2008 Primary Election Results

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President	Walker County
U.S. Senate	Washington County
U.S. House	Texas State House
Brazos County	Texas State Senate
Grimes County	Texas State Courts
Leon County	Texas Railroad Commissioner
Madison County	Texas Board of Education
Milam County	Republican Propositions
Robertson County

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President

Candidate

Vote Count

Vote Percent

Winner

Presidential Primary -- 8,233 of 8,247 precincts reporting (100%)
Democrat

Hillary Clinton	1,455,959	51%	(X)
Barack Obama	1,356,330	47%
John Edwards	29,900	1%
Joseph Biden	3,358	0%
Christopher Dodd	2,326	0%
Bill Richardson	10,703	0%

Presidential Primary -- 7,959 of 7,959 precincts reporting (100%)
Republican

John McCain	709,096	52%	(X)
Mike Huckabee	523,280	38%
Ron Paul	69,933	5%
Mitt Romney	27,605	2%
Uncommitted	17,651	1%
Fred Thompson	11,809	1%
Duncan Hunter	8,260	1%
Rudolph Giuliani	3,498	0%

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U.S. Senate

Candidate

Vote Count

Vote Percent

Winner

U.S. Senate D -- 8,233 of 8,247 precincts reporting (100%)

Rick Noriega	1,104,806	51%	(X)
Gene Kelly	582,989	27%
Ray McMurrey	268,242	12%
Rhett Smith	211,449	10%

U.S. Senate R -- 7,959 of 7,959 precincts reporting (100%)

	John Cornyn	993,678	81%	(X)
	Larry Kilgore	225,783	19%

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U.S. House

Candidate

Vote Count

Vote Percent

Winner

US House -- 236 of 236 precincts reporting (100%)
District 10 (D)

	Larry Joe Doherty	51,937	61%	(X)
	Dan Grant	33,043	39%

US House -- 269 of 269 precincts reporting (100%)
District 14 (R)

	Ron Paul	37,220	70%	(X)
	Chris Peden	15,813	30%

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Brazos County

Candidate

Vote Count

Vote Percent

Winner

Brazos County -- 81 of 81 precincts reporting (100%)
County Attorney (R)

	Rod Anderson [R]	7,843	65%	(X)
	Shane Phelps [R]	4,237	35%

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Grimes County

Candidate

Vote Count

Vote Percent

Winner

Grimes County -- 15 of 15 precincts reporting (100%)
506 Dist Ct Judge (R)

	Albert McCaig [R]	989	70%	(X)
	R J Parham [R]	423	30%

Grimes County -- 15 of 15 precincts reporting (100%)
Commissioner, Pct 3 (D)

	Julian Melchor [D]	337	53%	(X)
	Lonnie Turner [D]	304	47%

Grimes County -- 15 of 15 precincts reporting (100%)
District Attorney (R)

	Tuck McLain [R]	1,141	67%	(X)
	Lovett Boggess [R]	568	33%

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Leon County

Candidate

Vote Count

Vote Percent

Winner

Leon County -- 4 of 4 precincts reporting (100%)
Commissioner Pct 1 (D)

	Joey Sullivan [D]	629	77%	(X)
	Donald Rose [D]	193	23%

Leon County -- 4 of 4 precincts reporting (100%)
Commissioner Pct 3 (R)

Mark ''Porkchop'' Ivey RUNOFF [R]	214	38%	(X)
Ray Gaskin RUNOFF [R]	184	32%	(X)
Greg Ivey [R]	172	30%

Leon County -- 4 of 4 precincts reporting (100%)
Constable Pct 1 (R)

	Chris Johnson [R]	390	53%	(X)
	Skip Young [R]	341	47%

Leon County -- 4 of 4 precincts reporting (100%)
District Attorney (R)

	Whitney Smith [R]	1,024	65%	(X)
	David Murff [R]	542	35%

Leon County -- 4 of 4 precincts reporting (100%)
Sheriff (R)

