A total of 6,423 (26.38%) of Erath’s registered voters cast ballots in the March 1 primaries, picking candidates and deciding several local races.
A few state races will be facing runoffs and locally, Chris Evans will be facing David Martin in a runoff for Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 after the Republican primary. Evans received 459 votes, and Martin had 355 while Darrell Curry got 281 votes and Chance Garrett had 169. There were 102 Precinct 2 voters who made no decision.
Runoffs left after the state Republican primary races include the attorney general bid, land commissioner and railroad commissioner.
Ken Paxton (42.7% of Texas votes) will be facing George P. Bush (22.8%) in the attorney general race. Paxton also led Erath voting (2,256), followed by Bush (1,820), Louie Gohmert (742) and Eva Guzman (716).
Dawn Buckingham (41.3%) is facing Tim Westley (14.7%) for land commissioner. Erath voting was led by Buckingham (1,453), Westley (1,246), Victor Avila (549), Jon Spiers (518), Don W. Minton (455), Weston Martinez (193), Rufus Lopez (116) and Ben Armenta (79).
In the railroad commissioner race, Wayne Christian (47.1%) will face Sarah Stogner (15.2%). Christian (1,625) led Erath voting followed by Tom Slocum Jr. (1,248), Stogner (704), Marvin Summers (615) and Dewayne Tipton (542).
There are also four runoffs following the Democratic primaries.
Mike Collier (41.7%) will face Michelle Beckley (30.3%) for Lt. Governor. Erath voters opted for Collier (180) followed by Carla Brailey (108) and Beckley (101).
Rochelle Mercedes Garza (41%) will face Joe Jaworski (22%) for attorney general. Garza (146) led Erath voting folowed by Jaworski (100), Mike Fields (70), Lee Merritt (53) and S. “TBONE” Raynor (19).
Janet T. Duddling (46%) is facing Angel Luis Vega (34.8%) for Comptroller of Public Accounts. Duddling (188) led Erath voting followed by Vega (117) and Tim Mahoney (75).
Sandragrace Martinez (32.1%) will be facing Jay Kleberg (25.9%) for land commissioner. Martinez (121) led Erath voting followed by Kleberg (114), followed by Jinny Suh (72) and Michael Lange (67).
Runoffs will be held May 24 with early voting starting on May 20.
Local contested race results for the Republican primary were as follows:
Erath County Judge
Alfonso Campos (2,367)
Brandon Huckabee (3,523)
Undervotes-114
Erath County Treasurer
Kimberly Dowell Barrier (2,518)
Angie Shawver (2,832)
Undervotes-654
Justice of the Peace Pct. 1,3,4
Jeff “Chilli” Alexander (2,223)
Gregory Evans (761)
Jocelyn Perez (1,041)
Lisa Williams (297)
Undervotes-316
Erath voters cast the following ballots in the state Republican primaries:
Governor
Greg Abbott (3,828, overall winner)
Paul Belew (10)
Danny Harrison (15)
Kandy Kaye Horn (53)
Don Huffines (663)
Rick Perry (182)
Chad Prather (495)
Allen West (654)
Lt. Governor
Trayce Bradford (361)
Todd M. Bullis (61)
Daniel Miller (308)
Dan Patrick (4,389, overall winner)
Aaron Sorrells (312)
Zach Vance (144)
Agriculture Commissioner
Carey A. Counsil (295)
Sid Miller (4,421, overall winner)
James White (1,028)
Comptroller
Mark V. Goloby (1,287)
Glenn Hegar (3,837, overall winner)
Supreme Court Justice, Place 9
Evan Young (3,084, overall winner)
David J. Schenck (1,633)
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 5
C l i n t Morgan (2,195)
S c o t t Walker (2,458, overall winner)
Member, State Board of Education, District 14
Sue Melton-Malone (2,458)
Evelyn Brooks (2,259, overall winner)
Republican voters in Erath also voted for all 10 propositions in large numbers.
Erath voters in the Democratic primaries made the following decisions:
Governor
Inocencio “Inno” Barrientez (5)
Michael Cooper (7) Joy Diaz (24)
Joy Diaz (24)
Beto O’Rourke (378, overall winner) Rich Wakeland (1)
Rich Wakeland (1)
Agriculture Commissioner
Susan Hays (326, overall winner)
Ed Ireson (67)