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Barack Obama Elected President; Local Election Results In
President-Elect Barack Obama has been announced the winner of the presidential election and is giving his victory speech live from Chicago’s Grant Park now.
Kaufman County has also released their final results – with 35,619 votes tallied and all 42 precincts reporting, the winners of the contested county elections are:
County Commissioner, Precinct #1
Jerry Rowden – R [...]
Early Voting Results In – Over 23,407 Kaufman County Residents Voted Early
The results from early voting in Kaufman County are in with over 23,000 ballots cast in early voting, a record-breaking number. The results from early voting appear below (with one caveat – see update below). Please remember that these results are for Kaufman County alone, so the percentages, etc., do not necessarily indicate who is [...]
Register to Vote – Deadline is TODAY
Today is the last day to register to vote if you want to vote in the elections this November. Each year, I make an appeal to everyone who reads this to go register and make sure you vote. However, this year, Google has been promoting a video that really drives the point home, so check [...]
Who Has More Power To Change Our Country?
The other night, my Pastor and I were having a discussion about Barack Obama. You see, while I have been a Christian only a few years, my democratic ideals have been a part of me for quite a bit longer and, while I respect my Pastor, I just do not agree with him right now. [...]
Final Henderson County Results Are In – Incumbent Betty Brown Defeats Challenger Wade Gent in House District 4 Primary
Final results have been in from Kaufman County for a while, and now final results are in from Henderson County, 31 out of 31 precincts have reported in, so we know the outcome of the Republican Primary for Texas House – District 4. Incumbent Betty Brown defeated challenger Wade Gent by a narrow margin of [...]
March Primary Election Update
The primaries are just around the corner, and while there’s been a lot of attention on the presidential race, several state and local races are heating up around Kaufman County! Our current representative in the US House, Republican Jeb Hensarling appears to be running unopposed in the Republican primary, and apparently no challengers filed to [...]
Early Voting Begins Today – 16 Constitutional Amendments Before Texas Voters
Early voting in the November election begins today and runs Monday-Friday from today, Monday, October 22nd through Friday, November 2nd. The polls will also be open Saturday, October 27th for those who cannot make it to vote during the week. Hours each day are 8AM-5PM, and for Forney-area voters (including Travis Ranch and Windmill Farms), [...]
Last Day to Register to Vote
Today, Tuesday, October 9th, is the last day to register to vote and still be able to vote in the November election. If you have moved to Forney from another county, you must register in Kaufman County in order to be able to vote here.
If you have moved from one address in Kaufman County [...]
Wade Gent Announces His Candidacy for State Representative, District 4
The Athens Review published a piece yesterday in which Wade Gent, Forney resident, announced his intention to run for the office of State Representative for District 4, which represents Kaufman County as well as Henderson County. He will be competing in the March Republican Primary against incumbent representative, Betty Brown.
Election Results
No word if this is final, and I’m sure there’s still some mail-in, provisional, etc. ballots to be counted, but the current counts from the county are:
FISD Proposition 1 – Second High School
For: 1,520 (60.10%)
Against: 1,009 (39.90%)
Mayor
Grooms: 762 (60.00%)
Weatherford: 508 (40.00%)
(All city council positions are unopposed, so in the sake of posting this as quickly [...]
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