2008 General Election Results for Travis County and Precinct 259

2008 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS FOR TRAVIS COUNTY AND PRECINCT 259 (and links to sources)

Main page for 2008 election results in Travis County, "Election Results: Tuesday, November 4, 2008 -- Joint General & Special Elections Last update: Wednesday, November 6, 2008 12:57 AM. All Travis County results are counted." The provisional votes are to be determined by a citizen board within a couple of weeks of the election so tallies may still change by handful of votes yet. http://www.co.travis.tx.us/county_clerk/election/20081104/results.asp

Travis County elections cumulative totals for all precincts (summary) http://www.co.travis.tx.us/county_clerk/election/20081104/files/cume1.pdf Travis County elections with precinct-by-precinct totals for all races (see Precinct 259 totals on pages 292-294 of 727; file is 4.9 MB) http://www.co.travis.tx.us/county_clerk/election/20081104/files/pct1e.pdf

City of Austin elections cumulative totals for all precincts (summary) http://www.co.travis.tx.us/county_clerk/election/20081104/files/coacume.pdf City of Austin elections with precinct-by-precinct totals for both races (see pct. 259 totals on page 75 of 207) http://www.co.travis.tx.us/county_clerk/election/20081104/files/coapct.pdf

Austin Independent School District election cumulative total for all precincts (summary) http://www.co.travis.tx.us/county_clerk/election/20081104/files/aisdcume.pdf Austin Independent School District election with precinct-by-precinct totals (see pct. 259 totals on page 63 of 153: http://www.co.travis.tx.us/county_clerk/election/20081104/files/aisdpct.pdf

DEMOCRATIC PARTY PAGES REPORTING PRECINCT & COUNTY TALLIES BY TRAVIS COUNTY (data the same just laid out differently)

West Austin Democrats (Hunter Ellinger) online report for Pct. 259 (see pasted in portion below in handiest layout (alphabetical rather than ballot order): http://www.westaustindemocrats.org/PrecinctElection.aspx?p=259&r=November2008

More on county-wide tallies and past elections: http://www.westaustindemocrats.org/PrecinctAll.aspx?c=Elections

PRECINCT 259 - Summitt Elem November 2008 General Election Click on a contest title to see an all-precincts listing for that contest

AISD PROPOSITION NO. 1 Turnout: 1850 (63.6%)

Position TOTAL Absentee Early E-Day

FOR 1,070 57.8% 39 730 301

AGAINST 780 42.2% 17 527 236

CHIEF JUSTICE, 3rd COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT Turnout: 1967 (67.7%) Candidate TOTAL Absentee Early E-Day

Woodie Jones 1,258 64.0% 39 900 319

Ken Law 709 36.0% 26 428 255

CHIEF JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT Turnout: 1993 (68.6%)

Candidate TOTAL Absentee Early E-Day

Jim Jordan 1,093 54.8% 36 804 253

Wallace B. Jefferson 742 37.2% 29 449 264

Tom Oxford 158 7.9% 1 88 69

CITY OF AUSTIN PROP. 1 Turnout: 1763 (60.6%)

For 1,318 74.8% 42 908 368

Against 445 25.2% 12 291 142

CITY OF AUSTIN PROP. 2 Turnout: 1878 (64.6%)

Against 1,087 57.9% 24 733 330

For 791 42.1% 30 549 212

COUNTY SHERIFF Turnout: 1983 (68.2%)

Greg Hamilton 1,209 61.0% 42 870 297

Raymond Frank 597 30.1% 22 366 209

David McDaniel 177 8.9% 1 101 75

COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR Turnout: 2033 (69.9%)

Nelda Wells Spears 1,362 67.0% 44 979 339 Don Zimmerman 537 26.4% 22 320 195

Mike Burris 134 6.6% 0 76 58

DISTRICT 10, UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE Turnout: 2047 (70.4%)

Larry Joe Doherty 1,189 58.1% 35 867 287

Michael T. McCaul 730 35.7% 31 446 253

Matt Finkel 128 6.3% 1 69 58

DISTRICT 50, STATE REPRESENTATIVE Turnout: 2040 (70.2%)

Mark Strama 1,347 66.0% 46 960 341

Jerry J. Mikus, Jr. 569 27.9% 20 347 202

Jerry Chandler 124 6.1% 0 69 55

DISTRICT JUDGE, 427th JUDICIAL DISTRICT Turnout: 1939 (66.7%)

Jim Coronado 1,156 59.6% 37 832 287

Melissa Goodwin 783 40.4% 27 477 279

PLACE 3, JUDGE, COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS Turnout: 1970 (67.8%)

Susan Strawn 1,153 58.5% 40 838 275

Tom Price 661 33.6% 26 403 232

Matthew E. Eilers 156 7.9% 1 84 71

J.R. Molina 1,080 54.9% 35 791 254

Paul Womack 715 36.3% 28 438 249 Dave Howard 174 8.8% 1 95 78

PLACE 7, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT Turnout: 1992 (68.5%)

Sam Houston 1,140 57.2% 37 828 275

Dale Wainwright 683 34.3% 29 422 232

David G. Smith 169 8.5% 1 92 76

PLACE 8, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT Turnout: 1984 (68.2%)

Linda Reyna Yaz 1,144 57.7% 39 838 267

Phil Johnson 690 34.8% 26 417 247

Drew Shirley 150 7.6% 1 82 67

Cathy Cochran 939 61.2% 31 605 303

William Bryan Strange, III 595 38.8% 12 394 189

PRECINCT 2, COUNTY CONSTABLE Turnout: 1964 (67.6%)

Adan Ballesteros 1,057 53.8% 35 774 248

Bob Vann 740 37.7% 28 453 259

Arlo J. Pignotti 167 8.5% 1 94 72

PRESIDENT Turnout: 2086 (71.8%)

Barack Obama/Joe Biden 1,285 61.6% 40 926 319

John McCain/Sarah Palin 756 36.2% 29 466 261

Bob Barr/Wayne A. Root 44 2.1% 0 21 23 Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez 1 0% 1 0 0

Jonathan Allen/Jeffrey D. Stath 0 0% 0 0 0

Chuck Baldwin/Darrell L. Castle 0 0% 0 0 0

Thaddaus Hill/Gordon F. Bailey 0 0% 0 0 0

Alan Keyes/Marvin Sprouse Jr. 0 0% 0 0 0

Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente 0 0% 0 0 0

Brian Moore/Stewart A. Alexander 0 0% 0 0 0

RAILROAD COMMISSIONER Turnout: 2003 (68.9%)

Mark Thompson 1,088 54.3% 38 797 253

Michael L. Williams 761 38.0% 28 470 263

David Floyd 154 7.7% 0 87 67

STRAIGHT PARTY Turnout: 917 (31.5%)

Democratic 582 63.5% 22 425 135

Republican 304 33.2% 14 179 111

Libertarian 31 3.4% 0 17 14

UNITED STATES SENATOR Turnout: 2072 (71.3%)

Richard J. (Rick) Noriega 1,153 55.6% 38 853 262

John Cornyn 804 38.8% 30 481 293

Yvonne Adams Schick 115 5.6% 0 64 51