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Two seats to be contested in March primaries

Tue, 12/17/2019 - 11:12 am

With the Dec. 9 filing deadline having passed, Jack County is set to see a March 2020 primary election for Jack County Commissioner, Pct. 1 and the Jack County Sheriff.

According to the Jack County GOP website, Republican incumbents who have filed for reelection are Sheriff Tom Spurlock, County Attorney Brad Dixon, Tax Assessor-Collector Sharon Robinson, County Precinct 1 Commissioner Gary Oliver, County Precinct 3 Commissioner Henry Bidwell and County Constable Clyde Watson.

District Attorney Greg Lowery also said he filed to run for reelection in Wise County.

Republicans who are challenging for a seat are Brian Isbell for Jack County Commissioner, Pct. 1 and Robert Charles (R.C.) Langford for Jack County Sheriff.

The Jack County Democratic Party Chairman is John Barry IV.

According to Barry, no Democrats have announced their candidacy for a local seat as of the evening of Thursday, Nov. 21. An attempt to contact Barry before press time went unanswered.

For the full story, see the Wednesday, Dec. 18, edition of the Jacksboro Herald-Gazette.