<p> 2008 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS FOR TRAVIS COUNTY AND PRECINCT 259 (and links to sources)</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>DEMOCRATIC PARTY PAGES REPORTING PRECINCT & COUNTY TALLIES BY TRAVIS COUNTY (data the same just laid out differently)</p><p>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</p><p>More on county-wide tallies and past elections: http://www.westaustindemocrats.org/PrecinctAll.aspx?c=Elections</p><p>PRECINCT 259 - Summitt Elem November 2008 General Election Click on a contest title to see an all-precincts listing for that contest</p><p>AISD PROPOSITION NO. 1 Turnout: 1850 (63.6%)</p><p>Position TOTAL Absentee Early E-Day</p><p>FOR 1,070 57.8% 39 730 301</p><p>AGAINST 780 42.2% 17 527 236</p><p>CHIEF JUSTICE, 3rd COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT Turnout: 1967 (67.7%) Candidate TOTAL Absentee Early E-Day</p><p>Woodie Jones 1,258 64.0% 39 900 319</p><p>Ken Law 709 36.0% 26 428 255</p><p>CHIEF JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT Turnout: 1993 (68.6%)</p><p>Candidate TOTAL Absentee Early E-Day</p><p>Jim Jordan 1,093 54.8% 36 804 253</p><p>Wallace B. Jefferson 742 37.2% 29 449 264</p><p>Tom Oxford 158 7.9% 1 88 69</p><p>CITY OF AUSTIN PROP. 1 Turnout: 1763 (60.6%)</p><p>Candidate TOTAL Absentee Early E-Day</p><p>For 1,318 74.8% 42 908 368</p><p>Against 445 25.2% 12 291 142</p><p>CITY OF AUSTIN PROP. 2 Turnout: 1878 (64.6%)</p><p>Candidate TOTAL Absentee Early E-Day</p><p>Against 1,087 57.9% 24 733 330</p><p>For 791 42.1% 30 549 212</p><p>COUNTY SHERIFF Turnout: 1983 (68.2%)</p><p>Candidate TOTAL Absentee Early E-Day</p><p>Greg Hamilton 1,209 61.0% 42 870 297</p><p>Raymond Frank 597 30.1% 22 366 209</p><p>David McDaniel 177 8.9% 1 101 75</p><p>COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR Turnout: 2033 (69.9%)</p><p>Candidate TOTAL Absentee Early E-Day</p><p>Nelda Wells Spears 1,362 67.0% 44 979 339 Don Zimmerman 537 26.4% 22 320 195</p><p>Mike Burris 134 6.6% 0 76 58</p><p>DISTRICT 10, UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE Turnout: 2047 (70.4%)</p><p>Candidate TOTAL Absentee Early E-Day</p><p>Larry Joe Doherty 1,189 58.1% 35 867 287</p><p>Michael T. McCaul 730 35.7% 31 446 253</p><p>Matt Finkel 128 6.3% 1 69 58</p><p>DISTRICT 50, STATE REPRESENTATIVE Turnout: 2040 (70.2%)</p><p>Candidate TOTAL Absentee Early E-Day</p><p>Mark Strama 1,347 66.0% 46 960 341</p><p>Jerry J. Mikus, Jr. 569 27.9% 20 347 202</p><p>Jerry Chandler 124 6.1% 0 69 55</p><p>DISTRICT JUDGE, 427th JUDICIAL DISTRICT Turnout: 1939 (66.7%)</p><p>Candidate TOTAL Absentee Early E-Day</p><p>Jim Coronado 1,156 59.6% 37 832 287</p><p>Melissa Goodwin 783 40.4% 27 477 279</p><p>PLACE 3, JUDGE, COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS Turnout: 1970 (67.8%)</p><p>Candidate TOTAL Absentee Early E-Day</p><p>Susan Strawn 1,153 58.5% 40 838 275</p><p>Tom Price 661 33.6% 26 403 232</p><p>Matthew E. Eilers 156 7.9% 1 84 71</p><p>PLACE 4, JUDGE, COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS Turnout: 1969 (67.7%)</p><p>Candidate TOTAL Absentee Early E-Day</p><p>J.R. Molina 1,080 54.9% 35 791 254</p><p>Paul Womack 715 36.3% 28 438 249 Dave Howard 174 8.8% 1 95 78</p><p>PLACE 7, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT Turnout: 1992 (68.5%)</p><p>Candidate TOTAL Absentee Early E-Day</p><p>Sam Houston 1,140 57.2% 37 828 275</p><p>Dale Wainwright 683 34.3% 29 422 232</p><p>David G. Smith 169 8.5% 1 92 76</p><p>PLACE 8, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT Turnout: 1984 (68.2%)</p><p>Candidate TOTAL Absentee Early E-Day</p><p>Linda Reyna Yaz 1,144 57.7% 39 838 267</p><p>Phil Johnson 690 34.8% 26 417 247</p><p>Drew Shirley 150 7.6% 1 82 67</p><p>PLACE 9, JUDGE, COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS Turnout: 1534 (52.8%)</p><p>Candidate TOTAL Absentee Early E-Day</p><p>Cathy Cochran 939 61.2% 31 605 303</p><p>William Bryan Strange, III 595 38.8% 12 394 189</p><p>PRECINCT 2, COUNTY CONSTABLE Turnout: 1964 (67.6%)</p><p>Candidate TOTAL Absentee Early E-Day</p><p>Adan Ballesteros 1,057 53.8% 35 774 248</p><p>Bob Vann 740 37.7% 28 453 259</p><p>Arlo J. Pignotti 167 8.5% 1 94 72</p><p>PRESIDENT Turnout: 2086 (71.8%)</p><p>Candidate TOTAL Absentee Early E-Day</p><p>Barack Obama/Joe Biden 1,285 61.6% 40 926 319</p><p>John McCain/Sarah Palin 756 36.2% 29 466 261</p><p>Bob Barr/Wayne A. Root 44 2.1% 0 21 23 Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez 1 0% 1 0 0</p><p>Jonathan Allen/Jeffrey D. Stath 0 0% 0 0 0</p><p>Chuck Baldwin/Darrell L. Castle 0 0% 0 0 0</p><p>Thaddaus Hill/Gordon F. Bailey 0 0% 0 0 0</p><p>Alan Keyes/Marvin Sprouse Jr. 0 0% 0 0 0</p><p>Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente 0 0% 0 0 0</p><p>Brian Moore/Stewart A. Alexander 0 0% 0 0 0</p><p>RAILROAD COMMISSIONER Turnout: 2003 (68.9%)</p><p>Candidate TOTAL Absentee Early E-Day</p><p>Mark Thompson 1,088 54.3% 38 797 253</p><p>Michael L. Williams 761 38.0% 28 470 263</p><p>David Floyd 154 7.7% 0 87 67</p><p>STRAIGHT PARTY Turnout: 917 (31.5%)</p><p>Candidate TOTAL Absentee Early E-Day</p><p>Democratic 582 63.5% 22 425 135</p><p>Republican 304 33.2% 14 179 111</p><p>Libertarian 31 3.4% 0 17 14</p><p>UNITED STATES SENATOR Turnout: 2072 (71.3%)</p><p>Candidate TOTAL Absentee Early E-Day</p><p>Richard J. (Rick) Noriega 1,153 55.6% 38 853 262</p><p>John Cornyn 804 38.8% 30 481 293</p><p>Yvonne Adams Schick 115 5.6% 0 64 51</p>