Cassandra Buitron defeated incumbent Schleicher County Treasurer Jennifer Henderson 424-241 on Tuesday, March 3rd, in the Republican Primary. With no Democrat running for the job, the vote serves as the de facto election, although Buitron will be on the ballot again, although she will be unopposed in the November 3rd General Election
Republican voters re-elected Chris Meador to continue serving as Schleicher County Commissioner in Precinct 4. He defeated challenger Ben Mittel 171 to 45.
In the three-way race to replace retiring County Commissioner Steve Nelson in Precinct 2, Jason Porter, William McAfee and Conon Emmons divided a total of 159 votes with Porter receiving 67 and McAfee receiving 65 to advance to a runoff on May 26th.
Other local candidates, including County Judge Charlie Bradley, County Clerk Marsha Maskill, Justice of the Peace Rahegyn Franke, Republican County Chair Jeri Willoughby and Democratic County Chair Phyllis Sauer were all unopposed and won easy re-eleetion.
In statewide races, Schleicher County Republicans preferred incumbent John Cornyn over Ken Paxton for U.S. Sentate by a 286-190 margin. The pair were running in a field of eight candidates and will face each other again in a runoff on May 26th for the right to face Democratic nominee James Talarico who defeated Jasmine Crockett, here locally as well as across the state.
Local Republicans also favored incumbent Tony Gonzales over challenger Brandon Herrera by a 270-256 margin. The pair were knotted atop a field of four candidates across District 23 and will also face one another in a runoff. Kathy Padilla Stout won the Democratic nomination with 52% of the vote. She was also the preference of Schleicher County Democrats, receiving 24 votes compared to 20 for Santos Limon.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott won handily here in Schleicher County as well as in the statewide Republican Primary. He will face Democrat Gina Hinojosa who won easily in the Democratic Primary, here in Schleicher County and across the state.
Meanwhile, in the race to replace Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Republican Mayes Middleton will face Chip Roy in a the May 26th runoff while Nathan Johnson will face Joe Jaworski in a runoff for the Democratic nomination.
With no locally contested races on the Democratic ticket, the Republican Primary had the largest turnout with 634 ballots cast. That compares to 79 for the Democrats.
Complete statewide results are available on the Texas Secretary of State’s website at: https://bit.ly/47nnnfg.
See complete local primary results below.
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
U. S. Senator
Anna Bender - 72
John Cornyn - 286
Sara Canady - 17
Ken Paxton - 190
Virgil John Bierschwale - 5
Gulrez “Gus” Khan - 5
Wesley Hunt - 61
John O. Adefope - 6
U.S. Represenative, Dist 23
Tony Gonzalez - 270
Brandon Herrera - 256
Keith Barton - 48
Francisco “Quico” Canseco - 19
Governor
Charles Andrew Crouch - 13
Arturo Espinosa - 31
R.F. “Bob” Achgill - 1
Stephen Samuelson - 03
Evelyn Brooks - 15
Kenneth Hyde - 4
Pete “Doc” Chambers - 65
Nathaniel Welch - 7
Ronnie Tullos - 4
Greg Abbott - 458
Mark V. Goloby - 3
Lieutenant Governor
Esala Wueschner - 9
Perla Minoz Hopkins - 69
Timothy Mabry - 69
Dan Patrick - 411
Attorney General
Joan Huffman - 138
Mayes Middleton - 154
Aaron Reitz - 41
Chip Roy - 206
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Kelly Hancock - 188
Christi Craddick - 137
Michael Berlanga - 44
Don Huffiness - 181
Commissioner of General Land Office
Dawn Buckingham467
Commissioner of Agriculture
Nate Sheets - 205
Sid Miller - 338
Railroad Commissioner
Bo French - 61
Hawk Dunlap - 91
James “Jim” Matlock - 122
Jim Wright - 155
Katherine Culbert - 64
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2, Unexpired
James P. Sullivan - 462
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 7
Kyle Hawkins - 457
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8
Brett Busby460
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals Place 3
Thomas Smith140
Brent Coffee108
Alison Fox125
Lesli Fitzpatrick88
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals Place 4
Kevin Patrick Yeary - 446
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9
John Messinger - 337
Jennifer Badilo - 129
State Senator, Dist. 31
Kevin Sparks - 463
State Represenative, Dist. 53
Wes Virdell - 462
Chief Justice, 15th Court of Appeals
Scott Brister - 447
Chief Justice, 15th Court of Appeals, Place 2
Scott K. Field - 449
Justice, 15th Court of Appeals, Place 3
April Farris - 447
Chief Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals District
Cory Liu - 438
County Judge
Charles “Charlie” Bradley - 542
District and County Clerk
Marsha Maskill - 564
County Treasurer
Jennifer Henderson - 241
Cassandra Buitron - 424
County Commissioner Pct 2
Jason Porter - 67
Conon Emmons - 27
William McAfee - 65
County Commissioner Pct 4
Ben Mittel - 45
Chris Edward Meador - 171
Justice of the Peace
Rahegyn Frankie - 524
County Chair
Jeri Willoughby - 517
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
U. S. Senator
Ahmad R. Hassan - 2
Jasmine Crockett - 27
James Talarico - 50
U.S. Represenative, Dist 23
Katy Padilla Stout - 24
Gretel Enck - 9
Bruce Richardson - 11
Santos Limon - 20
Governor
Chris Bell - 1
Patricia Abrego - 7
Carlton W. Hart - 2
Angela “TiaAngie” Villescaz - 5
Bobby Cole - 9
Jose Navarro Balbuena - 4
Andrew White - 4
Gina Hinojosa - 40
Zach Vance - 1
Lieutenant Governor
Marcos Isaias Velez - 33
Vikki Goodwin - 24
Courtney Head - 6
Attorney General
Nathan Johnson - 26
Joe Jaworski - 21
Anthony “Tony” Box - 15
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Michael Lange - 16
Sarah Eckhardt - 38
Savant Moore - 8
Commissioner of the General Land Office
Benjamin Flores - 39
Jose Loya - 25
Commissioner of Agriculture
Clayton Tucker- 59
Railroad Commissioner
Jon Rosenthal - 56
Chief Justice, Supreme Court
Cory L. Carlyle - 20
Maggie Ellis - 42
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2, Unexpired
Chari Kelly - 59
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 7
Kristen Hawkins - 45
Gordon Goodman - 16
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8
Gisela D. Triana - 61
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3
Okey Anyiam - 59
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4
Audra Riley - 58
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9
Holly Taylor - 60
State Senator, Dist 31
John Betancourt - 59
State Represenative, Dist 53
Kathryn Hartman - 60
Justice, 15th Court of Appeals Place 2
Jerry Zimmerer - 60
Chief Justice, 15th Court of Appeals
Tom Barker - 59
Justice, 15th Court of Appeals, Place 3
Marc M. Meyer - 58
Chief Justice 3rd Court of Appeals
Darlene Byrne - 59
County Chair
Phyllis Sauer - 68
