Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-08
INTEREST IN
POLITICS HIGH,
BUREAU finds
More Contested Races
In State This Year
Survey Dis closes;
Many Are Women
TEXAS ELECTION BUREAU

the NUMBER OF contested races, or.
races where there are two or more
candidates. The number of voting
precincts has increased in two
years from 1898 TO Sill, a gain Of
els.
The biennial survey made by the
Texas Election Bureau d~iscloses
that compared with 1926 there are
nine contested races on the state
ticket against eight; eleven con-
tested races for congress against
ten; thirteen contested races for
the state senate against ten; eighty
sax contested races for the lower
house OF the legislature against sew
enty-seyen. There are three contest
ed races for places on the courts Of
civil appals, the same as in 1926.
Nine women are candidates this
year. Mrs. Minnie Fisher Cunning
ham seeks a seat in the senate. Mrs.
Edith Wilmans again seeks the gov
ernorship. Seven women seek seats
in the lower house Of the legislature.
There were only six women seeking
state and district offices in 1926.
Only sixteen state senators will
be elected. Fifteen others will hold
over until 1880.
Following is n complete list Of
candidates for state and district Of
fees as reported 70 the bureau:
e State Ticket
" United States Senator-Thomas L.
Blanton. Tom Connally, Minnie Fish
er Cunningham, Earle b. Mayfield,
Jeff MeLemore. Alvin owsley.
Governor-Wnliam +. Hawkins,
Dan Moody, Louis J. Wardlaw, Edith
L. Wilmsns.
Lieutenant Governor-H. L. Oar
win. Thomas b. Love. John n. Nc
Call. Barry Miller. J. ID. Parnell.
Attorney General-Claude Pollard.
Comptroller. ID. Jones, 5. Il.
Terrell.
State Treasurer-Grover c. Har-
ris. ". Gregory Hatcher.
State Superintendent Of Public In
Struetion-H. p. Davis, ". +. Garner.
". +. James. s. NJ. n. Mars.
Commissioner or Agriculture
4 George b. Terrell.
Land Commissioner-Andrew ].
Britton. +. /. Flvnt, J. II. Robson,
Otis Terrell.
Railroad Commissi0ner-Jefferson
Smith, Lon A. Smith.
Associate Justice of Supreme Court
-Thomss B. Greenwood.
Judge Of the Court Of Criminal APP
peals-W. c. Morrow. Lee r. Pierson.
Congress
First District - Eugene Black,
Clarksville. incumbent; Wright Pat
man, TeSarkara.
Second District-John G. Boz,
jacksonville, incumbent; S. II. San
ders, Center; W. ". King, Bronson.
Third District-Morgan G. Sanders,
incumbent, Canton, u~nopposed.
Fourth District-Sam Rayburn,
Bonham. incumbent; John l.. An
| CREWS, Denison; Wallace Hughston,
Mckinney; Tom W. Perkins, McKin-
ney; Ben L. Sherley, Anna.
Fifth Decentralization Summers,
Dallas, incumbent; Worth s. Ray,
Dallss; ID. r. McCalib, Dallas.
Sixth District-Luther A. Johnson,
Corsicana, incumbent, u%nopposed.
Seventh District Clay Stone
Briggs. Galveston. incumbent; Thorn
as j. Holbrook, Galveston.
Eighth District-Daniel f. Gar
rett. incumbent, Houston, unopposed.
. Ninth District. J. Mansfield,
.Columbus, incumbent, unopposed.
Tenth District. +. Buchanan,
J Bhenham. incumbent, u%nopposed.
Eleventh District-John Maxwell,
Waco; O. II. Cross, Waco; Lewis n.
Jones, Bolton.
Twelfth District-Fritz G. Lam
ham, incumbent, Fort Worth, unop-
thirteenth District-Guinn Will
liams, Decatur, incumbent, unop-
Thirteenth District-Augustus Nc
1 Closkey, San Antonio; A. d. Rogers,
San Antonio.
Fifteenth District-John N. Gar
ner, incumbent, Uvalde; Sid Hardin,
Mission.
Sixteenth District -Claude r. Huds-
peth, incumbent, FL Paso; Wed +.
Reid, Colorado.
Seventh District-R. N. Grisham,
Eastland; Oscar Galloway, ~Comanche;
Z. @. Lee. Cisco; 4. p. Perkins, Min
eral Wells; w. Homer Shanks, Clyde.
Eighteenth District-Marvin Jones,
Amarillo, incumbent; J.. Ross Bell,
Padueah.
Courts Of Civil Appeals
First District (Houston)-Associ-
ate Justice: George w. Graves, Hous-
ton, incumbent, unopposed.
Second District Fort WORTH
Chief Justice: r. II. Conner, Fort
Worth, incumbent. unopposed.
Third District Austin)-Associate
Justice: NJ. b. Blair, Austin, incum-
bent, u%noPposed.
Fourth District (San A~ntonio)-
Associate Justice: Edward W. Smith,
San Antonio, incumbent; Convey c.
Thomas, Cotulla.
Fifth District (Dallas)-Chief Jus
tice: Ben L. Jones, Dallas, incumbent,
sixth District CTexarkana)-As-
sociate Justice: r. B. Levy. Tex
srkana, incumbent; J. y. Williams,
Mount Pleasant.
Seventh District CAmarillo)-Asso-
ciate Justice: NJ. J. X. Jackson, Am
.rillo. incumbent, unopposed.
riate Justice: K. r. Higgins, in
ryr,bent, FL Paso, unopposed.
Ninth District tBeaumontl-Asso-
ciate Justice: Daniel Walker, Beau
mont, incumbent, imposed.
Tenth District CWaco)-Chief Jus
lire: j. y. Gallagher, Waco, incum-
bent. unopposed.
Eleventh District (Eastland)-
chief Justice: j. +. Hickman, incum-
ksnt. Breckenridge, u~noppoSed. As
soriate Justice: o. c. Funderburk, in
surbent. Eastland; B. W. Patterson.
cisco; James A. Stephens, Benjamin.
State Senate
First District. w. r. II. Beck.
ne Kalb; J. A. Dodd, Nash; Lamar
nsrman, Mount Pleasant.
Third District-B. B. Perkins,
pusk; II. T. Brown, Jacksonville;
VI y Thomson, Nacogdoches.
FIFTH Distriet-Nat Patton. Croc-
r-nekett: y. Fl. Phillips. Crockett.
Seventh District-Thomas G. Pol
10 Tvler, incumbent. Unopposed.
Eighth District-Charles R. FLOYD.
psris' incumbent; Tom De Berry. Be-
sTwslfth District. r. Donnell,
u.i,.horo. W. VI. Tidwell, Ennis: