Clarendon Mayor Mark White successfully defeated Democratic incumbent Ernest Johnston for the position of Donley County Commissioner in Precinct 1 during Tuesday’s General Election.
White, who ran on the Republican ticket, received 229 votes to Johnston’s 168 when the ballots were counted.
Another incumbent commissioner, Precinct 3’s Republican Andy Wheatly, managed to hold on to his office and defeated Democratic challenger Henry Stephens, 204 to 172.
In local uncontested races, Sheriff Butch Blackburn (D) was re-elected with 69.9 percent of the county vote, County Attorney Landon Lambert (R) retained his position with 19.1 percent of the vote on a write-in campaign, and Linda Crump (R) won the Tax Assessor/Collector’s office with 83.7 percent of the vote.
Pct. 1&2 Justice of the Peace Connie Havens kept her job with 478 votes in those two precincts.
District Judge Stuart Messer received 1,386 votes, and District Attorney Luke Inman received 955 votes in their uncontested races to keep their jobs.
A total of 1,704 people cast ballots in Donley County out of 2,554 registered voters, a turnout of 66.7 percent. That’s down from 1,792 ballots cast in the 2004 General Election, which saw a 68 percent turnout.
Donley Voters preferred Sen. John McCain (R) for president to Sen. Barack Obama (D) by a margin of 1,370 to 291. The Libertarian candidate, former US Rep. Bob Barr, received 25 votes.
Local voters liked US Rep. Mac Thornberry (R) over his Democratic challenger Roger Waun, 1,413 to 264; and they preferred US Sen. John Cornyn (R) to Democrat Rick Noriega 1,329 to 270.
State Sen. Robert L. Duncan (R) garnered 1,293 votes compared to his Libertarian challenger, Smitty Smith, who received 167.
County Clerk Fay Vargas said six provisional ballots were cast and will be counted in the coming days if approved by County Tax Assessor/Collector Wilma Lindley.
An additional 11 ballots were sent out by mail and have five days from Tuesday to come in to be counted.
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