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Early voting results
Barack Obama has won the race for president. Despite his support nationwide, in Williamson County Obama lost to John McCain, who carried Texas. In Taylor, it appears a $43 million bond issue has been approved. The Taylor Independent School District requested the bond to build a new high school. Following are results from Tuesday's election.
| GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS | County | State | Nation | | President/vice president | | R-John McCain/Sarah Palin | 87,963 | 4,464,083 | 55,845,541 | | D-Barack Obama/Joe Biden | 67,347 | 3,518,100 | 63,083,327 | | L-Bob Barr/Wayne A. Root | 1,937 | 56,342 | | | U.S. Senator | | R-John Cornyn | 90,770 | 4,323,205 | | | D-Rick Noriega | 57,980 | 3,380,842 | | | L-Yvonne Adams Schick | 5,984 | 184,603 | | | U.S. Representative District 31 | | R-John Carter | 91,267 | 174,669 | | | D-Brian P. Ruiz | 55,266 | 105,837 | | | L-Barry N. Cooper | 5,957 | 9,116 | | | State Railroad Commissioner | | R-Michael L. Williams | 83,413 | 3,986,643 | | | D-Mark Thompson | 58,230 | 3,397,958 | | | L-David Floyd | 8,559 | 269,111 | | | Chief Justice Texas Supreme Court | | R-Wallace B. Jefferson | 85,283 | 4,076,860 | | | D-Jim Jordan | 57,893 | 3,366,190 | | | L-Tom Oxford | 7,518 | 238,225 | | | Justice Supreme Court, place 7 | | R-Dale Wainwright | 81,173 | 3,914,191 | | | D-Sam Houston | 61,503 | 3,516,465 | | | L-David G. Smith | 7,553 | 231,438 | | | Justice Supreme Court, place 8 | | R-Phil Johnson | 82,361 | 4,005,876 | | | D-Linda Reyna Yanez | 59,476 | 3,421,210 | | | L-Drew Shirley | 8,053 | 233,271 | | | Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, place 3 | | R- Tom Price | 80,679 | 3,937,945 | | | D-Susan Strawn | 61,100 | 3,474,316 | | | L-Matthew E. Eilers | 7,519 | 215,261 | | | Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, place 4 | | R-Paul Womack | 83,750 | 4,032,519 | | | D-J.R. Molina | 56,888 | 3,334,018 | | | L-Dave Howard | 8,495 | 249,725 | | | Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, place 9 | | R-Cathy Cochran | 97,541 | 4,705,441 | | | L-William Bryan Strange, III | 26,512 | 1,040,809 | | | State Representative District 52 | | R-Bryan Daniel | 33,821 | 33,821 | | | D-Diana Maldonado | 34,668 | 34,668 | | | L-Lillian Simmons | 2,825 | 2,825 | | | Chief Justice, 3rd Court of Criminal Appeals | | R-Ken Law | 82,539 | 406,316 | | | D-Woodie Jones | 65,956 | 447,316 | | | District Judge, 395th Judicial District | | R-Mike Jergins | 104,385 | | | | District Judge, 425th Judicial District | | R-Mark Silverstone | 104,373 | | | | District Attorney, 26th Judicial District | | R-John Bradley | 104,710 | | | | County Attorney | | R-Jana Duty | 86,100 | | | | D-Jaime McCain Lynn | 63,008 | | | | Sheriff | | R-James R. Wilson | 96,547 | | | | L-Mike Andras | 28,995 | | | | County Tax Assessor | | R-Deborah M. Hunt | 104,491 | | | | L-Jon Scallan | 23,788 | | | | Constable Precinct 4 | | R-Marty Ruble | 20,587 | | | | L-Charles McCoy | 7,388 | | | | Taylor ISD School Bond: $43 million bond to build a new high school, renovate existing high school | | For | 2,462 | | | | Against | 2,021 | | | | Granger Liquor Referendum | | For | 315 | | | | Against | 98 | | | | Coupland ISD Board of Trustees (3 open positions) | | James Joseph | 135 | | | | Jennifer Dollins | 144 | | | | Mary Jones | 154 | | | | Lisa Mason | 134 | | | | Robert Deck | 83 | | |
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