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March 10 Primary Election Results
March 13, 1998, News
(contested races only)
*denotes winner **dentoes a runoff ***denotes incumbent
Travis Co. Commissioners Court
Other Travis Co. Races
*denotes winner **dentoes a runoff ***denotes incumbent
Statewide Primary Results
State | Travis | |
| Governor (R) | ||
| *George Bush*** | 96.6% | 97.3% |
| R.C. Crawford | 3.4% | 2.7% |
| Attorney General | ||
| DEMOCRATS: | ||
| *Jim Mattox | 68.4% | 66.0% |
| Morris Overstreet | 18.2% | 27.7% |
| Gene Kelly | 13.4% | 5.7% |
| REPUBLICANS: | ||
| **Barry Williamson | 38.1% | 35.1% |
| **John Cornyn | 32.2% | 40.3% |
| Tom Pauken | 29.7% | 24.6% |
| Land Commissioner (R) | ||
| *David Dewhurst | 51.2% | 48.1% |
| Jerry Patterson | 41.7% | 41.2% |
| Don Loucks | 7.1% | 10.7% |
| Commissioner of Agriculture | ||
| DEMOCRATS: | ||
| *Pete Patterson | 59.0% | 51.5% |
| Ernesto De Leon | 41.0% | 48.5% |
| REPUBLICANS: | ||
| *Susan Combs | 75.0% | 82.7% |
| Hamp Hodges | 25.0% | 17.3% |
| Railroad Commissioner | ||
| DEMOCRATS: | ||
| *Joe Henderson | 63.2% | 41.3% |
| Gary Dugger | 36.8% | 58.7% |
| REPUBLICANS: | ||
| *Tony Garza | 53.1% | 66.3% |
| Steve Stockman | 46.9% | 33.7% |
Travis Co. Commissioners Court
| County Judge | |
| DEMOCRATS: | 58.3% |
| *Sam Biscoe | 41.7% |
| Valarie Bristol | |
| REPUBLICANS: | 43.1% |
| **Hank Davis Gonzalez | 29.9% |
| **Dewayne Naumann | 26.9% |
| Sue Raine | |
| County Commissioner Pct. 1 (D) | |
| **Ron Davis | 44.0% |
| **Stacy Dukes-Rhone | 31.6% |
| Darwin McKee*** | 24.4% |
| County Commissioner Pct. 4 (D) | |
| *Margaret J. Gomez*** | 58.8% |
| Richard Moya | 41.2% |
| County Commissioner Pct. 2 | |
| DEMOCRATS: | 77.9% |
| *Karen Sonleitner*** | 22.2% |
| Haywood Ware | |
| REPUBLICANS: | |
| *Jim Shaw | 50.7% |
| Bob Honts | 49.3% |
| County Commissioner Pct. 3 | |
| DEMOCRATS: | |
| *Nan Clayton | 54.1% |
| Ann Graham | 45.9% |
| REPUBLICANS: | |
| **Todd Baxter | 48.8% |
| **Rick Schafer | 28.3% |
| Darrell Wilson | 9.2% |
| Albert W. "Al" Holmes | 13.8% |
Other Travis Co. Races
| County Judge**Mary P.Hughes-Bass | |
| **Fred Ebner | 40.2% |
| **Roger Settler | 34.3% |
| "Bread Man" Blakely | 25.4% |
| 3rd Appeals Court | |
| DEMOCRATS: | |
| *Jan Patterson | 74.5% |
| Bob Roller | 25.5% |
| REPUBLICANS: | |
| *David Puryear | 71.6% |
| Lee Yeakel | 28.4% |
| 261st District Court (D) | |
| *Lora Livingston | 57% |
| Karen Parker | 43% |
| County Court-at-Law #5 (D) | |
| *Wilfred Aguilar*** | 53.1% |
| Janet Stockard | 32.3% |
| John Cutright | 14.6% |
| County Court-at-Law #6 (D) | |
| **Jan Breland | 46.2% |
| **Jade Meeker | 33.9% |
| Russell Ramirez | 20.0% |
| Justice of the Peace Pct. 2 (R) | |
| **Barbara Bembry | 40.0% |
| **Nathan H. Zook | 28.7% |
| Laurin Currie | 25.9% |
| Elisa Angel | 5.4% |
| Justice of the Peace Pct. 3 (R) | |
| **Mary P.Hughes-Bass | 37.5% |
| **Lee Bergeron | 29.1% |
| Jeffrey R. "Jeff" Casey | 33.4% |
| Justice of the Peace Pct. 5 (D) | |
| *Gisela Triana | 52.7% |
| Herb Evans | 47.3% |
| County Chairman (R) | |
| *Becky Motal | 59.2% |
| Mike McNamara | 40.8% |
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