	Jerry Wakefield [R]	1,240	78%	(X)
	Craig Jefferson [R]	354	22%

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Madison County

Candidate

Vote Count

Vote Percent

Winner

Madison County -- 9 of 9 precincts reporting (100%)
Commissioner Pct 3 (D)

	Tommy Cornelius [D]	283	74%	(X)
	Laura Mittelstedt [D]	99	26%

Madison County -- 9 of 9 precincts reporting (100%)
Tax Assessor-Collector (D)

	Michelle Clary [D]	804	66%	(X)
	Shewana Lotts-Winn [D]	416	34%

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Milam County

Candidate

Vote Count

Vote Percent

Winner

Milam County -- 12 of 12 precincts reporting (100%)
Commissioner Pct 1 (D)

George Tomek RUNOFF [D]	594	38%	(X)
Clyde "Phil" Van Cleave RUNOFF [D]	528	34%	(X)
Floyd Berry [D]	316	20%
Dennis Baker [D]	112	7%

Milam County -- 12 of 12 precincts reporting (100%)
Constable Pct 1 (D)

	John Anderle [D]	1,140	77%	(X)
	Tom Jones [D]	346	23%

Milam County -- 12 of 12 precincts reporting (100%)
Constable Pct 2 (D)

	Heith Kemper [D]	557	65%	(X)
	Matt Lincoln [D]	306	35%

Milam County -- 12 of 12 precincts reporting (100%)
Constable Pct 4 (D)

	Giles Summerlin [D]	658	56%	(X)
	Fred Keefer [D]	525	44%

Milam County -- 12 of 12 precincts reporting (100%)
County/District Attorney (D)

	Kerry Spears [D]	2,819	57%	(X)
	Bill Torrey [D]	2,137	43%

Milam County -- 12 of 12 precincts reporting (100%)
Sheriff (D)

David Earl Greene [D]	2,649	52%	(X)
Greg Kouba [D]	2,197	43%
Tommy Farr [D]	270	5%

Milam County -- 12 of 12 precincts reporting (100%)
Tax Assessor Collector (D)

	Doug Bryan [D]	2,609	54%	(X)
	Sherry Mueck [D]	2,224	46%

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Robertson County

Candidate

Vote Count

Vote Percent

Winner

Robertson County -- 15 of 15 precincts reporting (100%)
Commissioner Pct 1 (D)

	Keith Petitt [D]	733	78%	(X)
	William Houston [D]	205	22%

Robertson County -- 15 of 15 precincts reporting (100%)
Commissioner Pct 3 (D)

	Keith Nickelson [D]	499	61%	(X)
	Bobby Green [D]	324	39%

Robertson County -- 15 of 15 precincts reporting (100%)
Constable Pct 1 (D)

	Vince Angele [D]	617	67%	(X)
	Robert Edwards [D]	309	33%

Robertson County -- 15 of 15 precincts reporting (100%)
Constable Pct 2 (D)

Ronny Ritter RUNOFF [D]	309	45%	(X)
Mike Fisher RUNOFF [D]	232	33%	(X)
Philip Crowell [D]	153	22%

Robertson County -- 15 of 15 precincts reporting (100%)
Constable Pct 3 (D)

	Chris Sanders [D]	443	56%	(X)
	Brian Kimbrough [D]	345	44%

Robertson County -- 15 of 15 precincts reporting (100%)
Constable Pct 3 (R)

	Mike Fincher [R]	137	62%	(X)
	Donnie Gooch [R]	84	38%

Robertson County -- 15 of 15 precincts reporting (100%)
Constable Pct 4 (D)

	LeAnthony Dykes [D]	732	66%	(X)
	Douglas Pieskee [D]	372	34%

Robertson County -- 15 of 15 precincts reporting (100%)
JP Pct 1 (D)

Keith Folterman RUNOFF [D]	401	43%	(X)
Rodrick Jackson RUNOFF [D]	198	21%	(X)
Rita Barker [D]	191	20%
Marcus Greaves [D]	153	16%

