While results of the Nov. 5 election are considered unofficial until they’re canvassed by local officials, the results are in. Of the 11,428 registered voters in DeWitt County, 67.93% cast ballots in the election, according to the DeWitt County Elections Office.
Only four precincts in DeWitt County had a ballot directly impacting local citizens. Their votes along with Lavaca County’s determined that teachers in Yoakum ISD will not receive a pay increase in January as the Voter Approval Tax Rate Election failed.
Yoakum ISD Voter approval Tax Rate Election, DWC precincts 201, 202, 203, 401
Votes Cast/ Total Percentage For: 665/ 45.99% Against: 781/ 54.01%
All other positions had uncontested Republican candidates. Those included 24th Judicial District Attorney Brian Cromeens and Sheriff Carl Bowen, whose primary races were among the most hotly contested in the March primary.
Republican candidates for US House of Representative, District 27, and State Representative, District 30, won the races against their Democratic women challengers. Both women put reproductive healthcare as motivating issues to run.
Also, in the judicial races Republicans will replace incumbent Democrats and dominate the courts.
The following DeWitt County contested election results list the parties as Republican (R), Democrat (D), Libertarian (L), Green (G), and Write-in (W):
President
Votes Cast/ Total Percentage (R) Donald J. Trump 6,444/ 83.19% (D) Kamala D. Harris 1,262/ 16.29% (L) Chase Oliver 2 4 / 0.31% (G) Jill Stein 15/ 0.19% (W) Shiva Ayyadurai 1/ 0.01%
United States Senator (R) Ted Cruz 6,174/ 80.47% (D) Colin Allred 1 , 3 8 1 / 18% (L) Ted Brown 117/ 1.53% United States Representative, District 27
(R) Michael Cloud 6,453/ 84.59% (D) Tanya Lloyd 1 , 1 7 6 / 15.41%
Railroad Commissioner
(R) Christi Craddick 6,247/ 82.61% (D) Katherine Culbert 1,107/ 14.64% (L) Hawk Dunlap 1 4 2 / 1.89% (G) Eddie Espinoza 62/ 0.82% (W) Richard McKibbin 3/ 0.04%
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2 (R) Jimmy Blacklock 6,377/ 84.45% (D) DaSean Jones 1,174/ 15.55%
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 4 (R) John Devine 6,331/ 84.14% (D) Christine Vinh Weems 1,193/ 15.86%
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 6 (R) Jane Bland 6,261/ 83.20% (D) Bonnie Lee Goldstein 1,133/ 15.06% J. David Roberson 131/ 1.74%
Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals (R) David J. Schenck 6,345/ 84.17% (D) Holly Taylor 1,193/ 15.83%
Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 7 (R) Gina Parker 6,352/ 84.54% (D) Nancy Mulder 1,162/ 15.46%
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 8 (R) Lee Finley 6,381/ 85.09% (D) Chika Anyiam 1,118/ 14.91%
State Representative, District 30 (R) AJ Louderback 6,300/ 83.92% (D) Stephanie Bassham 1,207/ 16.08%
Chief Justice, 13th Court of Appeals (R) Jaime Tijerina 6,214/ 83.51% (D) Gina Benavides 1,227/ 16.49%
Justice, 13th Court of Appeals, place 2 (R) Jenny Cron 6,212/ 83.42% (D) Nora Longoria 1,235/ 16.58%
Justice, 13th Court of Appeals, Place 4 (R) Ysmael D. Fonseca 6,196/ 83.63% (D) Joe Martinez 1,213/ 16.37%
Justice, 13th Court of Appeals, Place 5 (R) Jon West 6,326/ 84.96% (D) Regi Compian Richardson 1,120/ 15.04%
