President-Elect Barack Obama has been announced the winner of the presidential election and is giving his victory speech live from Chicago’s Grant Park now.

Kaufman County has also released their final results - with 35,619 votes tallied and all 42 precincts reporting, the winners of the contested county elections are:

County Commissioner, Precinct #1
Jerry Rowden - R - 3,658 (55.03%)
George Mayfield - D - 2,989 (44.97%)

County Commissioner, Precinct #3
Ken Schoen - R - 2,858 (48.03%)
J.C. Jackson - D - 3,092 (51.97%)

Constable, Precinct #1
Tres Sisson - R - 3,138 (47.07%)
Shelley Don Featherston - D - 3,528 (52.93%)

Constable, Precinct #2
Joe Don Law - R - 10,121 (70.16%)
Jason Todd-William West - D - 4,305 (29.84%)

Constable, Precinct #3
Ronnie Breathwit - R - 2,163 (36.50%)
Lowrie Sanders - D - 3,763 (63.50%)

Also, numerous media outlets are calling the following races for officials who represent Kaufman County:

US Senator - John Cornyn - R
US Rep - Jeb Hensarling - R
State Rep - Betty Brown - R

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