SMDSA X YDSA @ TXST 2022 Voter Guide

As socialists, we know that elections are only one arena in which the working class can exercise power. However, with abortion rights, labor rights, and so much more on the line, we feel it is crucial for everyone to cast their ballot to reduce harm to the working class. Unless explicitly stated, these reccomendations are not endorsements. As a socialist organization, we only endorse candidates who are eager to run unapologetically as socialists. Instead, we are reccomending candidates who we feel will contribute the least harm, and those who will make crucial decisions like refusing to enforce Texas' abortion bans. We have huge reservations and criticisms of most of these candidates, but feel that it is important to keep these offices out of Republican hands, especially regarding issues like abortion rights and enforcing the state's immoral abortion ban. On the other hand, some of these candidates, despite not recieving our official endorsement, have shown themselves to be trustworthy allies of DSA and the socialist and labor movements at-large. See the drop-down lists below for our reccomendations in Federal, State, County, and Local elections.

Federal Races

US Representative, District 21 - For Claudia Zapata (D)
US Representative, District 35 - For Greg Casar (D)

Statewide Races

Governor - For Beto O'Rourke (D)
Lieutenant Governor - For Mike Collier (D)
Attorney General - For Rochelle Mercedes Garza (D)
Comptroller - For Janet T. Dudding (D)
General Land Commissioner - For Jay Kleberg (D)
Commissioner of Agriculture - For Susan Hays (D)
Railroad Commissioner - For Luke Warford (D)
Supreme Court of Texas, Place 3 - For Erin A. Nowell (D)
Supreme Court of Texas, Place 5 - For Amanda Reichek (D)
Supreme Court of Texas, Place 9 - For Julia Maldonado (D)
Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 5 - For Dana Huffman (D)
Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 6 - For Robert Johnson (D)
State Board of Education, District 5 - For Rebecca Bell-Metereau (D)

State Legislature Races

State Senator, District 21 - For Judith Zaffirini (D)
State Senator, District 25 - For Robert Walsh (D)
State Representative, District 45 - For Erin Zwiener (D)
State Representative, District 73 - For Justin Calhoun (D)

County & Local Judicial Races

Third Court of Appeals, Place 4 - For Rosa Theofanis (D)
District Judge, 428th Judicial District - Against Joe Pool (D) - Read why here
Hays County District Attorney - For Kelly Higgins (D)
Hays County Judge - For Ruben Becerra (D)
Hays County Court-at-Law, No. 1 - For Jimmy Alan Hall (D)
Hays County Court-at-Law, No. 3 - For Elaine S. Brown (D)
Hays County District Clerk - For Avrey Anderson (D)
Hays County Clerk - For Elaine Cardenas (D)
Hays County Treasurer - For Daphne Sanchez Tenorio (D)

Local Races

Mayor of San Marcos - For John Thomaides (non-partisan)
San Marcos City Council, Place 1 - For Maxfield Baker (non-partisan)
San Marcos City Council, Place 2 - No Recommendation
Endorsement: City of San Marcos Proposition A - For Proposition A

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