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Walker County

Candidate

Vote Count

Vote Percent

Winner

Walker County -- 20 of 20 precincts reporting (100%)
Commissioner Pct 3 (D)

	Bobby Warren [D]	775	53%	(X)
	Jerry Ellisor [D]	682	47%

Walker County -- 20 of 20 precincts reporting (100%)
Constable Pct 2 (R)

	Reed Prehoda [R]	1,111	62%	(X)
	Braxton Morton [R]	671	38%

Walker County -- 20 of 20 precincts reporting (100%)
Tax Assessor-Collector (R)

	Diana McRae [R]	3,100	69%	(X)
	Lee Woodward [R]	1,420	31%

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Washington County

Candidate

Vote Count

Vote Percent

Winner

Washington County -- 19 of 19 precincts reporting (100%)
Commissioner Pct 1 (D)

	JoJo Graves [D]	548	56%	(X)
	Lewis Houser [D]	431	44%

Washington County -- 19 of 19 precincts reporting (100%)
Commissioner Pct 3 (R)

Kirk Hanath [R]	1,185	67%	(X)
Delbert Boeker [R]	459	26%
Kenneth Maxwell [R]	113	6%

Washington County -- 19 of 19 precincts reporting (100%)
Sheriff (R)

	J W Jankowski [R]	2,810	51%	(X)
	James Parker [R]	2,717	49%

Washington County -- 19 of 19 precincts reporting (100%)
Tax Assessor-Collector (R)

	Dot Borchgardt [R]	2,578	57%	(X)
	Tina Holzer [R]	1,953	43%

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Texas State House

Candidate

Vote Count

Vote Percent

Winner

Texas State House -- 33 of 33 precincts reporting (100%)
District 140 (D)

	Armando Walle	4,919	57%	(X)
	Kevin Bailey	3,652	43%

Texas State House -- 182 of 182 precincts reporting (100%)
District 3 (D)

Tom Daley	33,529	72%	(X)
Ron Minkow	13,282	28%
Kenneth Maxwell [R]	0	0%
Rodrick Jackson [D]	0	0%

Texas State House -- 182 of 182 precincts reporting (100%)
District 3 (R)

Sam Johnson	35,990	87%	(X)
Harry Pierce	3,456	8%
Wayne Avellanet	1,945	5%

Texas State House -- 37 of 37 precincts reporting (100%)
District 36 (D)

	Kino Flores	11,173	52%	(X)
	Sandra Rodriguez	10,245	48%

Texas State House -- 360 of 360 precincts reporting (100%)
District 4 (D)

	Glenn Melancon	37,409	57%	(X)
	VaLinda Hathcox	27,752	43%

Texas State House -- 35 of 35 precincts reporting (100%)
District 40 (D)

	Aaron Pena	9,839	53%	(X)
	Eddie Saenz	8,761	47%

Texas State House -- 24 of 24 precincts reporting (100%)
District 46 (D)

	Dawnna Dukes	12,678	61%	(X)
	Brian Thompson	8,001	39%

Texas State House -- 61 of 61 precincts reporting (100%)
District 27 (D)

	Ron Reynolds	14,634	50%
	Dora Olivo	14,821	50%

Texas State House -- 219 of 219 precincts reporting (100%)
District 27 (R)

	Willie Vaden	9,110	56%	(X)
	George Benavidez	7,122	44%

Texas State House -- 329 of 329 precincts reporting (100%)
District 4 (R)

Ralph Hall	42,212	73%	(X)
Kathy Seei	5,870	10%
Gene Christensen	5,556	10%
Kevin George	3,035	5%
Joshua Kowert	857	1%

Texas State House -- 37 of 37 precincts reporting (100%)
District 78 (D)

	Joseph Moody	12,959	72%	(X)
	Louis Irwin	4,995	28%

Texas State House -- 37 of 37 precincts reporting (100%)
District 78 (R)

