Burnett Wins Primary Election
In the March 4 Republican Primary, Deputy Sheriff Keith Burnett got 373 votes for county sheriff, while Deputy Sheriff Ken Zunker got 107. For Commissioner, Precinct 3, Gary Jones got 51 votes to Galen Schwartz’ 48. There were no Democrats running for either of those positions.
Sheriff’s contest by precinct: Pct. 1, Burnett 113, Zunker 8; Pct. 2, Burnett 98, Zunker 34; Pct. 3, Burnett 68, Zunker 35 and Pct. 4, Burnett 94, Zunker 30.
Other local Republican candidates were unopposed: Nancy Hillger for tax assessor/collector, Jimmy Strube for Commissioner, Pct. 1 and Mark Frysak, constable.
In the Republican presidential primary, McCain was the county’s clear favorite, getting 250 votes to 105 for Huckabee, 8 for Thompson, 9 for Romney, 8 for Guiliani, 40 for Paul and 20 uncommitted.
Democrat presidential hopeful Clinton received 11 votes in the county to Obama’s 8.
In the Republican referendum, 374 Glasscock County voters approved requiring federal, state and local officials to enforce existing laws to secure our borders, 40 voted no on that issue. On the question of requiring a valid photo ID to vote in any election in Texas, 370 said yes, 43 said no. The idea of limiting increases in state government budgets and spending to combined increases in population and inflation was approved, 339 to 39.
There are 740 registered voters in Glasscock County, and 485 (66 percent), voted in the March primaries. Seventy-two percent of eligible voters voted in Precinct 1, 72 percent in Pct. 2, 59 percent in Pct. 3 and 60 percent in Pct. 4.