SUMMARY REPT-GROUP DETAIL HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS OFFICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION MARCH 4, 2008 STATISTICS TOTAL VOTES % ABSENTEE EARLY VOTING ELECTION DAY LIM/PROV PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 140). . . . . 140 100.00 REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . 291,301 REGISTERED VOTERS - DEMOCRATIC PARTY . 45 .02 REGISTERED VOTERS - REPUBLICAN PARTY . 0 BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . 92,613 1,411 53,733 37,409 60 BALLOTS CAST - DEMOCRATIC PARTY . . . 86,241 93.12 1,411 50,490 34,280 60 BALLOTS CAST - REPUBLICAN PARTY . . . 5,726 6.18 0 3,243 2,483 0 VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL . . . . . . 31.79 VOTER TURNOUT - DEMOCRATIC PARTY. . . 646.67 ********** (REPUBLICAN PARTY) ********** President VOTE FOR 1 Mitt Romney. . . . . . . . . . 186 3.25 8 104 74 0 Mike Huckabee . . . . . . . . . 1,900 33.20 23 970 907 0 Duncan Hunter . . . . . . . . . 22 .38 0 11 11 0 John McCain. . . . . . . . . . 3,147 54.99 37 1,875 1,235 0 Hoa Tran. . . . . . . . . . . 5 .09 0 3 2 0 Rudy Giuliani . . . . . . . . . 46 .80 0 33 13 0 Ron Paul. . . . . . . . . . . 265 4.63 3 125 137 0 Hugh Cort . . . . . . . . . . 10 .17 0 7 3 0 Alan Keyes . . . . . . . . . . 30 .52 2 16 12 0 Fred Thompson . . . . . . . . . 35 .61 0 19 16 0 Uncommitted. . . . . . . . . . 77 1.35 2 40 35 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 78 0 40 38 0 United States Senator VOTE FOR 1 John Cornyn. . . . . . . . . . 3,760 75.52 45 2,124 1,591 0 Larry Kilgore . . . . . . . . . 1,219 24.48 19 690 510 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 811 0 429 382 0 US Representative, District 15 VOTE FOR 1 Eddie Zamora . . . . . . . . . 2,962 100.00 36 1,571 1,355 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,177 0 676 501 0 US Representative, District 28 VOTE FOR 1 Jim Fish. . . . . . . . . . . 1,072 100.00 23 647 402 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 574 0 349 225 0 Railroad Commissioner VOTE FOR 1 Michael L. Williams . . . . . . . 3,945 100.00 58 2,218 1,669 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,839 0 1,025 814 0 Chief Justice, Supreme Court VOTE FOR 1 Wallace B. Jefferson. . . . . . . 3,830 100.00 59 2,132 1,639 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,955 0 1,111 844 0 Justice, Supreme Court, Place 7 VOTE FOR 1 Dale Wainwright . . . . . . . . 3,762 100.00 56 2,092 1,614 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 2,020 0 1,151 869 0 Justice, Supreme Court, P8 VOTE FOR 1 Phil Johnson . . . . . . . . . 3,766 100.00 58 2,107 1,601 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 2,018 0 1,136 882 0 Judge, CT of Criminal Appeals, P3 VOTE FOR 1 Tom Price . . . . . . . . . . 3,809 100.00 58 2,140 1,611 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,975 0 1,103 872 0 Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place VOTE FOR 1 Robert Francis. . . . . . . . . 1,989 46.88 29 1,117 843 0 Paul Womack. . . . . . . . . . 2,254 53.12 35 1,250 969 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,547 0 876 671 0 Judge, CT of Criminal Appeals, P9 VOTE FOR 1 Cathy Cochran . . . . . . . . . 3,846 100.00 57 2,130 1,659 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,937 0 1,113 824 0 Member, State BOE, DIST 2 VOTE FOR 1 Peter H. Johnston. . . . . . . . 3,181 100.00 48 1,714 1,419 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,690 0 949 741 0 State Representative, District 41 VOTE FOR 1 Javier Villalobos. . . . . . . . 1,717 100.00 22 928 767 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 866 0 487 379 0 Justice, 13th CT of Appeals DIST, P6 VOTE FOR 1 Caroline Bertuzzi. . . . . . . . 3,710 100.00 56 2,066 1,588 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 2,072 0 1,177 895 0 District Judge, 449th J DIST VOTE FOR 1 Danny Rios . . . . . . . . . . 