Bednar, Batla Win Local Primary
Glasscock County voters returned two incumbents to office in the primary election March 7. County Judge Wilburn Bednar won over challenger Kim Halfmann by a vote of 268 to 185, while County/District Clerk Becky Batla edged Ellen Seidenberger with 232 votes to 221.
In other local races, incumbents were unchallenged: County Treasurer Alan Dierschke garnered 369 votes; Justice of the Peace Marilee Jost got 396; Commissioner Precinct 2 Mark Halfmann got 94 votes and Commissioner Precinct 4 Michael Hoch got 95.
The vote for contested local races by precinct: Pct 1, Kim Halfmann 8, Wilburn Bednar 65, Becky Batla 31, Ellen Seidenberger 40; Pct. 2, Halfmann 18, Bednar 35, Batla 28, Seidenberger 26; Pct. 3, Halfmann 26, Bednar 23, Batla 24, Seidenberger 25; Pct. 4, Halfmann 21, Bednar 24, Batla 24, Seidenberger 21; Early voting (not recorded by precinct), Halfmann 112, Bednar 121, Batla 125, Seidenberger 109.