Staff Reports
Marion County residents took to the polls on Tuesday with 43.14% of registered voters casting a ballot. On the ballot were state offices as the local elections were all uncontested.
Results, which swayed towards Republican candidates, were:
• US Representative, District 1: Nathaniel Moran (R) 2,529; Jrmar “JJ” Jefferson (D) 734
• Governor: Greg Abbott (R) 2,546; Beto O’Rourke (D) 694; Mark Tippetts (L) 34; Delilah Barrios (G) 10; there was one write-in vote
• Lieutenant Governor: Dan Patrick(R) 2,491; Mike Collier (D) 713; Shanna Steele (L) 56
• Attorney General: Ken Paxton (R) 2,492; Rochelle Mercedes Garza (D) 719; Mark Ash (L) 56
• Comptroller of Public Accounts: Glenn Hegar (R) 2,499; Janet D. Dudding (D) 711; V. Alonzo Echevarria-Garza (L) 38
• Commissioner of the General Land Office: Dawn Buckingham (R) 2,496; Jay Kleberg (D) 714; Alfred Molison JR (G) 32. There was also one write-in vote
• Commissioner of Agriculture: Sid Miller (R) 2,510; Susan Hays (D) 740
• Railroad Commissioner: Wayne Christian (R) 2,493; Luke Warford (D) 91; Jaime Andres Diez (L) 47; Hunter Wayne Crow (G) 22;
• Justice, Supreme Court, Place 3: Debra Lehrmann (R) 2,484; Erin A Nowell (D() 707; Thomas Edward Oxford (L) 60
• Justice, Supreme Court, Place 5: Rebeca Huddle (R) 2,518; Amanda Reicheck (D) 733
• Justice, Supreme Court, Place 9: Evan young (R) 2,508; Julia Maldonado (D) 729
• Judge Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 5: Scott Walker (R) 2,520; Dana Huffman (D) 725
• Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 6: Jesse F. McClure III (R) 2,518; Robert Johnson (D) 722
Early and absentee voting skewed to Democratic candidates with approximately 24% of registered voters voting early or by absentee. Totals may still change slightly as absentee and provisional have six days to arrive or be cured.
The Elections building on North Alley street saw some disruption on the first day of early voting for approximately 15 minutes as machines had to be rebooted. But it also had issues on election day.
“We don’t really know what caused it,“ said Karen jones, Elections Coordinator, “because it was the same equipment that ran all of early voting. The best guess is an electrical problem in the building. I’m having it checked and reworked just in case. Hart will be reviewing the drives from the machines as well.”
Jones went on to say that as soon as problems started arising, emergency hand ballots were issued to keep elections going.
“It was just the machine itself that allows you to make your choices,” she said. “The scanning machine, which reads the ballots, didn’t’ have any issues.”