Austin Dispatches
 No.  40 
Fall 2002 -- Special Issue

Election 2002 Endorsements

California

Nebraska

New York

Oregon

Texas
 
California
Position Candidate Party
U.S. Representative, District 26 Randall Weissbuch Libertarian
U.S. Representative, District 27 Robert M. Levy Republican
U.S. Representative, District 28 Kelley L. Ross Libertarian
U.S. Representative, District 29 Ted Brown
U.S. Representative, District 30 Tony D. Goss Republican
U.S. Representative, District 31 Luis Vega
U.S. Representative, District 32  Michael (Mick) McGuire Libertarian
U.S. Representative, District 33 Charles Tate
U.S. Representative, District 34  Wayne Miller Republican
U.S. Representative, District 35 Gordon Michael Mego American Independent
U.S. Representative, District 36  Mark McSpadden Libertarian
U.S. Representative, District 37 Herb Peters
U.S. Representative, District 38 Al Cuperus
U.S. Representative, District 39 Richard G. Newhouse
U.S. Representative, District 40 Dana Rohrabacher Republican
Governor Bill Simon
Lieutenant Governor Pat Wright Libertarian
Secretary of State Gail K. Lightfoot
Attorney General Ed Kuwatch
State Treasurer Marian Smithson
State Controller Ernest F. Vance American Independent
Insurance Commissioner Dale F. Ogden  Libertarian
Board of Equalization, District 4 Kenneth A. Weissman
Senator, District 20 no endorsements
Senator, District 22
Senator, District 24 Carl M. "Marty" Swinney Libertarian
Senator, District 26 no endorsement
Senator, District 28  Peter D. De Baets Libertarian
Senator, District 30 John O. Robertson Republican
Assemblyman, District 39 Ely DeLa Cruz Ayao
Assemblyman, District 40 Connie Friedman
Assemblyman, District 42 Jeffrey A. Bissiri
Assemblyman, District 43 Sandor J. Woren Libertarian
Assemblyman, District 44 Bob New
Assemblyman, District 45 Judy Chau Phuong Cook
Assemblyman, District 46 Manuel "Manny" Aldana Jr. Republican
Assemblyman, District 47 Keith Clemens Libertarian
Assemblyman, District 48 Nolayan O. Herdegen
Assemblyman, District 49 George C. Shen Republican
Assemblyman, District 50 Gladys O. Miller
Assemblyman, District 51 no endorsement
Assemblyman, District 52 Mark Anthony Illes Republican
Assemblyman, District 53 Linda P. Wilson
Assemblyman, District 54 Cesar N. Castellanos
Assemblyman, District 55 Guy Wilson Libertarian
Assemblyman, District 56 John W. Brantuk Sr. Republican
Assemblyman, District 57 Leland Thomas Faegre Libertarian
Assemblyman, District 58 Dave Butler Republican
Assemblyman, District 60 Robert "Bob" Pacheco

 
 
Nebraska
Position Candidate Party
U.S. senator Jack Graziano Libertarian
U.S. representative, District 2 Dave Stock
Governor no endorsement
Lieutenant governor Barry Richards Nebraska
Secretary of state Tudor Lewis Libertarian
Attorney general John Bruning Republican
State auditor no endorsements
State treasurer

 
 
New York
Position Candidate Party
U.S. representative, District 14 Anton Srdanovic Republican-Conservative
Governor Scott Jeffrey Libertarian
Lieutenant governor Jay Greco
State comptroller James Eisert
Attorney general Dan Conti 
Senator, District 26 no endorsements
Assemblyman, District 65

 
 
Oregon
Position Candidate Party
U.S. senator no endorsement
U.S. representative, District 1 Beth King Libertarian
U.S. representative, District 4 Chris Bigelow
U.S. representative, District 5 Joseph H. Bitz Constitution
Governor Thomas Cox Libertarian
Senator, District 4 David Alsup Republican
Senator, District 7 Mike Cary
Senator, District 8 Frank Morse
Senator, District 15 Bruce Starr
Senator, District 16 Don Fell
Representative, District 8 Greg McNeill
Representative, District 14 Pat Farr
Representative, District 15 no endorsement
Representative, District 16 Scott Bisson Republican
Representative, District 23 Lane Shetterly
Representative, District 30 Derrick Kitts

 
 
