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2008 General Election
Galveston County
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GuidryNews.com covered elections in Brazoria, Galveston, Harris and Jefferson Counties.
Local Elections in Galveston County
(The votes in Galveston County are complete, except for mail-in ballots that have not been counted)
Bolivar Peninsula Special Utility District Final
Lynette Johnson Hardcastle 391 Winner
Jack Haigh 239
Roger Welch 272 Winner
Marie Skewis 243
Harold J. Guidry 401 Winner
Vicki Cartwrigt 297 Winner
Friendswood Independent School District Trustees Pos. 3: Final
Dr. Rebecca Hillenburg (I): 974 Winner
Nancy Kessling: 121
City of Galveston 4B Sales Tax: - Election Day Final
For: 7,144
Against: 3,629
Galveston County Bond Election Final
Proposition One: ($75 million for Road Improvements)
For: 42,948
Against: 31,158
Proposition Two: ($15 million for Drainage Improvements)
For: 51,527
Against: 23,019
Proposition Three: ($45 million for Facilities Improvements and New Construction)
For: 42,410
Against 33,207
Galveston Independent School District Final
Andy Mytelka (I) 841 Winner
Barry Rochkind 578
Santa Fe ISD Bond Election
Proposition 1 ($32.9 million for district wide technology upgrades and renovations)
For: 4,310
Against: 3,053Proposition 2 ($21.045 million for facilities)
For: 4,160
Against: 3,178
Proposition 3 ($11.25 million to build an auditorium at the high school)
For: 3,754
Against: 3,592
County, State and Federal Elections - 104 of 111 Precincts
District Judge, 56th Judicial District:
Lonnie Cox (Rep.): 51,323 Winner
Susan P. Baker (Dem.): 42,614
Sheriff:
J.L. Campbell, Jr. (Rep.): 49559
Freddie Poor (Dem.): 51,118 Winner (After mail-in votes were counted)
Tax Assessor-Collector:
Cheryl E. Johnson (Rep.): 55,604 Winner
Matt Crowder (Dem.): 39,654
State Senator, District 11
Mike Jackson (Rep.): 44,550 Winner
Joe Jaworski (Dem.): 38,765
Cliff Messina (Lib.): 1,959
State Senator, District 17
Grant Harpold (Rep.): 525
Stephanie E. Simmons (Dem.): 1,030
Chris Bell (Dem.): 4,093
Ken Sherman (Rep.): 775
Joan Huffman (Rep.): 1,508
Austen Furse (Rep.): 403
State Representative, District 23
Craig Eiland (Dem.): 23,311
Charles L. Earley (Lib.): 2,626
State Representative District 24
Larry Taylor (Rep) 44,637
Rafael Ramoa (Lib) 7,110
Constable Precinct 4
Jimmy Fullen (Rep) 4,106 Winner
Joyce Vail (Dem) 3,831
Railroad Commissioner:
Michael L. Williams (Rep.): 49,380
Mark Thompson (Dem.):
40,137David Floyd (Lib.):
3,218
Chief Justice, Supreme Court:
Wallace B. Jefferson (Rep.):
51,384Jim Jordan (Dem.):
39,069Tom Oxford (Lib.):
2,905
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 7
Dale Wainwright (Rep.):
49,124Sam Houston (Dem.):
41,329David G. Smith (Lib.):
2,925
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8
Phil Johnson (Rep.): 50,649
Linda Reyna Yanez (Dem.): 39,460
Drew Shirley (Lib.): 2,842
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3
Tom Price (Rep.): 49,242
Susan Strawn (Dem.):
40,640Matthew E. Eilers (Lib.): 2,646
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4
Paul Womack (Rep.): 50,774
J.R. Molina (Dem.): 38,814
Dave Howard (Lib.):
2,927
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9
Cathy Cochran (Rep.):
57,859William Bryan Strange, III (Lib.):
11,966
Member, State Board of Education, District 7
David Bradley (Rep.):
46,448Laura Ewing (Dem.):
43,670Richard R. Johnson (Lib.):
3,025
Chief Justice, 14th Court of Appeals:
Adele Hedges (Rep.):
51,579Joe W. Beverly (Dem.): 40,177
Justice, 1st Court of Appeals District, Place 3
Ed Hubbard (Rep.): 49,593
Jim Sharp (Dem.): 42,630
Justice, 1st court of Appeals District, Place 5
Laura Carter Higley (Rep.):51,599
Leslie C. Taylor (Dem.): 40,307
Justice, 14th Court of Appeals District, Place 4 (Unexpired Term):
Jeff Brown (Rep.): 52,237
Bert Moser (Dem.): 39,130
Justice, 14th Court of Appeals District, Place 6 (Unexpired Term):
Bill Boyce (Rep.): 51,005
Mary M. Markantonis (Dem.): 40,232
Justice, 14th Court of Appeals District, Place 7
Kem Thompson Frost (Rep.): 51,150
Martin J. Siegel (Dem.): 40,011
President/Vice President:
John McCain/Sarah Palin (Rep.): 58,179
Barack Obama/Joe Biden (Dem.): 39,479
Bob Barr/Wayne A. Root (Lib.): 679
United States Senator:
John Cornyn (Rep.): 53,481
Richard J. (Rick) Noriega (Dem.): 39,796
Yvonne Adams Schick (Lib.): 2,211
United States Representative District 22
Pete Olson (Rep): 8,419
Nick Lampson (Dem) 12,112
John Wieder (Lib) 543