Wednesday, March 7, 2018

2018 Primary Results

Here are the election results of the 2018 Republican Primary, as best things can be determined at the time of this publishing.  Candidates highlighted in red text appear to have won their race.  Candidates highlighted in green text appear to be advancing to a runoff election this May.  The below results reflect 100% of the Bastrop County vote counted (with the exception of any provisional ballots yet to be evaluated), and statewide results show the percentage of the vote that was counted at the time I prepared these results.


Office Candidate Bastrop Texas % Report-
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US Senate Ted Cruz80.38%85.36%71.19%
Stefano de Stefano3.37%2.84%
Bruce Jacobson6.81%4.22%
Mary Miller7.85%6.10%
Geraldine Sam1.59%1.46%
Congress, District 10John W. Cook28.80%19.42%79.24%
Michael T. McCaul71.20%80.57%
Congress, District 27 Bech Bruun29.75%36.20%88.93%
Michael Cloud22.49%33.99%
Eddie Gassman4.57%2.81%
John Grunwald13.70%6.88%
Jerry Hall19.53%8.16%
Christopher K. Mapp9.96%11.93%
Governor Greg Abbott86.79%90.29%72.42%
SECEDE Kilgore1.94%1.41%
Barbara Krueger11.27%8.29%
Lt. GovernorScott Milder25.43%24.12%72.42%
Dan Patrick74.57%75.87%
Land Commissioner George P. Bush47.23%58.20%84.45%
Davey Edwards7.68%6.81%
Jerry Patterson38.56%29.70%
Rick Range6.53%5.28%
Agriculture CommissionerTrey Blocker25.37%21.31%84.88%
Jim Hogan24.74%22.73%
Sid Miller49.88%55.94%
Railroad Commissioner Christi Craddick77.57%75.85%74.34%
Weston Martinez22.43%24.14%
Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal AppealsDavid Bridges51.24%47.94%84.88%
Sharon Keller48.76%52.05%
Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 8Jay Brandon29.94%30.80%84.45%
Michelle Slaughter50.37%52.54%
Dib Waldrip19.68%16.64%
3rd Court of Appeals, Place 6 Donna Davidson30.08%31.28%88.79%
Jennifer S. Freel22.20%19.93%
Kristofer Monson8.33%9.61%
Michael ("Mike") Toth39.39%39.15%
County JudgeDonald A. Loucks38.43%
Paul Pape61.57%
Commissioner, Precinct 4Rosanna L. Abreo25.11%
Gary "Bubba" Snowden74.89%
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1Kelley Price9.74%
Sherry Cook35.74%
Cindy Allen34.21%
Mac W. Simpson20.32%
County Chairman Dianna Greenwood64.73%
Jeanne Raley35.27%
Precinct Chairman, 1002 James Clifton Sparks67.72%
Derek Van Gilder32.28%
Precinct Chairman, 1003 Carol A. Spencer56.65%
Carl M. Rees43.35%
Precinct Chairman, 1004James V. Richard44.60%
Jarrett A. Namken55.40%
Precinct Chairman, 2005 Michael J. Campbell64.35%
James Raley35.65%
Precinct Chairman, 2006Sandra Stokes49.11%
Cade Hurta50.89%
Precinct Chairman, 3014Ana Zuniga43.67%
Kaye Leidy56.33%
Precinct Chairman, 3016Marc Mulkey48.05%
Mike Gepner51.95%
Prop 1 - replace property tax For70.54%67.94%76.34%
Against29.46%32.05%
Prop 2 - voter approval of toll roads For91.42%89.88%76.34%
Against8.58%10.11%
Prop 3 - Speaker of the House selection For82.50%85.12%76.34%
Against17.50%14.87%
Prop 4 - employee screening with E-Verify For88.16%90.33%76.34%
Against11.84%9.66%
Prop 5 - tax credits for private education choices For78.39%78.41%76.34%
Against21.61%21.58%
Prop 6 - bathroom/locker room protection For86.97%90.18%76.34%
Against13.03%9.81%
Prop 7 - abolish abortion For61.21%68.26%76.34%
Against38.79%31.73%
Prop 8 - make vote fraud a felony For93.49%94.81%76.34%
Against6.51%5.18%
Prop 9 - repeal Obamacare For84.12%87.02%76.34%
Against15.88%12.97%
Prop 10 - cap property tax increases at 4%/year For94.16%93.85%76.34%
Against5.84%6.14%
Prop 11 - no tax dollars for professional stadiums For90.00%86.75%76.34%
Against10.00%13.24%

7,059 ballots were cast in the Republican Primary and 3,663 ballots were cast in the Democrat Primary.  In 2014 (during the last Governor's election) there were 4,968 votes in the Republican Primary and 1,800 cast in the Democratic Primary.  So this election saw a high level of participation in both primaries.

Statewide incumbents fared well, with only one close race in the Chief Justice position for Court of Criminal Appeals.  George P. Bush appears to have won by a large margin against comeback challenger Jerry Patterson for the Land Commissioner's office.  Michelle Slaughter appears to be winning an open seat election outright for Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 8.

The contest for Congressman, District 27, will proceed to a runoff election between Bech Bruun and Michael Cloud.

Donna Davidson and Mike Toth will advance to a runoff election for the open seat on the 3rd Court of Appeals., Place 6.

In the Bastrop County Commissioner's Court, Judge Pape and Commissioner Snowden both won their contested elections, and with no Democrat challenger to either in November, they will go on to another term.  There will be a runoff election between Sherry Cook and Cindy Allen for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1.  

In our party races, Dianna Greenwood has been elected the next chairman of the Bastrop County Republican Party.  However, the precinct chairman races that represent the differences of opinion in our executive committee had mixed results.  There was no sweep one direction or another.  Nevertheless, I have confidence that under new leadership, we can have constructive debate again without as much relationship strain.

The ballot propositions all passed, with 9 of them above 75% statewide.

To all who won, my congratulations.  To all who lost, my condolences.  To all who advance to a runoff election this May, my double condolences.

Albert L. Ellison, Founder
Bastrop County Republican News
bcrnews.blogspot.com

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