	Dee Margo	5,080	57%	(X)
	Pat Haggerty	3,888	43%

Texas State House -- 74 of 74 precincts reporting (100%)
District 4 (R)

	Betty Brown	8,768	52%	(X)
	Wade Gent	8,133	48%

Texas State House -- 41 of 41 precincts reporting (100%)
District 101 (R)

	Mike Anderson	4,103	54%	(X)
	Thomas Latham	3,433	46%

Texas State House -- 35 of 35 precincts reporting (100%)
District 101 (D)

	Roberto Alonzo	6,493	73%	(X)
	Harry Trujillo	2,452	27%

Texas State House -- 37 of 37 precincts reporting (100%)
District 105 (D)

	Bob Romano	4,753	52%	(X)
	Jim Rea	4,462	48%

Texas State House -- 39 of 39 precincts reporting (100%)
District 112 (R)

Angie Button	4,136	38%
Randy Dunning	3,816	35%
James Shepherd	2,953	27%

Texas State House -- 74 of 74 precincts reporting (100%)
District 122 (R)

	Frank Corte	14,203	73%	(X)
	Tony Kosub	5,235	27%

Texas State House -- 34 of 34 precincts reporting (100%)
District 127 (R)

Joe Crabb	7,399	55%	(X)
Martin Basaldua	4,213	32%
David Davenport	1,755	13%

Texas State House -- 38 of 38 precincts reporting (100%)
District 129 (R)

	John Davis	6,525	64%	(X)
	Jon Keeney	3,623	36%

Texas State House -- 37 of 37 precincts reporting (100%)
District 130 (R)

	Allen Fletcher	9,233	52%	(X)
	Corbin Van Arsdale	8,443	48%

Texas State House -- 53 of 53 precincts reporting (100%)
District 134 (R)

	Joe Agris	5,673	73%	(X)
	Carlos Obando	2,123	27%

Texas State House -- 33 of 33 precincts reporting (100%)
District 140 (D)

	Armando Walle	4,919	57%	(X)
	Kevin Bailey	3,652	43%

Texas State House -- 30 of 30 precincts reporting (100%)
District 144 (R)

Ken Legler	2,635	46%
Fred Roberts	2,268	40%
John Hughey	838	15%

Texas State House -- 26 of 26 precincts reporting (100%)
District 145 (D)

	Carol Alvarado	6,791	69%	(X)
	Elias De La Garza	3,006	31%

Texas State House -- 43 of 43 precincts reporting (100%)
District 146 (D)

	Al Edwards	14,128	61%	(X)
	Borris Miles	9,002	39%

Texas State House -- 55 of 55 precincts reporting (100%)
District 147 (D)

	Garnet Coleman	14,344	78%	(X)
	LaRhonda Torry	4,093	22%

Texas State House -- 36 of 36 precincts reporting (100%)
District 148 (D)

	Jessica Farrar	9,695	73%	(X)
	Jose Medrano	3,638	27%

Texas State House -- 163 of 163 precincts reporting (100%)
District 16 (D)

	Silvestre Reyes	74,975	80%	(X)
	Jorge Artalejo	18,264	20%

Texas State House -- 107 of 107 precincts reporting (100%)
District 17 (D)

	Donnie Dippel	13,459	65%	(X)
	Latreese Cooke	7,343	35%

Texas State House -- 209 of 209 precincts reporting (100%)
District 18 (R)

	John Faulk	5,617	79%	(X)
	T. J. Baker Holm	1,533	21%

Texas State House -- 313 of 313 precincts reporting (100%)
District 19 (D)

	Dwight Fullingim	26,726	62%	(X)
	Rufus Mark	16,601	38%

Texas State House -- 62 of 62 precincts reporting (100%)
District 20 (D)

	Jim Dillon	12,228	63%	(X)
	Leonard Surratt	7,138	37%

Texas State House -- 214 of 214 precincts reporting (100%)
District 22 (R)

