While the election is a year away, candidates are already starting to line up in the upcoming race for the Texas House District 45 seat, currently held by Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs).

Elizabeth Bryant, a first responder from Driftwood, and Erin Zweiner, an educator and author from San Marcos, are the first to throw their hats into the ring for the HD45 race, which will be decided in Nov. 2018.

Zweiner, a fifth-generation Texan, is a conservationist, children’s book author and an educa...