3,812 100.00 59 2,109 1,644 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,973 0 1,134 839 0 County Republican Chairman VOTE FOR 1 Hollis Rutledge, Jr.. . . . . . . 4,142 100.00 59 2,323 1,760 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,643 0 920 723 0 Precinct Chairman, PCT 62 VOTE FOR 1 Kevin D. Pagan. . . . . . . . . 70 58.82 0 40 30 0 C. Sheré Vassberg. . . . . . . . 49 41.18 0 33 16 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 32 0 16 16 0 Precinct Chairman, PCT 97 VOTE FOR 1 Dorothy J. Egger . . . . . . . . 22 59.46 0 17 5 0 Daniel Rene Fernandez . . . . . . 15 40.54 0 10 5 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 11 0 7 4 0 ********** (DEMOCRATIC PARTY) ********** President VOTE FOR 1 Joe Biden . . . . . . . . . . 189 .22 0 117 72 0 Christopher J. Dodd . . . . . . . 95 .11 1 56 38 0 John Edwards . . . . . . . . . 561 .66 2 345 214 0 Barack Obama . . . . . . . . . 22,114 25.87 229 12,271 9,594 20 Bill Richardson . . . . . . . . 493 .58 6 305 182 0 Hillary Clinton . . . . . . . . 62,037 72.57 1,151 36,454 24,392 40 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 3 3 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,395 19 942 434 0 United States Senator VOTE FOR 1 Rhett R. Smith. . . . . . . . . 3,614 5.70 28 2,250 1,333 3 Gene Kelly . . . . . . . . . . 10,634 16.77 165 6,569 3,890 10 Richard J. (Rick) Noriega . . . . . 44,131 69.58 754 23,941 19,403 33 Ray McMurrey . . . . . . . . . 5,050 7.96 53 3,074 1,919 4 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 1 1 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 23,457 410 14,656 8,381 10 US Representative, District 15 VOTE FOR 1 Rubén Hinojosa. . . . . . . . . 42,782 100.00 534 23,895 18,317 36 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 17,299 497 10,412 6,378 12 US Representative, District 28 VOTE FOR 1 Henry Cuellar . . . . . . . . . 16,132 100.00 133 9,503 6,488 8 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 10,674 247 6,680 3,743 4 Railroad Commissioner VOTE FOR 1 Art Hall. . . . . . . . . . . 9,083 17.31 233 5,200 3,642 8 Dale Henry . . . . . . . . . . 16,967 32.34 251 9,684 7,015 17 Mark Thompson . . . . . . . . . 26,412 50.35 356 14,939 11,098 19 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 34,425 571 20,667 13,171 16 Chief Justice, Supreme Court VOTE FOR 1 Jim Jordan . . . . . . . . . . 43,266 100.00 568 24,135 18,526 37 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 43,621 843 26,355 16,400 23 Justice, Supreme Court, Place 7 VOTE FOR 1 Baltasar D. Cruz . . . . . . . . 40,913 70.24 663 23,005 17,215 30 Sam Houston. . . . . . . . . . 17,335 29.76 285 10,433 6,600 17 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 28,639 463 17,052 11,111 13 Justice, Supreme Court, P8 VOTE FOR 1 Susan Criss. . . . . . . . . . 10,762 17.49 131 6,449 4,173 9 Linda Reyna Yañez. . . . . . . . 50,775 82.51 872 28,946 20,919 38 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 1 1 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 25,349 407 15,095 9,834 13 Judge, CT of Criminal Appeals, P3 VOTE FOR 1 Susan Strawn . . . . . . . . . 44,605 100.00 553 25,219 18,796 37 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 42,282 858 25,271 16,130 23 Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place VOTE FOR 1 J.R. Molina. . . . . . . . . . 42,622 100.00 598 23,958 18,028 38 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 44,265 813 26,532 16,898 22 Member, State BOE, DIST 2 VOTE FOR 1 Lupe A. Gonzalez . . . . . . . . 23,660 55.52 318 13,180 10,150 12 Mary Helen Berlanga . . . . . . . 18,959 44.48 268 11,117 7,549 25 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 21,929 254 12,782 8,881 12 State Senator, District 20 VOTE FOR 1 Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa. . . . . . . 