Shelley Sekula Gibbs	16,681	30%
Pete Olson	11,630	21%
Robert Talton	8,163	15%
John Manlove	8,388	15%
Dean Hrbacek	5,864	10%
Cynthia Dunbar	2,114	4%
Kevyn Bazzy	879	2%
Jim Squier	989	2%
Brian Klock	992	2%
Ryan Rowley	424	1%

Texas State House -- 263 of 263 precincts reporting (100%)
District 23 (R)

	Lyle Larson	18,432	62%	(X)
	Quico Canseco	11,516	38%

Texas State House -- 51 of 51 precincts reporting (100%)
District 26 (R)

Charlie Howard	8,781	65%	(X)
Paula Stansell	4,242	31%
Norm Ley	580	4%

Texas State House -- 51 of 51 precincts reporting (100%)
District 29 (R)

Randy Weber	6,639	59%	(X)
Gary Bucek	2,718	24%
Craig Kelsay	1,871	17%

Texas State House -- 188 of 188 precincts reporting (100%)
District 32 (D)

Eric Roberson	20,017	45%
Steve Love	14,908	33%
Dennis Burns	9,703	22%

Texas State House -- 37 of 37 precincts reporting (100%)
District 36 (D)

	Kino Flores	11,173	52%	(X)
	Sandra Rodriguez	10,245	48%

Texas State House -- 33 of 33 precincts reporting (100%)
District 37 (D)

	Rene Oliveira	12,330	76%	(X)
	Roca Shergold	3,944	24%

Texas State House -- 35 of 35 precincts reporting (100%)
District 40 (D)

	Aaron Pena	9,839	53%	(X)
	Eddie Saenz	8,761	47%

Texas State House -- 79 of 79 precincts reporting (100%)
District 43 (D)

	Tara Ybarra	13,011	54%	(X)
	Juan Escobar	11,210	46%

Texas State House -- 24 of 24 precincts reporting (100%)
District 46 (D)

	Dawnna Dukes	12,678	61%	(X)
	Brian Thompson	8,001	39%

Texas State House -- 39 of 39 precincts reporting (100%)
District 48 (R)

	Pamela Waggoner	4,989	62%	(X)
	Joe Donnelly	3,066	38%

Texas State House -- 49 of 49 precincts reporting (100%)
District 52 (R)

Dee Hobbs	3,285	32%
Bryan Daniel	3,102	30%
John Gordon	3,019	29%
Vivian Sullivan	938	9%

Texas State House -- 34 of 34 precincts reporting (100%)
District 55 (R)

Martha Tyroch	5,147	36%
Ralph Sheffield	4,433	31%
Mike Pearce	2,907	20%
John Alaniz	1,763	12%

Texas State House -- 56 of 56 precincts reporting (100%)
District 56 (R)

	Charles Anderson	10,030	64%	(X)
	Jonathan Sibley	5,753	36%

Texas State House -- 67 of 67 precincts reporting (100%)
District 59 (D)

	Ernie Casbeer	6,261	61%	(X)
	James Vickery	4,026	39%

Texas State House -- 313 of 313 precincts reporting (100%)
District 6 (D)

	Ludwig Otto	32,863	51%	(X)
	Steve Bush	31,793	49%

Texas State House -- 67 of 67 precincts reporting (100%)
District 61 (R)

	Phil King	13,460	65%	(X)
	Joe Tison	7,103	35%

Texas State House -- 35 of 35 precincts reporting (100%)
District 67

	Jerry Madden	3,811	52%	(X)
	Jon Cole	3,554	48%

Texas State House -- 56 of 56 precincts reporting (100%)
District 73 (R)

	Nathan Macias	14,643	50%
	Doug Miller	14,681	50%

Texas State House -- 34 of 34 precincts reporting (100%)
District 77 (D)

	Marisa Marquez	8,385	52%	(X)
	Paul Moreno	7,858	48%

Texas State House -- 99 of 99 precincts reporting (100%)
District 8 (R)

