Erath County voters showed up en masse for the Nov. 8 General Midterm elections, with 53% of registered voters casting a ballot.
In Erath County, 13,129 ballots were cast – 435 absentee, 7,377 in early voting and 5,317 on election day.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott was re-elected for another four years, based on unofficial voting totals.
Erath County voters followed the state trend and re-elected Abbott for another term with 10,932 votes (83.49%), Democrat Beto O’Rourke received 1,970 votes (15.05%). Other candidates received the following Erath County votes: Libertarian Mark Tippets 133, Green Party Deliliah Barrios 47, writein Jacqueline Abernathy 3 and write-in Mark V Goloby received zero votes. 35 individuals did not vote for the governor’s race when casting a ballot.
Statewide, Abbott received 54.84%, while O’Rourke received 43.81%, Tippetts received 1.01%, Barrios received .35%, Abernathy received .02% and Goloby received .01%.
U.S. Representative U.S. Representative Roger Williams, District 25 won his uncontested seat with 11,726 votes in Erath County. District-wide, Williams received 184,850 (100%).
Lt. Governor race
Erath County voters followed the state trend and re-elected Republican Lt. Governor Dan Patrick to another term with 10,613 votes (81.41%) and Democrat Mike Collier received 2,101 (16.12%) and Libertarian Shanna Steele received 323 votes (2.48%). 92 people did not vote for Lt. Governor when casting a ballot.
Statewide, Patrick received 53.84% of the vote, Collier received 43.43% and Steele received 2.77%.
Attorney General race
Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton was reelected in Erath and the state. In Erath, he received 10,667 votes (81.93%), Democrat Rochelle Mercedes Garza received 1,974 (15.16%) and Libertarian Mark Ash received 379 (2.91%). 109 people did not vote for Attorney General when casting a ballot.
Statewide, Paxton received 53.47%, Garza received 43.62% and Ash received 2.92%.
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Erath and State voters reelected Republican Glenn Hegar for Comptroller of Public Accounts with 10,944 votes (84.38%), Democrat Janet T. Dudding received 1,807 votes (13.93%) and Libertarian V. Alonzo Echevarria-Garza received 219 votes (1.69%). 159 people did not vote for Comptroller when casting their ballot.
Statewide, Hegar received 56.44%, Dudding received 40.9% and Echevarria-Garza received 2.66%.
Commissioner of the General Land Office
Erath County and the state elected Republican Dawn Buckingham to office for Commissioner of the General Land Office. Erath cast 10,993 votes (84.99%) for
Buckingham, Democrat Jay Kleberg received 1,833 (14.17%), Green Party candidate Alfred Molison, Jr. received 103 votes (.80%) and write-in candidate Carrie Evelyn Menger received 3 votes (.02%) 195 people did not vote for Commissioner of the General Land Office when casting a ballot.
Statewide, Buckingham received 56.2%, Kleberg received 42.1%, Molison received 1.67% and Menger received .03%.
Commissioner of Agriculture
For Commissioner of Agriculture, both Erath voters and the state reelected Republican Sid Miller. Miller received 10,905 votes (84.02%) and Democrat Susan Hays received 2,074 votes (15.98%). 150 people did not vote for Commissioner of Agriculture when casting a ballot.
Statewide, Miller received 56.37% and Hays received 43.63%.
Railroad Commissioner
Erath County and State voters re-elected Republican Wayne Christian for railroad commissioner. Christian recieved 10,852 votes (83.76%), Democrat Luke Warford received 1,774 votes (13.69%), Libertarian Jaime Andres Diez received 233 votes (1.80%) and Green Party Hunter Wayne Crow received 97 (.75%).
173 people did not vote for railroad commissioner when casting a ballot.
Statewide, Christian received 55.41%, Warford received 40.5%, Diez received 3.01% and Crow received 1.08%.
Justice, Supreme Court Place 3
Both Texas and Erath County voters re-elected Republican Debra Lehrmann for Supreme Court Justice, Place 3.
Lehrmann received 10,880 votes (83.88%), Democrat Erin A. Nowell received 1,858 votes (14.25%), and Libertarian Thomas Edward Oxford received 243 votes (1.87%).
158 people did not vote for this race when casting a ballot.
Statewide, Lehrmann received 56.16% of the votes, Nowell received 41.81% and Oxford received 2.04%.
