Polling places will remain open today until 7 p.m. for citizens to vote in either the Republican or Democratic primary.<p></b></i></u>
Locally, there is one contested race in the Republican Primary as Magali Bernal and Jana Young are seeking the nomination for Scurry County tax assessor-collector.<p></b></i></u>
There is no Democratic candidate for the position.<p></b></i></u>
The only other contested race is for U.S. Representative as Republicans Mike Conaway and Bill Lester are seeking the nomination. <p></b></i></u>
Conaway is a CPA from Midland and Lester is an educator from Brownwood.</b></u></i><P ALIGN LEFT><hr>