Thursday, March 6, 2014

Texas Primary Results - GOP Crushes Democrats by nearly 3 to 1

Yesterday both the Republican Party and Democrat Party held their respective primaries in Texas. You can find the Texas Secretary of State Election Results here.  Most interesting are the total votes for the top race - the Governor's Race.  On the Republican side:


RACENAMEPARTYEARLY VOTESPERCENTTOTAL VOTESPERCENT
Governor
Greg AbbottREP654,99292.02%1,219,90391.50%
Lisa FritschREP29,4444.13%58,7464.40%
SECEDE KilgoreREP9,1361.28%19,0221.42%
Miriam MartinezREP18,1492.55%35,4292.65%
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Race Total711,721   1,333,100   


And the Democrat Governor Primary Results:

RACENAMEPARTYEARLY VOTESPERCENTTOTAL VOTESPERCENT
Governor
Wendy R. DavisDEM238,38478.37%432,06579.05%
Reynaldo "Ray" MadrigalDEM65,76121.62%114,45820.94%
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Race Total304,145
546,523
Maybe not quite 3 to 1 but far above a 2-1 majority.

Texas has been trending Republican anyway with Romney winning by 1.26 million (57%) in 2012 while McCain won by only 1.14 million (55%) in 2008.

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