In the race for county attorney, Democrat Herb Hancock won with 2,899 votes (71 percent). Hancock’s opponent, Republican Betty Yarter received 1,184 votes (29 percent).
In the race for county commissioner, precinct 1, Democrat Shelby Dupnik won with 546 votes (51 percent). Dupnik’s opponent, Republican Gary Deskin received 524 votes (49 percent).
Voters approved the $7 million bond for the construction of a new county jail, sheriff’s office and courtroom. 2,428 (69 percent) voted for the bond, while 1,079 (31 percent) voted against the bond issue.
Voters also approved two propositions related to how Karnes City ISD will send funds to other statewide school districts. Proposition 1 passed with 974 (69 percent) voting “for” and 437 (31 percent) voting “against.” Proposition 2 passed with 806 (57 percent) voing “for” and 611 (43 percent) voting “against.”
Below are listings of how Karnes County voters voted compared with districtwide, statewide and nationwide results:
State Rep. Dist. 17
Tim Kleinschmidt (REP) – Karnes: 2,429 (64 percent), Districtwide: 31,032 (63 percent)
Colin Guerra (DEM) – Karnes: 1,381 (36 percent), Districtwide: 18,520 (37 percent)
State Senator Dist. 21
Judith Zaffirini (DEM) – Karnes: 2,340 (58 percent), Districtwide: 202,933 (67 percent)
Grant Rostig (REP) – Karnes: 1,593 (40 percent), Districtwide: 90,682 (30 percent)
Joseph Morse (LIB) – Karnes: 72 (2 percent), Districtwide: 9,148 (3 percent)
U.S. Rep. Dist. 15
Ruben Hinojosa (DEM) – Karnes: 1,708 (43 percent), Districtwide: 148,930 (61 percent)
Dale Bruggemann (REP) – Karnes: 2,187 (55 percent), Districtwide: 91,466 (37 percent)
U.S. President
Barack Obama/Joe Biden (DEM) – Karnes: 1,324 (32 percent), Statewide: 5,288,118 (41 percent), Nationwide: 62,263,068 (51 percent)
Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan (REP) – Karnes: 2,823 (67 percent), Statewide: 7,531,461 (58 percent), Nationwide: 58,895,290 (48 percent)
See page 9A of this week's newspaper for local precinct by precinct election results.
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