30,099 100.00 237 17,653 12,205 4 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 17,900 265 10,747 6,849 39 State Senator, District 27 VOTE FOR 1 Eddie Lucio, Jr. . . . . . . . . 22,688 100.00 468 12,147 10,069 4 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 16,200 441 9,943 5,803 13 State Representative, District 36 VOTE FOR 1 Kino Flores. . . . . . . . . . 11,173 52.17 183 6,787 4,201 2 Sandra Rodriguez . . . . . . . . 10,245 47.83 140 6,240 3,863 2 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,999 14 1,204 775 6 State Representative, District 39 VOTE FOR 1 Armando "Mando" Martinez . . . . . 12,664 100.00 380 6,799 5,483 2 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 9,198 201 5,187 3,805 5 State Representative, District 40 VOTE FOR 1 Aaron Peña . . . . . . . . . . 10,169 53.10 196 5,744 4,228 1 Eddie Saenz. . . . . . . . . . 8,982 46.90 196 5,530 3,252 4 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 2,104 16 1,272 796 20 State Representative, District 41 VOTE FOR 1 Veronica Gonzales. . . . . . . . 13,933 100.00 54 8,204 5,674 1 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 6,220 31 3,523 2,649 17 Justice, 13th CT of Appeals DIST, P6 VOTE FOR 1 Dori Contreras Garza. . . . . . . 45,858 100.00 640 26,050 19,160 8 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 41,029 771 24,440 15,766 52 District Judge, J DIST 92 VOTE FOR 1 Ricardo P. Rodriguez, Jr. . . . . . 44,834 100.00 616 25,419 18,791 8 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 42,053 795 25,071 16,135 52 District Judge, J DIST 93 VOTE FOR 1 Rudy Delgado . . . . . . . . . 43,292 100.00 584 24,320 18,381 7 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 43,595 827 26,170 16,545 53 District Judge, J DIST 139 VOTE FOR 1 Bobby Flores . . . . . . . . . 46,957 100.00 641 26,675 19,631 10 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 39,930 770 23,815 15,295 50 District Judge, J DIST 332 VOTE FOR 1 Mario E. Ramirez, Jr. . . . . . . 43,227 100.00 589 24,493 18,137 8 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 43,660 822 25,997 16,789 52 District Judge, J DIST 389 VOTE FOR 1 Letty Lopez. . . . . . . . . . 45,051 100.00 622 25,521 18,901 7 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 41,836 789 24,969 16,025 53 District Judge, J DIST 398 VOTE FOR 1 Aida Salinas Flores . . . . . . . 48,259 100.00 651 27,377 20,223 8 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 38,628 760 23,113 14,703 52 District Judge, J DIST 430 VOTE FOR 1 Israel Ramon, Jr.. . . . . . . . 42,640 100.00 595 24,231 17,808 6 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 44,147 816 26,259 17,018 54 District Judge, 449th J DIST VOTE FOR 1 Jesse Contreras . . . . . . . . 40,792 58.17 1,054 24,855 14,877 6 Maxine Longoria-Nash. . . . . . . 29,335 41.83 272 16,273 12,785 5 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 16,760 85 9,362 7,264 49 Sheriff VOTE FOR 1 Guadalupe "Lupe" Treviño, Jr.. . . . 54,699 100.00 749 31,400 22,543 7 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 32,188 662 19,090 12,383 53 County Tax Assessor-Collector VOTE FOR 1 Armando Barrera, Jr.. . . . . . . 51,126 100.00 650 28,967 21,502 7 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 35,721 761 21,523 13,384 53 County Commissioner, PCT 1 VOTE FOR 1 Tina Casares . . . . . . . . . 6,787 30.17 182 3,563 3,042 0 Alfredo "Fred" Hernandez . . . . . 2,292 10.19 39 1,158 1,095 0 Sylvia Handy . . . . . . . . . 13,414 59.64 563 7,956 4,891 4 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 1 1 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 2,162 29 1,118 1,011 4 County Commissioner, PCT 3 VOTE FOR 1 Joe M. Flores . . . . . . . . . 10,367 100.00 113 6,004 4,248 2 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 8,991 204 5,479 3,301 7 Justice of the Peace, PCT 1, P1 VOTE FOR 1 Gilberto Saenz. . . . . . . . . 