• As early voting totals roll into the County courtroom on Tuesday, March 5, Quest Bates, Kendall Funderburk, and Doug Potts shake hands to wish good luck and camaraderie.
    As early voting totals roll into the County courtroom on Tuesday, March 5, Quest Bates, Kendall Funderburk, and Doug Potts shake hands to wish good luck and camaraderie.
  • Kendall Funderburk watches the results come in for the election on March 5, where he was vying for the Pct. 1 commissioner position against four other candidates. He will now face Jody Goodman in a runoff election in May. Jennifer Paul photo/Groesbeck Journal
    Kendall Funderburk watches the results come in for the election on March 5, where he was vying for the Pct. 1 commissioner position against four other candidates. He will now face Jody Goodman in a runoff election in May. Jennifer Paul photo/Groesbeck Journal

Local Primary Election Results 

Funderburk and Goodman to Face Off in Commissioner Runoff; Phillips Defeats Satterfield in County Chair Race

After Election Day voting for Texas Primaries wrapped on March 5, Limestone County had unofficial final results posted to its website shortly after 9 p.m. Perhaps most notably, the results determined the position of Limestone County Precinct 1 commissioner would be determined in a runoff election.

In order for a candidate to win the primary election, they must have 50 percent of the vote, plus one.

Among the five candidates running for the position, Kendall Funderburk received 401 votes; Jody Goodman received 346 votes; Bill David Sadler received 295 votes; Douglas Potts received 166 votes; and Quest Bates received 47 votes. Thus leaving Jody Goodman and Kendall Funderburk to a runoff election in May. 

Another notable race was for Limestone County Republican Chair as Dean Satterfield and Lance Phillips faced off. Phillips won against Satterfield by 554 votes. 

The primaries held in Limestone County witnessed a turnout of 25.93% of registered voters. The early voting results showed that out of 14,063 registered voters, 1,608 voted early.

The unofficial reports showed 3,646 ballots were received in total, with 3,282 for the Republican Party and 364 for the Democrat Party. The Republican Party placed 13 non-binding propositions on the ballot.

 

Unofficial Limestone County Results are:

For President

Donald J. Trump, 2,851 votes

David Stuckenberg, 6 votes

Vivek Ramaswamy, 8 votes

Asa Hutchinson, 5 votes

Nikki Haley, 307 votes

Ron Desantis, 25 votes

Chris Christie, 12 votes

Ryan L. Binkley, 3 votes

Uncommitted, 41 votes

 

For U.S. Senator

Ted Cruz, 2,929 votes

Holland “Redd: Gibson, 119 votes

R.E. (Rufus) Lopez, 71 votes

 

For U.S/ Representative, District 17

Pete Session, 2,718 votes

Joseph T. Lagone, 369 votes

 

For Railroad Commissioner 

Corey Howell, 578 votes

Christie Clark, 297 votes

James "Jim" Matlock, 794 votes

Christi Craddick, 833 votes

Petra Reyes, 103 votes

 

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2 

Jimmy Blacklock, 2,741 votes

 

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 5

Brian Walker, 1837 votes

John DeVine 601 votes

 

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 6 

Jane Bland, 2,324 votes

 

Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals

David J. Schenck, 1,706 votes

Sharon Keller, 797 votes

 

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 7

Gina Parker, 1,804 votes

Barbara Parker Harvey, 616 votes

 

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 8

Michelle Slaughter, 1,804 votes

Lee Finley, 983 votes

 

Member, State Board of Ed., District 10

Tom Maynard, 1,607 votes

‘DC’ Caldwell I, 237 votes

Mary Bone, 734 votes

 

State Representative, District 13

Angelia Orr, 2,437 votes

 

Chief Justice, 10th Court of Appeals Dist.

Matt Johnson, 2,396 votes

 

District Judge, 77 Judicial District

Roy DeFriend, 2719 votes

 

Limestone County Sherrif

Murray Agnew, 2,696 votes

 

County Tax Assessor-Collector

Stacy Hall, 2,697 votes

 

Pct. 1 County Commissioner 

Kendall Funderburk, 401 votes (31.95 %)

Jody Goodman, 346 votes (27.57%)

Bill David Sadler, 295 votes (23.51%)

Douglas Potts, 166 votes (13.23%)

Quest Bate, 47 votes (3.75 %)

 

Pct. 3 County Commissioner - Stephen Friday, 615 votes

Pct. 1 Constable - Scott Smith, 1,024 votes

Pct. 2 Constable - Micahel Carter, 378 votes

Pct. 3 Constable - Glenn Shoemaker, 621 votes

Pct. 4 Constable - Mark Roark, 591 votes

 

Limestone County Chair

Lance Phillips, 1,624 votes

Dean Satterfield, 1,070 votes

 

Pct. 201 Chairman 

Larry Hughes, 148 votes

Jana Raymond, 101 votes

 

