(Only contested races shown; i=incumbent; *=qualified for run-off)

DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY

Statewide turnout: 5.22% in governor’s race, less in others

STATEWIDE, AND CENTRAL TEXAS DISTRICTS

Governor Statewide Travis County
Bill Dear 6,574 1.0% 331 0.9%
Bill White 516,621 76.0% 34,414 90.2%
Felix Rodriguez Alvarado 33,708 5.0% 504 1.3%
Farouk Shami 87,268 12.8% 2,384 6.3%
Alma Ludivina Aguado 19,556 2.9% 289 0.8%
Clement E. Glenn 9,852 1.4% 128 0.3%
Star Locke 6,298 0.9% 118 0.3%
Lieutenant Governor
Marc Katz 72,367 12.2% 3,128 8.5%
Ronnie Earle 205,057 34.6% 25,202 68.4%
Linda Chavez-Thompson 314,725 53.1% 8,530 23.1%
General Land Office Commissioner
Bill Burton 273,034 48.3% 11,554 35.6%
Hector Uribe 292,486 51.7% 20,863 64.4%
Agriculture Commissioner
Hank Gilbert 310,762 52.3% 22,871 63.7%
Richard “Kinky” Friedman 283,249 47.7% 13,050 36.3%
Member, State Board of Education, District 5
Daniel Boone 8,360 22.5% 1,963 15.1%
Josiah James Ingalls 3,574 9.6% 853 6.5%
Robert M. Bohmfalk 2,252 6.0% 635 4.9%
Rebecca Bell-Metereau 23,046 61.9% 9,582 73.5%
State Representative, District 45 (Hays, Blanco, Caldwell)
Patrick M. Rose (i) 6,632 79.7%
Andrew H. Backus 1,689 20.3%

TRAVIS COUNTY RACES

(Turnout 6.65%)

147th District Judge Statewide
Cliff Brown 22,582 70.9%
Bill Gammon 9,279 29.1%
201st District Judge
Amy Clark Meachum 23,267 68.4%
Jan Patterson 10,730 31.6%
299th District Judge
Leonard Martinez 4,434 12.7%
*Karen Sage 13,032 37.3%
*Mindy Montford 15,884 45.5%
Eve Schatelowitz Alcantar 1,577 4.5%
331st District Judge
David Crain 23,837 78.5%
Keith Lauerman 6,546 21.5%
Judge, County Court at Law No.3
Olga Seelig 15,742 47.5%
John Lipscombe 17,436 52.5%
County Commissioner, Precinct 4
Margaret Gómez (i) 3,684 53.5%
Raul Alvarez 3,209 46.5%
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1
Daniel Bradford 1,353 28.4%
Yvonne M. Williams 3,408 71.6%
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2
Karin Crump 5,401 76.4%
Fidel “Ace” Acevedo 1,667 23.6%
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 5
Richard Glasheen 1,677 26.2%
Herb Evans 4,732 73.8%

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY

Statewide turnout: 11.39% in governor’s race, less in others

STATEWIDE, AND CENTRAL TEXAS DISTRICTS

Governor Statewide Travis County
Debra Medina 275,693 18.6% 11,063 22.0%
Kay Bailey Hutchison 450,196 30.3% 15,493 30.7%
Rick Perry (i) 758,222 51.1% 23,842 47.3%
Railroad Commissioner
Victor G. Carrillo (i) 474,096 39.3% 18,552 47.5%
David Porter 732,892 60.7% 20,537 52.5%
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 3
Rebecca Simmons 202,600 18.0% 7,507 21.1%
Jeff Brown 188,039 16.7% 6,097 17.1%
*Debra Lehrmann 204,547 18.2% 7,012 19.7%
*Rick Green 212,794 18.9% 7,273 20.4%
Jim Moseley 203,720 18.1% 4,541 12.8%
Rick Strange 111,775 10.0% 3,160 8.9%
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 9
Eva Guzman (i) 721,456 65.3% 25,862 72.1%
Rose Vela 384,135 34.7% 10,021 27.9%
Member, State Board of Education, District 5
Tim Tuggey 33,649 30.9% 5,642 34.0%
Ken Mercer (i) 75,369 69.1% 10,942 66.0%
Member, State Board of Education, District 10
*Brian Russell 36,996 35.3% 7,981 40.2%
*Marsha Farney 37,199 35.5% 5,441 27.4%
Rebecca Osborne 30,561 29.2% 6,439 32.4%
U.S. Representative, District 10
Joe Petronis 4,649 8.2% 2,077 14.2%
Rick Martin 5,032 8.9% 1,743 12.0%
Michael McCaul (i) 46,842 82.9% 10,771 73.8%
U.S. Representative, District 21
Lamar Smith (i) 61,897 81.4% 10,324 75.4%
Stephen Schoppe 14,158 18.6% 3,376 24.6%
U.S. Representative, District 25
Donna Campbell 25,554 69.9% 9,915 70.5%
George Morovich 11,006 30.1% 4,139 29.5%
U.S. Representative, District 31
John R. Carter (i) 52,286 89.8%
Raymond Yamka 5,907 10.2%
State Senator, District 5
Ben Bius 22,141 31.7%
Steve Ogden (i) 47,612 68.3%
State Representative District 20
Milton Rister 4,678 23.0%
Charles Schwertner 11,071 54.5%
Stephen Thomas 2,732 13.5%
Patsy Williams 1,825 9.0%
State Representative District 52
Stephen Casey 1,535 14.1%
Alyssa Eacono 825 7.6%
Larry Gonzales 4,091 37.5%
John Gordon 4,454 40.8%
Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals District, Place 4
Melissa Goodwin 67,181 52.9% 21,770 57.8%
Scott Field 59,828 47.1% 15,927 42.2%
Ballot Proposition #1: Require Photo ID to Vote
YES 1,329,554 92.9% 41,577 85.0%
NO 102,169 7.1% 7,358 15.0%
Ballot Proposition #2: Controlling Government Growth
YES 1,290,899 91.9% 40,160 83.9%
NO 113,478 8.1% 7,731 16.1%
Ballot Proposition #3: Cutting Federal Income Taxes
YES 1,315,924 93.1% 40,885 85.1%
NO 97,596 6.9% 7,177 14.9%
Ballot Proposition #4: Acknowledgement of God in Government and School
YES 1,375,899 95.1% 41,732 85.3%
NO 70,144 4.9% 7,190 14.7%
Ballot Proposition #5: Require Sonograms Before Abortion
YES 970,666 68.9% 25,430 52.8%
NO 438,894 31.1% 22,701 47.2%

TRAVIS COUNTY

(Turnout: 8.68%)

State Representative, District 47 Statewide
Holly Turner 4,982 35.6%
Paul D. Workman 5,519 39.4%
David Sewell 3,505 25.0%
State Representative, District 50
Ryan Lambert 2,966 40.1%
Patrick McGuinness 4,429 59.9%
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3
Madeleine Connor 6,152 48.2%
Mike Barre 6,621 51.8%

This article appears in March 5 • 2010.

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