At the local level, it's not even that. I have no idea who the eff the clerk of the peace is or who the coroner is and what I might think of them personally. I think most people just vote by if there is a D or R next to your name, for most positions and many are not bipartisan and only vote all R or all D.
We are lucky in some regards that our judges, sheriff, coroner and some other local.offices are non partisan on that.