Joining Gillespie County Democrats on their July 4 float were, from left, Tom Luck of Fredericksburg, candidate for Texas House District 19; Sarah Eckhardt, candidate for comptroller; Gillespie County Democratic Chair Jerry Vaclav; Vikki Goodwin, candidate for lieutenant governor; Kristin Hook, candidate for Congressional District 21; and Holly Taylor, candidate for presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

– Submitted photo Jerry Vaclav, Gillespie County Democratic Party chair, has been elected to serve in two statewide capacities.

Vaclav, who assumed the office of county chair in June, was elected to the executive board of the Texas Democratic County Chairs Association at the Texas Democratic Party's state convention in Corpus Christi June 25-27.