Early voting in Texas political party primaries will begin Feb. 16 and end Feb. 26.

Early voting in the primaries will be conducted at the Salado Civic Center, 601 N. Main St., Bell County Courthouse Annex, 550 East 2nd Ave in Belton; Bell County Annex, 301 Priest Drive in Killeen; Lions Club Park Senior Center, 1700 E. Stan Schleuter Loop in Killeen; Bell County Annex, 205 East Central Ave in Temple and Parks & Recreation Center, 307 Millers Crossing, Harker Heights.

Early voting will be conducted in person 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 16-19. 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Feb. 20; noon-5 p.m . Feb. 21 and 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Feb. 22-26.

Election day for political primaries will be 7 a.m.-7 p.m. March 1 with Precinct 203, serving Salado, voting at the Salado Church of Christ Activities Center, 225 North Church Street.

Run-off dates will be early voting May 16-20. Any primary run-offs will be decided on May 24.

There will likely be several run-offs in the Republican party as many races have multiple candidates.

Following are the Republican candidates for state and local races as their names will appear on Salado precinct 203 ballots, according to the Republican Party of Bell County website:

U.S. Representative, Dist. 31: John Carter (I), Mike Sweeney.

Railroad Commissioner: Lance N. Christian, Ron Hale, Doug Jeffrey, Gary Gates, John Greytock, Weston Martinez and Wayne Christian.

Justice Supreme Court, Place 3:  Michael Massengale, Debra Lehrman (I).

Justice Supreme Court, Place 5: Paul Green (I), Rick Green.

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 9: Joe Pool, Eva Guzman (I).

Judge, Court of Appeals, Place 2: Chris Oldner, Ray Wheless, Mary Lour Keel.

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 5: Steve Smith, Scott Walker, Brent Webster, Sid Harle.

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 6: Michael E. Keasler (I), Richard Davis.

State Senator District 24: Dawn Buckingham, Brent Mayes, Jon Cobb, Ryan Downton, Reed Williams, Susan King.

State Representative, District 54: Austin Ruiz, Larry Smith, Scott Cosper.

District Judge, 426th District: Jeff Parker, Fancy H. Jezek (I).

Bell County Sheriff; Fred Churchill, Frank Hernandez, Eddy Lange (I).

Tax Assessor-Collector: Wanita Reeder, Shay Luedecke.

Constable, Precinct 2: Roger Laird, Rolly Correa (I).

Following are the Democratic candidates for contested state and local races as their names will appear on Salado precinct 203 ballots, according to the Bell County Democratic Party website:

Railroad Commissioner: Cody Garrett, Gray Yarbrough, Lon Burnam.

State Representative District 54: Lan Carter, Sandra Blankenship.