Chief deputy elected sheriff in close race

Limestone County elections administrators announced the unofficial results of the primary election Tuesday, March 3, at about 9 p.m. 

In the sheriff’s race, Murray Agnew took 57.19% of the vote, or 2,489 votes. Chris Henson received 42.81%, or 1,862 votes. 

In a close race for Precinct 1 county commissioner, Bill David Sadler received 819 votes, 55.98%, to 644 for incumbent John McCarver, 44.02%.

A similar upset occurred in the Precinct 3 county commissioner’s race, with Stephen Friday taking 751 votes, or 53.45% of the vote to incumbent Jerry R. Allen’s 654 votes, or 46.55%. 

Scott Smith will remain Precinct 1 constable, garnering 828 votes, or 57.62%, compared to Allan Stewart’s 751, or 53.45%. 

Mark Roark will take Precinct 4 Constable with 712 votes, or 76.96% compared to Bobby Coslin with 213 votes, or 23.03%.

Precinct 2 Constable Ray Forrester took 487 votes running unopposed, similar to Precinct 3 Glenn Shoemaker. He received 1,117 votes in no contest. 

Patrick “Pat” Simmons was elected district judge of the 77th Judicial District with 3,676 votes, running unopposed. County Attorney Roy DeFriend was elected to another term and ran unopposed, receiving 3,801 votes. 

Stacy Hall received 3,698 votes and was elected county tax assessor-collector, running unopposed. 

Lance Phillips received 3,516 votes for the Republican county chair election, running unopposed. Dar Klontz as chair for Precinct 104, and Joe Paschal as chair for  Precinct 401 ran unopposed and were re-elected. 

On the national Republican ballot, Donald Trump received 92.18% of the local vote, with uncommitted totaled 4.97%. Other candidates fell below 1%. 

For United States senator, John Cornyn received 81.47 of the local vote, with only Dwayne Stovall clearing 5% at 8.15%. 

Pete Sessions received 54.19% of the vote locally, or 2,283. George Hindman received 15.4% followed by Renee Swann at 13.34%. Others running did not garner a significant percentage of the vote in comparison. 

In the railroad commissioner’s runoff, an extremely close race between Ryan Sitton at 50.37% and James Wright at 49.63%, occurred. Respectively, each received 1,897 and 1,869. 

Nathan Hect, Jane Bland, Jeff Boyd, and Brett Busby ran unopposed, guaranteeing them Supreme Court Chief Justice, Justice Place 6, 7 and 8, respectively. 

For Place 3 judge on the Court of Criminal Appeals, Gina Parker took a majority 54.68% with Bert Richardson at 45.32%. For Place 9, Kervin Patrick Yeary ran unopposed. Tom Maynard ran unopposed for the State Board of Education District 10. Kyle Kacal received 100% of the vote for State Representative District 12, running unopposed. For Place 2 and 3 on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, Matt Johnson and John E. Neill ran unopposed. 

For the national Democratic ballot, Joe Biden took 45.67% of the local vote, with Bernie Sanders coming in at 21.09% and Michael Bloomberg following at 19.79% Elizabeth Warren was the only other notable recipient at 5.3%. 

In the Democrats’ senatorial race, Mary Hegar received a majority of 22.76%, with Royce West at 19.35% and Chris Bell at 13.37%. House Representatives for District 17 were led by Rick Kennedy at 45.37%, William Foster III at 30.03% and David Jaramillo at 24.60%.

The Railroad Commissioner’s race was nearly an even split, with Kelly Stone earning 32.08%, Mark Watson at 24.55%, Roberto Alonzo with 23.49% and Chrysta Castaneda at 19.88%. 

Amy Clark received that majority for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at 77.61%. 

Supreme Court Justices Places 6, 7 and 8 were won by Kathy Cheng at 68.13%, Staci Williams with 67.77% and Peter Kelly with a narrow 52.47%, respectively. 

Elizabeth Davis Frizell was leader in the Court of Criminal Appeals Place 3 Judge with 63.18%, while Tina Clinton won Place 4 at 74.85%.  Brandon Birmingham ran unopposed for Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Place 9. 

Against Stephen Wyman with 27.77%, Marsha Burnett-Webster took a majority of 72.23% for the State Board of Education District 10 seat. 

Maurice Washington was reelected County Democratic Chair, running unopposed. 

For propositions on the Democratic ballot, each had over 90% votes totaled for yes on Propositions 1 through 11. On the Republican side, Propositions 1 through 10 all received a majority “yes” vote. 

Overall, all 21 precincts were counted, with 4,492 cast on the Republican ballot and 780 on the Democratic ballot. Voter turnout was estimated at 38.87%. 

Official canvassed results will be covered in upcoming issues and online.