I’ll update this post as additional votes are tallied, and provide some commentary tomorrow, as well. UPDATE - with 42 of 42 precincts reporting in Kaufman County (although I’m not certain if this includes mailed, military, provisional, etc. ballots), all the races have been decided except perhaps the contest between Betty Brown and Wade Gent for Texas House District 4, as we’re still waiting on 9 more districts to come in from Henderson. I’ll create a new post once the results are in from Henderson as well.

Thus far, it looks like incumbent sheriff David Byrnes has defeated challenger Eddie Frankum for the Republican nomination for sheriff; Dick Murphy looks to have the Republican nomination for Tax Assessor-Collector, as well. For Precinct 2 Constable, incumbent Joe Don Law has prevailed over Kalon Rollins and for US Senator, incumbent John Cornyn has won the nomination.

For president, while Mike Huckabee has a strong showing here in Kaufman County, within less than 80 votes of John McCain, most media outlets have already called the state-wide nomination for McCain and say that McCain has clinched the Republican nomination for president. UPDATE - Huckabee has pulled ahead of McCain by 66 votes. Huckabee continues to load McCain, now by 75 votes, but apparently hasn’t seen success outside of Kaufman County, as he has officially conceded to McCain, who is now the Republican candidate for president. Huckabee’s lead in Kaufman County is now 216 votes. Now it’s up to 242 votes, wow. Huckabee ended the night winning Kaufman County by 284 votes.

The one race that’s still too close to call is Texas House District 4, where incumbent Betty Brown leads challenger Wade Gent by only 247 votes. UPDATE - Brown’s margin is down to 174 votes. Now it’s at 179 votes. However, these results only include Kaufman County. I’m working to find updated Henderson County results, but Dallas News and other sites seem to be far behind on updates in this race. Found the Henderson County results, apparently the updates are slow because Henderson has only tallied a small portion of their votes so far. The combined totals put Brown ahead of Gent by 626 votes. Brown’s lead has climbed to 786 votes with 22 of 31 precincts reporting in Henderson County and 41 of 42 here in Kaufman County. With all the Kaufman County precincts reporting, Brown’s lead is 766 votes. Chances are, she’s won another term in the Texas House, but I’ll post a new story once the final numbers come in from Henderson County, as well.

On the democratic side of things, Hillary Clinton leads Barack Obama by over 1,000 votes and appears to be the choice of Kaufman County Democrats. UPDATE - Clinton’s lead is up to almost 1,200 votes now. Now it’s at 1,220 votes. Now at 1,383 votes. Now down to 1,297, but with only one precinct left, it looks like Clinton has locked up Kaufman County. And with all the precincts reporting, Clinton ended up beat Obama by 1,281 votes in Kaufman County.

Republican Primary

For Sheriff
David Byrnes - 5,435 - 75.42%
Eddie Frankum - 1,771 - 24.58%

For Tax Assessor-Collector
Dick Murphy - 5,186 - 72.93%
PJ Gibson - 1,925 - 27.07%

For Pct 2 Constable
Joe Don Law - 2,034 - 78.26%
Kalon Rollins - 565 - 21.74%

For State Rep, District 4 - Kaufman County Results
Betty Brown - 3,890 - 50.46%
Wade Gent - 3,819 - 49.54%

For State Rep, District 4 - Henderson County Results (22 of 31 precincts reporting in Henderson so far)
Betty Brown - 3,807 - 55.02%
Wade Gent - 3,112 - 44.98%

For State Rep, District 4 - Combined Results
Betty Brown - 7,697 - 52.62%
Wade Gent - 6,931 - 47.38%

For President
John McCain 3,601 - 44.58%
Mike Huckabee 3,885 - 48.09%

For US Senator
John Cornyn 5,906 - 82.24%
Larry Kilgore - 1,275 - 17.76%

Democratic Primary

Hillary Clinton - 5,457 - 55.64%
Barack Obama - 4,176 - 42.58%

Results are being posted to this thread in the discussion forum as well, and updates will generally appear there first.

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