Political campaign signs sprout as frequently as spring flowers around Cedar Creek Lake these days, even though the Texas primary elections are still two months away. It's been an unusually long primary campaigning season because the primary elections date was revised twice as a lawsuit filed by minority groups challenging congressional and legislative maps wound its way through the judicial system. The election date was changed from March 6 to April 3 and finally to May 29 to accommodate the lawsuit. Some questions remain about the impact of the redistricting on where some residents will vote, but Henderson County officials have submitted revised maps in accordance with a federal court ruling to the Department of Justice for approval. The approval from the federal agency is expected to come sometime before the primary election gets underway. In the meantime, candidates have been posting campaign signs and sometimes reposting them as the original ones wore out from the heavy rains seen in the area this winter. The lists of candidates filing for the primary election include seven Democrats and 25 Republicans. On the Democratic Party ballot only one race in Henderson County is contested. The office of Constable Precinct 1 has three candidates, Daryl Graham, Dorothy Houston and Rick Simmons. Democrats running unopposed for offices are Sheriff, Bill Burton; Tax Assessor-Collector, Bryan Barker; Constable Precinct 5, Rick Simmons and Democratic Party County Chair, Marsha Head. On the Republican Party ballot nine offices are contested, including Texas Senate District 3, Robert Nichols and Tammy Blair; Texas House District 10 Jim Pitts, T.J. Fabby and Linda Bounds; Texas House District 4, Lance Gooden and Stuart Spitzer; County Tax Assessor, Milburn Chaney and Anita Smith; County Commissioner Precinct 1, Ken Hayes, O.B. "Skip" Smith; ScottyThomas and Ron Welch; County Commissioner Precinct 3, Ronny Lawrence and Billy Van Voast; County Constable Precinct 2, Rodney Henderson and Norman Terry; and Constable Precinct 3, Rick Carver, David Grubbs and James Lehman; and Constable Precinct 5 Brad Miers and Eric Adair. Republicans running unopposed for offices are 392nd District Court Judge, Carter Tarrance; Sheriff, Ray Nutt; District Attorney, Scott McKee; County Attorney, Clint Davis; County Constable Precinct 4, Rick Stewart. Many of the candidates in opposed and unopposed races are incumbents.