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To begin with, 17 Lubbock County races were uncontested and most were already held by Republican incumbents; so there was no way they would lose.
Then, the traditionally dominant Republican vote which usually prevails in this area, prevailed once again, and all Lubbock County contested races were won by Republican candidates.
By now you have probably tired of all the final numbers and results; but here are just a few of the results in the contested races in Lubbock County:
State Rep District 84
Democrat Carol Morgan was hoping to be the first woman to represent West Texas in the Texas Legislature. But unfortunately she fell short in both the special race and full term race on the ballot. Her Republican opponent John Frullo won both the special election and regular election by considerable margins.
This means that Frullo will be sworn in to serve out the remaining term of Carl Isett who resigned earlier this year. He will then continue to serve his full term in January of 2011.
State Rep District 85
In what can be considered the upset of the night, Democratic State Rep Joe Heflin is out after just one 4 year term. It seems that Republican Jim Landtroop was able to ride the “vote the incumbents out” wave and oust Heflin by a 2 to 1 margin.
Lubbock County Judge
Republican County Judge Tom Head beat opponents John Miller an independent, and Libertarian Nathan Lusk to serve another 4 year term.
Lubbock County Sherriff
Sherriff Kelly Rowe will get to keep his job after defeating newcomer Democrat Jesse Pena for the sheriff’s position. Rowe won easily with about 80% of the vote.
District 19 US House of Representatives
Incumbent Republican Randy Neugebauer retained his seat. Once again the Democratic opponent, in this case Andy Wilson, came up short.
Unfortunately, Lubbock County potential voters allowed only about 33% of total registered voters decide the final outcome. Final figures suggest that this will go down as one of the lowest vote totals in recent history; when compared to total number of registered voters.
Turnout according to the Lubbock County Elections office website was listed at 54,403 votes cast despite the fact that there are over 150,000 registered voters in Lubbock County.
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