Texas
Position Candidate Party
U.S. senator Scott Jameson Libertarian
U.S. representative, District 3 John Davis
U.S. representative, District 10 Michele Messina
U.S. representative, District 11 Paul Farris
U.S. representative, District 14 Ron Paul Libertarian-Republican
U.S. representative, District 20 no endorsement 
U.S. representative, District 21 D.G. Roberts Libertarian
U.S. representative, District 23 Jeffrey Blunt
U.S. representative, District 31 Clark Simmons
Governor Jeff Daiell
Lieutenant governor Mark Gessner
Attorney general Jon Roland
Comptroller of public accounts Bowie V. Ibarra
General Land Office commissioner Jerry Paterson Republican
Agriculture commissioner Vince May Libertarian
Railroad commissioner Nazarite Flores Perez
State Board of Education, District 5 Nancy Neale
State Board of Education, District 9 Nicole Lightner
State Board of Education, District 10 Jill Paige Friedman
State Board of Education, District 12 Geraldine "Tincy" Miller Republican
State Board of Education, District 14 Gail Lowe
Senator, District 5 Randy Barfield Libertarian
Senator, District 8 Florence Shapiro Republican
Senator, District 14 Marianne Robbins Libertarian
Senator, District 18 Horace Henley
Senator, District 24 Stephen D. Kirby
Senator, District 25 Rex Black
Senator, District 26 no endorsement 
Senator, District 30 Diane C. Wilson Libertarian
Representative, District 17 Darrell R. Grear
Representative, District 44 Edmund Kuempel Republican
Representative, District 45 no endorsement 
Representative, District 46  David Nalle Libertarian
Representative, District 47 Terry Keel Republican
Representative, District 48 Michael Badnarik Libertarian
Representative, District 49 Andrew Pacetti Republican
Representative, District 50 Rob LeGrand Libertarian
Representative, District 51 Marjory Staehle Glowka
Representative, District 52 Lillian Simmons
Representative, District 54 Suzanna Gratia Hupp Republican
Representative, District 66 David Koch Libertarian
Representative, District 67 Jerry Madden Republican
Representative, District 70 Ken Paxton
Representative, District 73 Carter Casteel
Representative, District 89 Bobby Hearn Libertarian
Representative, District 116 no endorsement 
Representative, District 125 Nelson Balido Republican
Supreme Court chief justice Eugene Flynn Libertarian
Supreme Court justice, Place 1 Quanah Parker
Supreme Court justice, Place 2 Dale Wainwright Republican
Supreme Court justice, Place 3 Wallace B. Jefferson
Supreme Court justice, Place 4 Steven Wayne Smith
Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 1 Stephan Kinsella Libertarian
Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 2 Paul Womack Republican
Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3 no endorsement
Chief justice, 4th Court of Appeals District Ken Law Republican
Justice, 4th Court of Appeals no endorsement
45th District Court judge Wade B. Shelton Republican
68th District Court Judge Charles Stokes
147th District Court Judge  no endorsements
150th District Court Judge
186th District Court Judge Jeff Mulliner Republican
187th District Court Judge Raymond Angelini
201st District Court Judge no endorsement
207th District Court Judge Jack Robinson Republican
219th District Court Judge Curt B. Henderson
224th District Court Judge David Peeples
225th District Court Judge John J. Specia
226th District Court Judge Sid Harle
227th District Court Judge no endorsement
250th District Court Judge Demetri Anastasiadis Republican
261st District Court Judge no endorsement
274th District Court Judge Gary L. Steel Republican
277th District Court Judge Ken Anderson
285th District Court Judge Michael P. Peden
288th District Court Judge Frank Montalvo
289th District Court Judge no endorsements
290th District Court Judge
296th District Court Judge
299th District Court Judge 
331st District Court Judge
366th District Court Judge Nathan E. White Jr. Republican
403rd District Court Judge Frank Bryan
Bastrop County county judge no endorsements
Bastrop County commissioner, Precinct 2
Bastrop County commissioner, Precinct 4 
Bastrop County district attorney
Bastrop County treasurer 
Bastrop County tax assessor-collector 
Bastrop County surveyor 
Bastrop County county clerk 
Bastrop County district clerk 
Bastrop County justice of the peace, Precinct 1 
Bastrop County justice of the peace, Precinct 2 
Bastrop County justice of the peace, Precinct 3 
Bastrop County justice of the peace, Precinct 4 
Bastrop County court-at-law judge 
Bastrop County constable, Precinct 1 
Bastrop County constable, Precinct 3  John L. Adams Republican
Bastrop County constable, Precinct 4  no endorsement
Bexar County county judge  Cynthia Ruiz McKee  Libertarian 
Bexar County commissioner, Precinct 2  no endorsement
