WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas – While all eyes on November 5 are on the presidential race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, in Williamson Countythere are a few races that people follow.

Early voting is already underway. Here’s what you need to know.

RELATED: Williamson County early voting hours, locations

Below is a look at the candidates and who is running in the contested election. Click on the candidate’s name to get more information.

There are also proposals on the ballot for CITIES and school districts.

Elections at the county level

Williamson County Sheriff

The County Prosecutor

County Commissioner, Pct. 3

County Constable, Pct. 1

County Constable, Pct. 4

The city of Austin

Primary

Sector 6

The town of Jarrell

Primary

Advisor, 2nd Place

Proposal A

Proposition A refers to the reauthorization of a local sales and use tax at a rate of one-quarter (¼)% to continue to generate revenue for the maintenance and repair of city streets.

City of Liberty Hill

Proposal A

Proposition A concerns the city’s adoption of a Bylaws Charter. According to the city’s website, this would allow the city of Liberty Hill to write and adopt a city charter that “specifically lists the structure, power, duties and authorities that the people of the community wish to grant to local government.”

As Liberty Hill grew to more than 5,000 residents, the Texas State Constitution allowed it to set its own rules for municipal government by adopting a charter of internal rules.

Learn more about Proposition A here.

City of Pflugerville

Council Member, 5th Place

Coupland ISD

Coupland ISD requested a VATRE this fall.

The district says it projects a deficit for the 2024-25 school year. Despite the deficit of 1.8% of the total budget, the district is worried about the future.

CISD says operational costs, health care costs and salary increases will further stretch the district’s limited resources in 2025-26 and beyond without an increase in revenue. The district also plans to build a new middle school, scheduled to open in August 2026, with funds from the 2023 bond.

If approved, VATRE will:

• Provide approximately $208,733 additional in M&O revenue
• Provide funds for a one-off payment to staff (subject to VATRE pass)
• Provide funding for additional staff as needed
• Provide funds to be used for supplies (initial, one-time costs of the new middle school)

Learn more about VATRE from Coupland ISD here.

Leander ISD

Board of Directors, 3rd Place

• Nekosi Nelson
• Jim Sneeringer

Board of Directors, 4th Place

• Brandi Burkman
• Anna Smith (owner)
• Zach Zayner

Board of Directors, 5th Place

• Sade Fashokun (owner)
• Gerald Prater

Learn more about the candidates here.

Liberty ISD

Liberty Hill ISD has two propositions on the November ballot.

Proposal A

The district calls Prop A “school finance elections,” but this is also known as VATRE.

LHISD says Proposition A, if passed, would provide additional funding for teacher raises and to maintain instructional and extracurricular programs.

In the last six years, the district tax rate has decreased by 37 cents. If passed, Proposition A would add back six pennies.

If voters approve Proposition A, the total tax rate will be $1.22 per $100 of property valuation. In 2018, the total tax rate was $1.53. Approval of Proposition A would increase the monthly tax payment on the median home in LHISD (valued at $462,264) with $18.11 per month.

If rejected, LHISD says it will implement additional cost-saving measures that could result in up to a 10 percent reduction in staff, larger class sizes and the elimination of tutoring and after-school programs.

Proposal B

Prop B authorizes LHISD to make state mandated payments as part of the recapture system. The district makes these payments by purchasing “attendance credits.”

If the district does not vote to purchase attendance credits, the state may permanently remove some properties from LHISD for tax purposes.

Learn more about Liberty Hill ISD’s proposals here.

Round Rock ISD

Round Rock ISD requested a $998 million bond election to provide improvements and address needs in the district.

This is RRISD’s first bond in six years.

Proposal A – $798.3 million

Prop A would fund campus and district-wide projects such as replacing HVAC systems, roofs, electrical and plumbing systems that have reached the end of their useful life, and other upgrades such as fresh paint, new ceiling tiles and flooring to improve the aging condition. facilities.

Prop A would allow the district to build classroom additions, improve safety and security systems and equipment, install fencing, upgrade or install digital corpora, replace uniforms and fine art tools; purchase student furniture, new buses, robotics equipment and tools, and purchase and equip a new facility dedicated to expanding career and technical education programs for all students.

Proposal B – $125.3 million

Prop B would fund the modernization of technology and instructional infrastructure to support modern learning and increase the speed, connectivity, reliability and security of the district network.

Proposal C – $8.6 million

Prop C would allow improvements and enhancements to RRISD’s fine arts programs, including upgrading aging sound and stage lighting systems.

Proposal D – $65.9 million

Prop D would fund improvements to existing sports facilities, such as improving lighting and scoreboards and adding artificial turf to competition fields. This proposal also includes the construction of a stand-alone multi-purpose sports facility to be used by students and district staff.

RRISD says passing the bond will not increase the tax rate. The current tax rate of $0.8931 is the lowest rate of the surrounding school districts and the lowest rate for the district in more than 35 years.

Learn more about choosing Round Rock ISD bonds here.

Board of Directors, 1st Place

• Joshua Escalante
• Estevan Jesus “Chuy” Zarate

Board of Directors, 2nd Place

Board of Directors, 7th Place

• Mingyuan “Michael” Wei
• Jim Steele

Austin Community College District

Board of Directors, 7th Place

• Sherri Lynn Taylor
• Cole Wilson

Board of Directors, 9th Place

• Joe Sefton
• Julie Ann Nitsch (owner)