On the Democratic ballot results were:

For President

Dean Phillips, 29 votes

Frankie Lozada, 2 votes

Joseph R. Biden Jr., 291 votes 

Star Locke, 4 votes

Cenk Uygur, 2 votes 

Marianne Williamson, 13 votes 

Armando "Mando" Perez-Serrato, 5 votes

Gabriel A. Cornejo, 3 votes

 

For U.S. Senator

Roland Gutierrez, 24 votes

Mark Gonzalez, 29 votes

Meri Gomez, 9 votes

Thierry Tchenko, 9 votes 

A. "Robert" Hassan, 10 votes

Collin Allred, 231 votes

Steven J. Keough, 10 votes

Heli Rodriguez Prilliman, 5 votes

Carl Oscar Sherman, 10 votes

 

U.S. Representative, District 17

Mark Lorenzen, 179 votes

 

Railroad Commissioner 

Bill Burch, 72 votes

Katherine Culbert, 239 votes

 

Justice Supreme Court, Place 2

DeSean Jones , 222 votes

Randy Sarosdy, 88 votes

 

Justice Supreme Court, Place 4

Christine Vinh Weem, 280 votes

 

Justice Supreme Court, Place 6

Joe Pool, 97 votes

Bonnie Lee Goldstein, 209 votes

 

Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals

Holly Taylor, 275 votes

 

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals Place 7

Nancy Mulder, 274 votes

 

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 8

Chika Anyiam, 268 votes

 

Member, State Board of Ed., District 10

Raquel Saenz Ortiz, 202 votes

DC Caldwell I, 110 votes

 

State Representative, District 13

Albert Hunter, 279 votes

County Chair

Maurice Washington, 305 votes

 

The Republican Party placed 13 nonbinding propositions on March 5 primary ballots.

PROPOSITION 1 - Texas should eliminate all property taxes without increasing Texans' overall tax burden. 

Limestone County - 2,719 votes yes, 469 votes no

 

PROPOSITION 2 - Texas should create a Border Protection Unit, and deploy additional state law enforcement and military forces, to seal the border, to use physical force to prevent illegal entry and trafficking, and to deport illegal aliens to Mexico or to their nations of origin.

Limestone County - 3,097 votes yes, 136 votes no

 

PROPOSITION 3 - The Texas Legislature should require the use of E-Verify by all employers in Texas to protect jobs for legal workers by preventing the hiring of illegal aliens.

Limestone County - 2,982 votes yes, 222 votes no

 

PROPOSITION 4 - The Texas Legislature should end all subsidies and public services, including in-state college tuition and enrollment in public schools, for illegal aliens.

Limestone County - 2,901 votes yes, 292 votes no

 

PROPOSITION 5 - Texas urges the United States Congress not to grant any form of amnesty or a pathway to legalization for illegal aliens.

Limestone County - 2,887 votes yes, 301 votes no

 

PROPOSITION 6 - The Texas Legislature should prohibit the deployment of the Texas National Guard to a foreign conflict unless Congress first formally declares war.

Limestone County - 2,762 votes yes, 403 votes no

 

PROPOSITION 7 - The Texas Legislature should establish authority within the Texas State Comptroller’s office to administer access to gold and silver through the Texas Bullion Depository for use as legal tender.

Limestone County - 2,431 votes yes, 554 votes no

 

PROPOSITION 8 - The State of Texas should ensure that Texans are free to give or to withhold consent for any vaccine without coercion.

Limestone County - 3,028 votes yes, 171 votes no

 

PROPOSITION 9 - The Republican Party of Texas should restrict voting in the Republican primary to only registered Republicans.

Limestone County - 2,319 votes yes, 798 votes no

 

PROPOSITION 10 - The Texas Constitution should be amended to restore authority to the Texas Attorney General to prosecute election crimes.

Limestone County - 2,976 votes yes, 188 votes no

 

PROPOSITION 11 - Texas parents and guardians should have the right to select schools, whether public or private, for their children, and the funding should follow the student.

Limestone County - 2,619 votes yes, 584 votes no

 

PROPOSITION 12 - The Texas Constitution should be amended to require proof of citizenship before any individual can be registered to vote.

Limestone County - 3,168 votes yes, 60 votes no

 

PROPOSITION 13 - Texas should ban the sale of Texas land to citizens, governments, and entities from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia.

Limestone County - 3,153 votes yes, 75 votes no

 

In Full State Elections, Associated Press reported the following around midnight, March 6:

For President (REP) Donald Trump led with 78.1%; For U.S. Senate Ted Cruz led with 88.6%. 

For President (DEM) Joe Biden led with 84.7%; For U.S. Senator Collin Allred led with 58.7%.

The unofficial results are still subject to canvassing, which is a process of verifying the election results and is typically completed within a few days of the election. The final results will be released after the canvassing of the votes.

 

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