Bexar County commissioner, Precinct 4 
Bexar County district attorney  Raymundo Aleman  Libertarian 
Bexar County county clerk  James Thompson 
Bexar County district clerk  Mathew E. Eilers 
Bexar County court-at-law No. 1 judge  Bill Chenault Republican
Bexar County court-at-law No. 2 judge  no endorsement
Bexar County court-at-law No. 3 judge  Shay Gebhardt Republican
Bexar County court-at-law No. 4 judge  no endorsements
Bexar County court-at-law No. 5 judge 
Bexar County court-at-law No. 6 judge 
Bexar County court-at-law No. 7 judge  Bill C. White Republican
Bexar County court-at-law No. 8 judge  no endorsement
Bexar County court-at-law No. 9 judge  Wayne A. Christian Republican
Bexar County court-at-law No. 10 judge  no endorsements
Bexar County court-at-law No. 11 judge 
Bexar County court-at-law No. 12 judge 
Bexar County Probate Court No. 1 judge
Bexar County Probate Court No. 2 judge  Tom Rickhoff Republican
Bexar County justice of the peace, Precinct 1  no endorsement
Bexar County justice of the peace, Precinct 2, Place 1  Bill Donovan Republican
Bexar County justice of the peace, Precinct  3  James M. Holland  Libertarian 
Bexar County justice of the peace, Precinct 4  Phillip K. Pope Republican
Bexar County justice of the peace, Precinct  5  no endorsements
Burnet County county judge
Burnet County commissioner, Precinct 2
Burnet County commissioner, Precinct 4 James Oakley Republican
Burnet County treasurer no endorsements
Burnet County county clerk
Burnet County district clerk
Burnet County justice of the peace, Precinct 1
Burnet County justice of the peace, Precinct 2
Burnet County justice of the peace, Precinct 3
Burnet County justice of the peace, Precinct 4
Burnet County court-at-law judge
Collin County county judge Ron Harris Republican
Collin County commissioner, Precinct 2 Jerry Hoagland
Collin County commissioner, Precinct 4 Dustin K. Dykes Libertarian
Collin County district attorney John Roach Republican
Collin County district clerk no endorsements
Collin County county clerk
Collin County court-at-law No. 1 judge
Collin County court-at-law No. 2 judge Jerry Lewis Republican
Collin County court-at-law No. 3 judge John Barry
Collin County court-at-law No. 4 judge Keith Clifford Sanderlin Libertarian
Collin County court-at-law No. 5 judge Ray Wheless Republican
Collin County Probate Court No. 1 judge Weldon Copeland
Collin County justice of the peace, Precinct 1 Paul Raleeh
Collin County justice of the peace, Precinct 2 Terry Douglas
Collin County justice of the peace, Precinct 3 John E. Payton
Collin County justice of the peace, Precinct 4 W.M. "Mike" Yarbrough
Comal County county judge Danny Scheel 
Comal County commissioner, Precinct 2  Charles B. Ellis  Libertarian 
Comal County commissioner, Precinct 4  no endorsements
Comal County district attorney
Comal County district clerk
Comal County county clerk
Comal County treasurer
Comal County surveyor
Comal County court-at-law judge
Comal County justice of the peace, Precinct 1
Comal County justice of the peace, Precinct 2
Comal County justice of the peace, Precinct 3
Comal County justice of the peace, Precinct 4
Travis County county judge Jason Pratt Libertarian
Travis County commissioner, Precinct 2 Thomas Allen
Travis County commissioner, Precinct 3 Bill Brooks
Travis County commissioner, Precinct 4 Wes Benedict
Travis County district clerk no endorsement
Travis County county clerk Edward Cox Libertarian
Travis County treasurer Karl Joerger
Travis County Court-at-Law No.1 judge no endorsements
Travis County Court-at-Law No.2 judge
Travis County Court-at-Law No. 4 judge
Travis County Court-at-Law No. 5 judge
Travis County Court-at-Law No. 6 judge
Travis County Court-at-Law No. 7 judge
Travis County justice of the peace, Precinct 1 Celeste Harrison Libertarian
Travis County justice of the peace, Precinct 2 Steven Adams
Travis County justice of the peace, Precinct 3 Dale "Sam" Malone
Travis County justice of the peace, Precinct 4 Jon Airheart
Travis County justice of the peace, Precinct 5 no endorsements
Williamson County county judge
Williamson County commissioner, Precinct 2
Williamson County commissioner, Precinct 4 Frankie Limmer Republican
Williamson County district attorney no endorsements
Williamson County district clerk
William County county clerk
Williamson County treasurer
Williamson County surveyor
Williamson County court-at-law No. 1 judge
Williamson County court-at-law No. 2 judge
Williamson County court-at-law No. 3 judge
Williamson County justice of the peace, Precinct 1
Williamson County justice of the peace, Precinct 2
Williamson County justice of the peace, Precinct 3
Williamson County justice of the peace, Precinct 4
Williamson County justice of the peace, Precinct 5