The numbers are in for the early voting in Travis County: we’ll give you the edited highlights:

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Democrats

President
Joe Biden 0.08%
Christopher J. Dodd 0.05%
Barack Obama 64.97%
Bill Richardson 0.15%
Hillary Clinton 34.36%
John Edwards 0.39%

U.S. Senator
Ray McMurrey 11.67%
Gene Kelly 19.94%
Rhett R. Smith 7.56%
Richard J. (Rick) Noriega 60.83%

District 10 U.S. Rep
Larry Joe Doherty 58.23%
Dan Grant 41.77%

House District 46
Brian T. Thompson 34.99%
Dawnna Dukes* 65.01%

Travis County DA
Mindy Montford 29.63%
Rosemary Lehmberg 38.47%
Gary Cobb 21.25%
Rick Reed 10.65%

Tax Assessor-Collector
Glen Maxey 25.94%
Nelda Wells Spears* 74.06%

Pct. 3 County Commissioner
Albert Gonzales 36.69%
Karen Huber 63.31%

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Republicans

President
Ron Paul 14.27%
Fred Thompson 0.64%
Mike Huckabee 24.82%
Hoa Tran 0.04%
Hugh Cort 0.01%
Rudy Giuliani 0.35%
Mitt Romney 1.71%
Duncan Hunter 0.19%
Alan Keyes 0.49%
John McCain 56.47%
Uncommitted 1.00%

U.S. Senator
Larry Kilgore 16.48%
John Cornyn* 83.52%

House District 48
Pamela Waggoner 63.66%
Joe Donnelly 36.34%

Place 4, Judge, Criminal Court of Appeals
Robert Francis 36.07%
Paul Womack 63.93%

This article appears in February 29 • 2008.

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