With 2,176 ballots being cast out of 7,750 possible, Marion County will see some changes to the elected officials. There are still some provisional ballots and the USPS has until end of day tomorrow to deliver any outstanding absentee ballots. There are 32 absentee ballots outstanding and approximately 12 provisional ballots to be reviewed.
Todd Winn upset incumbent Gered Lee for the Commissioner Pct 4 seat. Winn had 239 votes to Lee’s 184.
Michael Weesner defeated Rebecca Durden 862-613
Chuck Rogers will be the next Justice of the Peace for Precinct 1, defeating Trey Jackson 713-522.
Hunter Bonner will retain the Marion County Republican Party Chair seat, defeating Bryan Parr 985-543.
Jay Dean edged out Melissa Beckett for the House District 7 seat, with Marion County voters handing him the win by 2 votes, 797-795.
On the State Level, Marion County voters chose Ken Paxton to defeat John Cornyn 764-571. Greg Abbott claimed another term with 1,297 to Pete “Doc” Chambers 260.
Chip Roy was the local favorite for Attorney General, defeating Mayes Middleton and Joan Huffman 536-391-342 respectfully.
Don Huffines defeated Kelly Hancock and Christi Cradick 785-387-298.
On the Democratic primary, Jasmine Crockett defeated James Talarico 379-114.
Gina Hinojosa defeated Chris Bell, Andrew White and Bobby Cole 186-70-52-50.
Lastly, Nathan Johnson defeated Anthony Box and Joe Jaworski for Attorney General 255-115-100.
The election results as reported are rather confusing, since you are declaring winners and losers in several races. Yes, many of the local county elections are final, but the state wide ones are not. Abbot has not won re-election, but only the right to represent the Republicans in the general election. The same can be said about Paxton and Cronyn, they are in a run off for the republican nomination for the US Senate. And there was Democratic nomineeIf who ran unopposed for the US congressional and County Democratic Chair positions. The way this is reported May give the public the impression that these are decided races, and could have a chilling effect on the general election. So how you report this is very important.
While I appreciate the feedback, for a LOCAL ELECTION, those were the winners. It even stated: “On the State Level, Marion County voters chose …” I’m sorry you felt confused and concerned that national level folks would be looking at this small town paper to see who won a statewide race. The results and story stated they were the local winners. Meanwhile, I didn’t see you downtown, an hour from home, waiting on election results until 10p to put out what the local results were. Maybe, next time, instead of bitching, haul your happy ass downtown and look at them yourself. Or maybe better yet, get them and report on them yourself.