Hopkins County Primary Results

 

From Unofficial Results From County Clerk's Office

 

Things went smoothly, as voters in Hopkins County went to the polls and voiced their opinions on Tuesday, and the results were forwarded to the Hopkins County Clerk's Office Election Headquarters for tabulation. By 10:00 p.m., Tuesday night, the unofficial results was ready to publish and campaign workers, didn't have too long of a night! 11.5% of the registered voters in Hopkins County went to the polls on Tuesday, casting 4,910 votes.

In the U.S. State Representative race, Hopkins County Republican voters gave the knod to incumbent Ralph M. Hall, as did the district, giving him 1,644 votes or 52.41%. His closest challengers in Hopkins County were Steve Clark with 21.23% and local candidate, John Cooper, with 20.15% respectively.

Local Democrat, Valinda Hathcox ran unapposed in her primary and received 913 votes, to challenge Hall in November.

Meanwhile, Hopkins County followed the state-wide trend and pitted Republican Governor Rick Perry against Houstonian Democrat Bill White for a November "show down" for the Governors mansion. Perry garnered 51.3% of the local Republican vote and White received 90.35% of the Hopkins County Democrats' votes.

David Dewhurst, Republican candidate for the Lieutenant Governor received 2,435 votes from local voters, while Ronnie Earl bested his opponents in Hopkins County with 628 of the local Democrats' votes, for a 55.58% majority in Hopkins County. Thompson received 33.01% of the local vote and Katz received 11.42% of the local total..

The Democratic Party in Hopkins County had a contested race for Texas Agriculture Commissioner, and county voters went with Hank Gilbert, 55.44%, over Kinky Friedman's 46.56%. And, Republicans had a contested race for Texas Railroad Commissioner, as local voters favored David Porter, 63.53% over Victor G. Carrillo.

 

 

Republicans also had to make a choice for Justice of Supreme Court, Place #3, from a field of six candidates. Hopkins County Republicans gave the knod to Rebecca Simmons, with 22.23% of their vote. However, Jeff Brown received some 19.26% of the local vote, and Jim Moseley received 19.18%, and Rick Green receivd 18.92%, indicating no clear "front-runner" for local voters. In the Justice Supreme Court, Place 9 race, local voter resoundingly gave Eva Guzman a 63.51% majority to Rose Vela's 36.49%. Local Republican party voters also favored Thomas Ratliff for the State Board of Education.

State Senator Bob Dueull, recieved a vote of confidence in Hopkins County, when local Republicans gave him a 74.36% majority over challenger, Sharon Russell, who had made an appearance in one of the local forums.

Meanwhile, local Attorney, Erwin Cain, from the Como area of Hopkins County, soundly defeated his Lamar County opponent, Holland Harper, in the Hopkins County Republican Primary, garnering 75.08% of the county's vote, to only 24.92% for Harper. Cain will meet incumbent Democrat, Mark Homer, in November.

Local Republican voters narrowly favored H.D. Bailey for the Chief Justice, 6th Court of Appeals, with 52.19% of the vote, and 47.81% for challenger, Josh Morriss.

The County Contested Race for the Republican Nominee for Hopkins County Judge was of major interest in Hopkins County, where City Councilman Chris Brown, was running against Pickton Dairy Farmer, Brad Carr. Brown captured 71.92% of the local vote, to Carr's 28.08%, and will face incumbent Democrat Cletis Millsap, who received 1,210 votes in his Democratic Primary, in November.

Meanwhile, the "heated" Democrat County Commissioner Precinct #2 race, found a field of four candidates seeking the opportunity to meet Republican Trey Hinton, in November. Precinct #2 voters gave Mike Odell a 47.74% vote, on Tuesday. However, they gave Rudy J. Ellis, 30.42% of the vote, Heath Gammill, 20.52% of the vote, and Greg Anglin, 1.31% of the vote. This creates the necessity of a run-off between Odell and Ellis. The Run-Off Election will be April 13th!!!

Tuesday's Hopkins County Primary Election saw a total of 4910 voters casting votes in Hopkins County, only 11.5% of the 42,686 registered voters in the county.

From the best information that we could obtain from County Clerk Debbie Shirley's Office, there were 1525 Hopkins County residents that voted in the Democratic Primary and 3385 that voted in the Republican Primary.

 

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