The nice turnout for the presidential election occurred in spite of local county officials running unopposed.
All the unopposed local county candidates, with the exception of the county attorney, ran as Democrats, yet the county voters voted Republican in every other race.
Here’s how Refugio County voted:
President and Vice President
Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan (R) — 1,659
Barack Obama/Joe Biden (D) — 998
Gary Johnson/Jim /Stein (L) — 10
Jill Steil/Cheri Honkala (G) — 6
Write-in candidates 0
U.S. senator
Ted Cruz (R) — 1,551
Paul Sadler (D) — 1,015
John Jay Myers (L) — 34
David B. Collins (G) — 25
U.S. representative of District 27
Blake Farenthold (R) — 1,534
Rose Meza Harrison (D) — 1,052
Corrie Byrd (L) — 20
Bret Baldwin (I) — 30
Railroad commissioner
Christi Craddick (R) — 1,482
Dale Henry (D) — 1,029
Vivekananda (Vik) Wall (L) — 21
Chris Kennedy (G) — 43
Railroad Commissioner Unexpired term
Barry Smitherman (R) — 1,597
Jaime O. Perez (L) — 247
Josh Wendel (G) — 78
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2
Don Willett (R) — 1,654
RS Roberto Koelsch (Lib) — 228
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 4
John Devine (R) — 1,608
Tom Oxford (L) — 200
Charles E. Waterbury (G) — 79
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 6
Nathan Hecht (R) — 1,446
Michele Petty (D) — 1,039
Mark Ash (L) — 47
Jim Chisholm (G) — 33
Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals
Sharon Keller (R) — 1,490
Keith Hampton (D) — 1,018
Lance Stott (L) — 49
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 7
Barbara Parker Hervey (R) — 1,624
Mark W. Bennett (L) — 255
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 8
Elsa Alcala (R) — 1,577
William Bryan Strange III (L) — 269
Member, State Board of Education, District 2
Laurie J. Turner (R) — 1,493
Ruben Cortez Jr. (D) — 1,028
Lenard Nelson (L) — 41
State Senator, District 18
Glen Hegar (R) — 1,722
State Representative, District 30
Geanie W. Morrison (R) — 1,581
Alex Hernandez Jr. (D) — 1,019
Chief Justice, 13th Court of Appeals District
Roy Valdez (D) — 1,375
Justice, 13th Court of Appeals District, Place 2
Tom Greenwell (R) — 1,436
Nora Longoria (D) — 1,144
Justice 13th Court of Appeals District, Place 4
Bradford M. Condit (R) — 1,467
Nelda Vidaurri Rodriguez (D) — 1,086
Justice, 13th Court of Appeals District, Place 5
Doug Norman (R) — 1,495
Gina M. Benavides (D) — 1,059
District Judge 24th Judicial District
Jack W. Marr (R) — 1,496
Sandra McKenzie (D) — 1,089
District Judge, 135th Judicial District
Kemper Stephen Williams (R) — 1,722
District Attorney, 24th Judicial District
Michael A. Sheppard (D) — 1,497
County Attorney
Todd Steele (R) — 1,804
Sheriff
Robert Bolcik (D) — 1,681
Tax Assessor - Collector
Ida Mascorro Turner (D) 1,713
County Treasurer - Unexpired Term
Elaine Henning (D) — 1,634
County Commissioner, Precinct No. 1
Ann Lopez (D) — 347
County Commissioner, Precinct No. 3
Gary Bourland (D) — 508
Constable, No. 1
Severo “Jimbo” Porras Jr. (D) — 706
Constable, No. 2
Johnny J. Garza (D) — 870
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