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THURSDAY 16 MARCH 2000
7ife (fatad,'fa* RECORD
COUNTY-WIDE RESULTS IN MARCH 14 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY | STATE TALLY
HEMPHILL COUNTY PCT.
101 | 201 202 I 301
302
303
402
TOTAL
STATE POLLING % [ WINNER
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Lyndon H. LaRouche, |r.
1
1
2
27,276/ 3.4%
Bill Bradley
4
6
1
4
2
1
3
21
129.679/ 16.4%
Al Gore
5
14
6
II
12
6
1
II
66
634,843 /80 2%
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U.S. SENATOR
.
Gene Kelly
2
4
2
6
1
4
4
7
30
222,788 / 35.8%
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H. Gerald Bintliff
1
1
34,064 / 5.5%
Bobby Wightman
2
4
1
3
4
2
2
18
84,200/ 13.5%
Don Clark
2
4
1
1
1
9
140,768 / 22.6%
Charles Gandy
1
1
3
1
1
1
8
141,184 / 22.7%
II
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, DIST. 13
Curtis Clinesmith
8
12
6
16
1
12
9
1
12
77
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PRESIDING JUDGE, CRIMINAL APPEALS
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Bill Vance
8
II
6
14
1
12
7
1
12
72
COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS, PL 2
William R. Barr
6
13
6
14
1
12
8
1
12
73
/
DISTRICT ATTORNEY, 31 ST DIST.
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Charles L. Kessie
10
13
7
17
1
15
II
12
86
V
COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR/COLLECTOR
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Mary Ann Wright
II
20
6
16
1
14
9
1
14
92
7
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR
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Bret Begert
8
8
7
15
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18
10
1
12
90
R indicates races to be settled In April II run-off etactien
Bush and Gore sweep Texas party primaries;
Mann and Roach face run-off in D.A.’s race
County Commissioners Schaef, Ramp fend off challengers
Voters in Tuesday’s Party Pri-
maries here and across the state
overwhelmingly supported the
Republican and Democratic
front-runners—George W. Bush
and A1 Gore—as their presiden-
tial candidates. As expected,
Hemphill County voters cast
most of their ballots in the Repub-
lican primary, where several im-
portant local races were at stake.
Most of those races were set-
tled, with incumbents Joe Schaef
and John Ramp fending off chal-
lenges for their County Commis-
sion seats, but the 31st District
Attorney’s race for the GOP nom-
ination is still up in the air, and
will be resolved by an April 11
runoff election. Incumbent John
Mann carried a strong 48% of the
votes in his second bid for
re-election—and was a more than
3-to-l favorite over Roberts
County Attorney Rick Roach
among Hemphill County vot-
ers—but fell just short of the re-
quired 50% in the three-man race.
Roach picked up 36% of the votes
in the five-county district, but at-
tracted only 135 votes here to
Mann’s 436. Shamrock attorney
Phil Pendleton drew 18% of the
vote—not enough to be a con-
tender, but enough to act as a
spoiler in the race.
In the Democratic primary,
31st District Attorney candidate
Charles Kessie was unchallenged
for his party's nomination, and
drew the support of 1,675 voters.
Kessie out-polled any of the Re-
publican candidates in Lipscomb
County, where he earned 381
votes, and in Wheeler County
where 842 voters cast their bal-
lots for the Democrat.
Although it was not clear at
press time how many contests
might be settled in the runoff
election, those who voted in the
Republican primary will have one
more chance to choose the Dis-
trict Attorney candidate who will
face Kessie in November's gen-
eral election. Early voting will be
conducted April 3-7, and ballots
by mail must be received no later
than April 4.
In other races of local interest,
Precinct 1 County Commissioner
Joe Schaef survived a strong chal-
lenge by Kerry Westbrook, draw-
ing 116 votes to Westbrook’s 101.
Precinct 3 Commissioner John
Ramp held a stouter lead against
challenger Allen Ellison, winning
re-election by a 156-98 margin.
Other local candidates were
unchallenged for their party's
nomination, including Republi-
cans Dean Butcher for Hemphill
County Sheriff and Gladene
Swires for County Tax Asses-
sor/Collector, and Democrats
Mary Ann Wright who will chal-
lenge Swires’ re-election bid in
the fall, and Bret Begert,
re-elected as Democratic Party
Chair.
Republican primary voters
overwhelmingly supported a
non-binding referendum on stu-
dent-initiated school prayer.
Proposition #1 asked: Shall stu-
dent-initiated prayer be allowed
school sporting events? In
Hemphill County, Republican
voters responded 558-15 in favor
of the proposition, as did 94% of
those throughout the state.
See the accompanying graph-
ics for a complete tally of
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Filing deadline looms
for May 6th elections
Next Wednesday, March 22, is the last day to file for the
May 6th election for the School and Hospital Boards, as well as
the City Council. Eight people had filed for nine positions by
this Wednesday afternoon.
Polly Farrar and Jonilyn Hanes have filed for re-election to
the two open slots on the School Board. In the City Council
election John Baker and Johnny Curtis have also filed for
re-election. Three seats are open on the City's governing body.
Bakers and Curtis terms expire, along with that of Wyvonne
McDaniel.
The Hospital Board has two 2-year terms and two 1-year
terms up for grabs. Venita McPherson and Jeanne
Schluterman have filed for re-election to the 2-year positions.
Glenn Bill Walker and Tommy Andrews have filed for the
1-year positions. Those seats are filled until May by returning
board members Ralph Edwards, appointed to a vacancy follow-
ing the last election, and Walker, a step-in for Les Brown who
resigned in January.
Write-in candidates have until March 27 to declare their in-
tentions to run in the May election. April 19 is the first day for
early voting by personal appearance. Early voting will be con-
ducted Monday through Friday, from 9 a m. to 5 p.m. in the
business offices at City Hall, Hemphill County Hospital, or the
bchool Administration Building. The deadline for early voting
county-wide results in Tuesday’s
primaries, and for results of
state-wide polling according to in-
formation posted on the Secre-
tary of State's website late
Wednesday afternoon.
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Ezzell, Nancy & Brown, Laurie Ezzell. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 16, 2000, newspaper, March 16, 2000; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth738867/m1/4/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.