Justice Supreme Court Place 5 Both Erath County and Texas voters re-elected Republican Rebeca Huddle for Supreme Court Justice Place 5.
She received 11,056 votes (85.17%) while Democrat Amanda Reichek received 1,925 votes (14.83%).
148 people did not vote for this race when casting a ballot.
Statewide, Huddle received 57.13% of the vote while Reichek received 42.87%.
Justice Supreme Court Place 9
Both Erath County and Texas voters re-elected Republican Evan Young for Supreme Court Justice Place 9.
In Erath, Young received 11,011 votes (84.97%) and Democrat Julia Maldonado received 1,947 votes (15.03%).
171 people did not vote for this race when casting a ballot.
Statewide, Young received 56.45% and Maldonado received 43.55%.
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 5 Both Erath County and Texas voters re-elected Republican Scott Walker for Court of Criminal Appeals Judge, Place 5.
In Erath, Walker received 11,016 votes (84.97%) and Democrat Dana Huffman received 1,948 votes (15.03%).
165 people did not vote for this race when casting a ballot.
Statewide, Walker received 56.99% and Huffman received 43.01%.
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 6 Both Erath County and Texas voters re-elected Republican Jesse F. McClure, III for Court of Criminal Appeals Judge, Place 6.
In Erath, McClure received 10,991 votes (84.93%) and Democrat Robert Johnson received 1,950 votes (15.07%).
188 people did not vote in this race when casting a ballot.
Statewide, McClure received 57.26% and Johnson received 42.74%.
State Board of Education, District 14 member In Erath county and the district, Republican Evelyn Brooks was elected as the District 14 member for the State Board of Education.
In Erath, Brooks received 10,936 votes (84.64%) and Democrat Tracy Fisher received 1,985 votes (15.36%).
208 people did not vote in this race when casting a ballot.
District-wide, Brooks received 64.76% and Fisher received 35.24%.
State Senator, District 22 Incumbent Republican Brian Birdwell was reelected in his district and in Erath County for another term.
Birdwell received 11,191 votes (88.68%) and Libertarian Jeremy Schroppel received 1,428 votes (11.32%) in Erath.
510 people did not vote in this race when casting a ballot.
District-wide, Birdwell received 74.27% of the vote, and Schroppel received 25.73%.
Huckabay ISD Trustees
Cindy Shipman, Cody Pike, Lance Brooks and Mike Wilfong were elected to the school board.
The top four-vote getters in the race were elected to the board.
Shipman received 488 votes (24.13%), Cody Pike received 446 votes (22.06%), Wilfong received 409 votes (20.23%) and Brooks received 331 votes (16.37%).
Other candidates received the following votes: Mekka Steinruck received 141 votes (6.97%) and Ladie Harris received 207 votes (10.24%).
In another group of Huckabee ISD school board candidates, Brett Thetford and Betty Peterson were elected.
The top two in this race were elected to the board.
Thetford received 394 votes (38.18%) and Peterson received 319 votes (30.91%).
Other candidates received the following votes: Lea Contreras received 115 votes (11.14%) and Casey Heath received 204 votes (19.77%).
Bluff Dale ISD Trustees
In the Bluff Dale ISD School board race, Julie Edwards, Julie Anderson and Curtis Hollingsworth were elected.
The top three were elected to the board.
Hollingsworth received 356 votes (20.95%), Anderson received 348 votes (20.48%) and Edwards received 278 votes (16.36%).
Other candidate received the following votes: Hillary Raube 235 (13.83%), Mark Hall 132 (7.77%), Vincent Parro 135 (7.95%) and Ryan Reed 215 (12.65%).
Santo ISD Trustees The top four candidates were elected to the Santo ISD school board including Amy Bryan, Donny Herring, Rhea Gilbert-Watts and Cori Lee Rice.
Bryan received 105 votes (23.28%), Herring received 77 votes (17.07%), Gilbert-Watts received 69 votes (15.30%) and Rice received 70 votes (15.52%).
Other candidates received the following votes: Misty Mills 52 votes (11.53%), Rusty McIntosh 43 votes (9.53%), Rachel Edward Hopkins received 35 votes (7.76%).
Proposition A Stephenville ISD
In the proposition for a new football/soccer stadium for Stephenville ISD, the $39.9M bond narrowly passed.
3,878 people (50.97%) voted in favor of the bond and 3,731 voted against (49.03%). 64 people did not cast a vote on this issue.