	Byron Cook	6,466	69%	(X)
	Bobby Vickery	2,904	31%

Texas State House -- 47 of 47 precincts reporting (100%)
District 81 (R)

Tryon Lewis	5,273	44%
Buddy West	4,601	38%
Randy Rives	1,188	10%
Jesse Gore	928	8%

Texas State House -- 76 of 76 precincts reporting (100%)
District 83 (R)

	Delwin Jones	11,755	63%	(X)
	Joe Hnatek	6,849	37%

Texas State House -- 53 of 53 precincts reporting (100%)
District 96 (R)

	Bill Zedler	7,129	74%	(X)
	Lee Jackson	2,500	26%

Texas State House -- 66 of 66 precincts reporting (100%)
District 97 (R)

Mark Shelton	7,786	58%	(X)
Bob Leonard	4,308	32%
James Schull	717	5%
Clint Roberts	500	4%

Texas State House -- 69 of 69 precincts reporting (100%)
District 99 (R)

	Charlie Geren	7,865	58%	(X)
	Tom Annunizatio	5,680	42%

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Texas State Senate

Candidate

Vote Count

Vote Percent

Winner

Texas State Senate -- 210 of 210 precincts reporting (100%)
District 11 (D)

	Joe Jaworski	34,339	59%	(X)
	Bryan Hermann	23,815	41%

Texas State Senate -- 335 of 335 precincts reporting (100%)
District 21 (D)

	Judith Zaffirini	85,310	79%	(X)
	Rene Barrientos	23,262	21%

Texas State Senate -- 343 of 343 precincts reporting (100%)
District 30 (R)

	Craig Estes	41,634	69%	(X)
	Charles Stafford	18,820	31%

Texas State Senate -- 238 of 238 precincts reporting (100%)
District 4 (R)

	Tommy Williams	26,656	60%	(X)
	Michael Galloway	17,405	40%

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Texas State Courts

Candidate

Vote Count

Vote Percent

Winner

Texas -- 7,959 of 7,959 precincts reporting (100%)
Criminal Appeals Court, Place 4 (R)

	Paul Womack	676,486	69%	(X)
	Robert Francis	309,400	31%

Texas -- 8,233 of 8,247 precincts reporting (100%)
Supreme Court, Place 7 (D)

	Sam Houston	1,126,105	56%	(X)
	Baltasar Cruz	887,520	44%

Texas -- 8,233 of 8,247 precincts reporting (100%)
Supreme Court, Place 8 (D)

	Linda Yanez	1,028,106	51%	(X)
	Susan Criss	971,473	49%

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Texas Railroad Commissioner

Candidate

Vote Count

Vote Percent

Winner

Texas -- 8,233 of 8,247 precincts reporting (100%)
Railroad Commissioner (D)

Mark Thompson	938,527	48%
Dale Henry	537,996	28%
Art Hall	465,757	24%

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Texas Board of Education

Candidate

Vote Count

Vote Percent

Winner

State Board of Education -- 78 of 572 precincts reporting (14%)
District 11 (R)

	Pat Hardy	23,746	59%
	Barney Maddox	16,182	41%

State Board of Education -- 241 of 531 precincts reporting (45%)
District 2 (D)

	Mary Helen Berlanga	63,407	60%	(X)
	Lupe Gonzalez	42,621	40%

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Republican Propositions

Candidate

Vote Count

Vote Percent

Winner

GOP Proposition 1 -- 7,959 of 7,959 precincts reporting (100%)
Immigration Laws

	Yes	1,269,969	96%	(X)
	No	48,159	4%

GOP Proposition 2 -- 7,959 of 7,959 precincts reporting (100%)
Photo ID

	Yes	1,240,236	94%	(X)
	No	80,458	6%

GOP Proposition 3 -- 7,959 of 7,959 precincts reporting (100%)
Annual Growth

	Yes	1,177,832	92%	(X)
	No	100,302	8%