{"id":555663,"date":"2016-11-08T19:20:37","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T01:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=555663"},"modified":"2016-11-09T23:52:26","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T05:52:26","slug":"smith-county-election-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=555663","title":{"rendered":"Smith County Election Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n NOVEMBER 8 GENERAL ELECTION – SMITH COUNTY
\n CONTESTED RACES<\/p>\n

In complete, but unofficial returns, Tyler Congressman Louie Gohmert was returned to Washington by voters on Tuesday. Larry Smith has won re-election as Smith County Sheriff. In the Precinct 4 constable’s race, Josh Joplin was the winner. In Whitehouse, both school bond proposals passed. And Lufkin chiropractor, Dr. Keven M. Ellis won the race for State Board of Education in District 9. He will succeed Thomas Ratliff who did not seek re-election. <\/p>\n

73 of 73 Precincts reporting<\/p>\n

President and Vice President
\nDonald J Trump\/Mike Pence (REP) 58,631
\nGary Johnson\/William Weld (LIB) 2,062
\nHillary Clinton\/Tim Kaine (DEM) 22, 128
\nJill Stein\/Ajamu Baraka (GRN) 340
\nWrite-in (NON) 1,115<\/p>\n

United States Representative, District 1
\nLouie Gohmert (REP) 60,388
\nPhil Gray (LIB) 1,755
\nShirley J. McKeller (DEM) 20,829
\nWrite-in (NON) 31<\/p>\n

Railroad Commissioner
\nGrady Yarbrough (DEM) 20,443
\nMark Miller (LIB) 2,592
\nMartina Salinas (GRN) 992
\nWayne Christian (REP) 57,924<\/p>\n

Justice Supreme Court, Place 3
\nDebra Lehermann (REP) 58,758
\nKathie Glass (LIB) 2,349
\nMike Westergren (DEM) 20,173
\nRodolfo Rivera Munoz (GRN) 816<\/p>\n

Justice Supreme Court, Place 5
\nCharles E. Waterbury (GRN) 494
\nDori Contreras Garza (DEM) 20,755
\nPaul Green (REP) 58,729
\nTom Oxford (LIB) 2,015<\/p>\n

Justice Supreme Court, Place 9
\nDon Fulton (LIB) 2217
\nEva Guzman (REP) 58,475
\nJim Chisholm (GRN) 624
\nSavannah Robinson (DEM) 20,631<\/p>\n

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 2
\nAdam King Blackwell Reposa (GRN) 490
\nLawrence “Larry” Meyers (DEM) 20,835
\nMark Ash (LIB) 2,206
\nMary Lou Keel (REP) 58,275<\/p>\n

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 5
\nBetsy Johnson (DEM) 20,727
\nJudith Sanders-Castro (GRN) 703
\nScott Walker (REP) 58,536
\nWilliam Bryan Strange III (LIB) 1,912<\/p>\n

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 6
\nMark W. Bennett (LIB) 2,406
\nMichael E Keasler (REP) 58,551
\nRobert Burns (DEM) 20,792<\/p>\n

Member, State Board of Education, District 9
\nAmanda M. Rudolph (DEM) 21,180
\nAnastasia Wilford (LIB) 2,202
\nKevin M. Ellis (REP) 58, 415<\/p>\n

Sheriff
\nGary Pinkerton (DEM) 23,849
\nLarry R. Smith (REP) 59, 074<\/p>\n

Constable, Precinct No. 4
\nJosh Joplin (REP) 5,109
\nLarry D. Reddic (DEM) 2,795
\nWrite-In- (NON) 232<\/p>\n

Proposition No.1, Whitehouse ISD
\nAgainst (NON) 4,874
\nFor (NON) 5,748<\/p>\n

Proposition No. 2, Whitehouse ISD
\nAgainst (NON) 4,951
\nFor (NON) 5,632<\/p>\n

City Council, Place 5, Overton<\/p>\n

Brandon Brown (NON) 23
\nMichael Paul Williams (NON) 15<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NOVEMBER 8 GENERAL ELECTION – SMITH COUNTY CONTESTED RACES In complete, but unofficial returns, Tyler Congressman Louie Gohmert was returned to Washington by voters on Tuesday. Larry Smith has won re-election as Smith County Sheriff. In the Precinct 4 constable’s race, Josh Joplin was the winner. In Whitehouse, both school bond proposals passed. And Lufkin … Continue reading Smith County Election Returns<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":555332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-555663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-17 09:30:45","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=555663"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":555743,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555663\/revisions\/555743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/555332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=555663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=555663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=555663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}