Primary Results

Wow! I have never seen a primary election in Bastrop County like this one. Our numbers were three times our normal average, and instead of having half the participation in our primary as the Democrats (which is norm), we had nearly double the participation that the Democrats had (which is unprecedented). And that without the Democrat numbers sagging all that much! The triple attendance meant that precincts county-wide were running short on ballots. We had nearly 3,000 new ballots printed and distributed county-wide election day while voting was underway, and still precincts had to resort to photocopied ballots to keep up with demand. This created extra work in the central counting station, which in turn delayed the Republican returns.

So if you went on to bed still wondering how the contested races turned out, here are the results:

Congress, Dist. 10 (with 242 of 242 precincts reporting district-wide)
Michael McCaul - 82.87%
Rick Martin - 8.9%
Joe Petronis - 8.22%
(Bastrop voted McCaul 76.32%, Martin 13.48%, and Petronis 10.2%)

Congress, Dist. 25 (with 248 of 248 precincts reporting district-wide)
Donna Campbell - 69.89%
George Morovich - 30.1%
(Bastrop voted Campbell 63.5%, Morovich 36.5%)
NEWSFLASH - Cambell and Morovich combined received 3,578 votes in Bastrop County in the Republican Primary; Lloyd Doggett received 1,591 votes in Bastrop's Democratic Primary (1,400 Democratic Primary participants did not vote for Doggett). Doggett can be beat in Bastrop County in November!!!!

Governor (with 7902 of 8236 precincts reporting state-wide)
Rick Perry - 51.05%
Kay Bailey Hutchison - 30.36%
Debra Medina - 18.57%
(Bastrop voted Perry 45.09%, Medina 30.88%, Hutchison 24.03%)

Railroad Commissioner (with 7562 of 8236 precincts reporting state-wide)
Victor G. Carrillo - 39.19%
David Porter - 60.80%
(Bastrop voted Porter 64.77%, Carrillo 35.23%)
** This race is perhaps the biggest upset on the ballot. Victor Carrillo is an energy specialist sitting as the incumbent on the Railroad Commission, and David Porter is a little-known candidate from Dime Box, Texas. This race has me scratching my head.

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 3 (with 7620 of 8236 precincts reporting state-wide)
Jeff Brown - 16.49%
Rick Green - 18.81%
Debra Lehrmann - 18.33%
Jim Moseley - 18.14%
Rebecca Simmons - 18.14%
Rick Strange - 10.06%
(Bastrop's top two vote-getters by far were Debra Lehrmann 26.45% and Rick Green 23.01%)
** There will definitely be a runoff for this election, which was expected. Because the vote is so evenly divided, it will not be known who the top two vote-getters are for the runoff until the entire vote is reported.

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 9 (with 7622 of 8236 precincts reporting state-wide)
Eva Guzman - 65.10%
Rose Vela - 34.89%
(Bastrop voted Guzman 68.31%, Vela 31.69%)

State Board of Education, Dist 10 (with 595 of 595 precincts reporting district-wide)
Marsha Farney - 35.51%
Rebecca Osborne - 29.17%
Brian Russell - 35.31%
(Bastrop voted Farney 35.59%, Russell 35.5%, and Osborne 28.91%)
** This vote will lead to a runoff between Marsha Farney and Brian Russell

Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals Dist, Place 4 (with 670 of 670 precints reporting district-wide)
Scott Field - 47.10%
Melissa Goodwin - 52.89%
(Bastrop voted Goodwin 54.34%, Field 45.66%)

County Commissioner, Precinct 2 (final unofficial)
Clara Beckett - 71.19%
Adam Meuth - 28.81%

County Commissioner, Precinct 4 (final unofficial)
David "Rocky" Palmquist - 52.12
Ron Jay - 47.88%

Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1
Vann D. Pressley - 21.03%
Sue Ann Fruge (withdrawn) - 6.10%
Donna Van Gilder - 55.09%
J.W. Snell - 17.78%
**Although a multi-contestant race, Donna Van Gilder achieved more than 50% of the vote, so no runoff will be held in this race.

Prop 1 - Photo ID (with 7879 of 8236 precincts reporting state-wide)
Yes - 92.86%
No - 7.13%
(Bastrop voted Yes 64.69%, No 35.31%)

Prop 2 - Controlling Government Growth (with 7879 of 8236 precincts reporting state-wide)
Yes - 91.9%
No - 8.09%
(Bastrop voted yes 91.84%, No 8.16%)

Prop 3 - Cutting Federal Income Taxes (with 7879 of 8236 precincts reporting state-wide)
Yes - 93.08%
No - 6.91%
(Bastrop voted Yes 88.26%, No 11.74%)

Prop 4 - Public Acknowledgement of God (with 7879 of 8236 precincts reporting state-wide)
Yes - 95.13%
No - 4.86%
(Bastrop voted Yes 93.96%, No 6.04%)

Prop 5 - Sonograms (with 7879 of 8236 precincts reporting state-wide)
Yes - 68.8%
No - 31.19%
(Bastrop voted Yes 62.57%, No 37.43%)

Our congratulations go the winning candidates. Our condolences go to those who even at this late hour still do not know the outcome of their races. And our sincere thanks go those candidates who offered themselves up for our consideration, but did not come out on top. The efforts of each candidate reaches a unique cross-section of our community, brings them together, and makes us stronger as a party.