County Logs 49 Percent of Voters
In the Nov. 7 General Election, 357 Glasscock County voters went to the polls, 49 percent of the county’s 728 registered voters. Kay Bailey Hutchison was the easy winner for United States Senator, with 294 votes and U.S. Representative Mike Conaway got almost as many votes, with 282.
Incumbent Governor Rick Perry didn’t fare as well with Glasscock County voters, who gave him only 169 votes, while sending Carole Keeton Strayhorn 86 votes, Richard “Kinky” Friedman 50 and Chris Bell 27 votes.
David Dewhurst, for Lieutenant Governor, got 289 local votes, while Maria Luisa Alvarado took 30 and Judy Baker got 7.
Other local results were: State Representative, Dist. 85, Landtroop 198, Heflin 119, Schumacher 10; Attorney General, Abbott 269, Von Os 40, Roland 14; Comptroller, Combs 296, Head 30, Burris 6; Commissioner of General Land Office, Patterson 257, Hathcox 37, French 7; Commissioner of Agriculture, Staples 255, Gilbert 50, Woolam 7; Railroad Commissioner, Jones 236, Henry 55, Serrano 6. Results of other races, and number of votes by precinct, are available in the county clerk’s office.