County votes strongly Republican

By Melinda L. Lucas

A large turnout of Shackelford County voters, very close to the 2018 record for a midterm election and representing more than 53 percent of registered voters, showed overwhelming support for Republican candidates in state offices.

There was a huge gap in all races, with Republicans earning as much as 90 to 93 percent of the local vote in many areas.

Statewide percentages were much closer in most races.

All county and district candidates ran unopposed, although some had opposition in the March primary.

Voters may have noticed that all unopposed candidates, including the state senator and state representative, were “declared elected” in a section at the end of the ballot.

According to a new state law, unopposed candidates are not in the regular “line-up” in order to streamline the ballot.

A total of 1,242 local voters cast ballots on Tuesday or during early voting, representing 53.51 percent of the 2,231 registered voters countywide. This compares with 1,294 voters in the midterm election in 2018.

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DISt 19

Jodey C. Arrington (R) 1146

Nathan Lewis (D) 84 governor

Greg Abbott (R) 1148

Beto O’Rourke (D) 81

lieutenant governor

Dan Patrick (R) 1111 Mike Collier (D) 105

ATTORNEY GENERAL

Ken Paxton (R) 1106

Rochelle Mercedes Garza (D) 104

COMPTROLLER

Glenn Hegar (R) 1130

Janet T. Dudding (D) 86

commissioner gen land office

Dawn Buckingham (R) 1121

Jay Kleberg (D) 96

COMMISSIONER of agriculture

Sid Miller (R) 1139

Susan Hays (D) 95

railroad COMMISSIONER

Wayne Christian (R) 1124

Luke Warford (D) 79

Unopposed, Declared Elected

•Phil King, State Senator Dist. 10

•David Spiller, State Rep. Dist. 68

•Brooks Hagler, District Judge

•All Shackelford County

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