role in death penalty and election-related cases.
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For the Tarrant County judge race, voter registration closes Oct. 5, early voting runs Oct. 19–30, and Election Day is Nov. 3.
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The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals hears death-penalty appeals directly from trial courts and considers habeas corpus petitions from people convicted of state felonies challenging the legality of their detention.
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The Texas court’s election-case rulings have had political consequences: after it ruled that Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office could not unilaterally prosecute election cases, Paxton successfully campaigned in 2024 to oust three Republican judges who disagreed with him.
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In Ann Arbor, Aidan Sova says his library-board work included balancing budgets, preserving programs and advancing a downtown library project with mixed-income, affordable housing without new tax levies; he also says he has not accepted PAC money.
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Roman Forest’s council has five members and a mayor, with staggered two-year terms. The incumbents who previously held the three seats on the ballot—Mitchell Davis, Jerry Reasner and Larry Sanders—did not file for re-election.
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