2014 Election Results

County residents waited for two hours after the closing of the polls today due to an exceedingly high number of discredited write-in votes, over 800. The Clerk's office said that there were many uncontested races, however, there was a spot on the ballot in each race for "write-in." The law says unless a write-in vote is for a candidate that has filed as such, the vote doesn't count. Apparently, there were many votes for people like "Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Uncle Si, and Kanye West". Unfortunately, none of those names had filed as write-in candidates, voiding those votes. 

As far as the local elections tallied up, there were races that were fairly close, while others saw very large margins. Overall, voter turnout was around average for local races.  Unofficial local totals were:

County Judge Executive
Wil Cannon (R)          2,468     58.10%
Bobby Thornhill (D)  1,780      41.90%   

County Attorney
J.B. Hines (R) unopposed       3,315     100%

County Clerk
Kevin Alexander (R) unopposed   3,454   100%

Sheriff
Shane Doyle (R)           3,220    78.69%
Billy Joe Basham (D)    872       21.31%  

District 19 State Representative
Michael Lee Meredith  3259   78.3%
John Wayne Smith        904     21.7%

United States Senator
Mitch McConnell (R)   2731  64.5%
Alison Grimes      (D) 1370   32.4%
D. Patterson         (L)  130     3.1%

United States Congress
Brett Guthrie  (R) 3261  79.45%
Ron Leach  (D)  843       20.55%

Jailer
Hank Vincent  (R)     3,105   94.21%   
Keith Hogan  (D)        191         5.79%

Property Value Administrator
Kyle White (D) unopposed 3137  100%

Coroner
Michael Alexander (R) unopposed  3,290  100%

Magistrate District 1
Bennie "Buck" Simmons   437  50.75%
Jefferey Houchins              424  49.25%

Magistrate District 2
Willie E. Lindsey  (R)    280   40.35%
Joseph D. Durbin  (D)   414    59.65%

Constable District 2
Tim Skees (R) unopposed   413   100%

Magistrate District 3
Clark Wood (R)   unopposed 470  100%

Constable District 3
Joe Carl Daugherty  (R) unopposed  437  100%

Magistrate District 4
Edd Rich (R)                446    59.55%
Stacy D. Vincent (D)  303   40.45%

Magistrate District 5
Johnny Brooks (R) unopposed  425  100%

Magistrate District 6
Neil Vincent  (R)    337   45.23%
Mark Woosley (D)  408  54.77%

Board of Education District 3
Lorri Keith  (non-partisan) unopposed  420  100%

Board of Education District 5 
Gary Bagshaw (non-partisan) unopposed  299  100%

Brownsville City Council  (*top 6 vote totals become members)
*Jeremy Spainhoward  250
*Greg Nugent                206
*Justin Meredith            178
*Anthony "Slug" Duvall   174
*Richard Jones               156
*Keith Brown                 139
Buddy K. Vincent        134  


by: EV Staff

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