8,450 58.63 231 4,287 3,931 1 Felix Guajardo. . . . . . . . . 3,160 21.93 258 1,822 1,079 1 David Guerra . . . . . . . . . 2,802 19.44 52 1,636 1,114 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 1 1 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,803 13 947 841 2 Justice of the Peace, PCT 2, P1 VOTE FOR 1 Bobby Contreras . . . . . . . . 11,327 100.00 99 6,480 4,747 1 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 8,986 89 5,633 3,254 10 Justice of the Peace, PCT 3, P1 VOTE FOR 1 Luis J. Garza . . . . . . . . . 11,823 100.00 111 6,880 4,830 2 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 9,732 212 5,922 3,591 7 Justice of the Peace, PCT 4, P1 VOTE FOR 1 Charlie Espinoza . . . . . . . . 10,263 54.79 84 6,009 4,169 1 David Chavana . . . . . . . . . 8,468 45.21 44 5,027 3,395 2 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 3,868 11 2,149 1,679 29 Constable, PCT 1 VOTE FOR 1 David Mora . . . . . . . . . . 3,381 23.79 72 1,749 1,559 1 Robert "Bobby" Maldonado . . . . . 4,230 29.76 265 2,264 1,700 1 Jose Joe Alcala . . . . . . . . 533 3.75 7 269 257 0 Celestino Avila . . . . . . . . 6,068 42.70 183 3,376 2,509 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 7 7 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,997 21 1,034 940 2 Constable, PCT 2 VOTE FOR 1 Frank Prado, Sr. . . . . . . . . 2,848 18.15 20 1,661 1,166 1 Juan S. Quintanilla . . . . . . . 5,676 36.17 70 3,506 2,100 0 Gilbert Chato Alaniz. . . . . . . 7,170 45.69 73 4,238 2,859 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 4,619 25 2,708 1,876 10 Constable, PCT 3 VOTE FOR 1 Lazaro (Larry) Gallardo, Jr. . . . . 11,158 100.00 129 6,480 4,547 2 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 10,397 194 6,322 3,874 7 Constable, PCT 4 VOTE FOR 1 Andres "Andy" Rios . . . . . . . 4,279 22.68 38 2,578 1,663 0 Cerda Frank. . . . . . . . . . 1,799 9.54 14 1,037 747 1 Armando Patlan. . . . . . . . . 1,133 6.01 8 640 485 0 Mateo Niño . . . . . . . . . . 758 4.02 5 436 317 0 J. E. "Eddie" Guerra. . . . . . . 4,080 21.63 21 2,281 1,778 0 Ronny Perez. . . . . . . . . . 3,390 17.97 12 2,157 1,219 2 James "JP" Flores. . . . . . . . 3,424 18.15 28 2,019 1,377 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 3,736 13 2,037 1,657 29 Constable, PCT 5 VOTE FOR 1 "Walo" Bazan . . . . . . . . . 3,708 63.07 139 2,274 1,295 0 Juan Díaz Aleman . . . . . . . . 407 6.92 11 215 181 0 Mario Leal . . . . . . . . . . 1,764 30.01 51 987 724 2 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 325 5 222 96 2 County Democratic Chairman VOTE FOR 1 Dolly L. Elizondo. . . . . . . . 34,053 50.63 528 19,786 13,734 5 Juan J. Maldonado. . . . . . . . 33,202 49.37 633 19,235 13,330 4 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 1 1 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 19,631 249 11,469 7,862 51 Precinct Chairman, PCT 122 VOTE FOR 1 Francisco Jimenez, Jr. . . . . . . 684 57.72 3 407 274 0 Herlinda Montemayor . . . . . . . 501 42.28 4 322 175 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 517 6 405 106 0 ********** (REPUBLICAN PARTY) ********** IMMIGRATION VOTE FOR 1 YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,088 92.90 69 2,869 2,150 0 NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 7.10 5 187 197 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 323 0 187 136 0 PHOTO ID VOTE FOR 1 YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,252 95.94 68 2,935 2,249 0 NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 4.06 7 117 98 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 327 0 191 136 0 CONTROLLING GOVERNMENT GROWTH VOTE FOR 1 YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,952 92.84 70 2,780 2,102 0 NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 7.16 1 206 175 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 463 0 257 206 0