Texas primary election results
March 8, 2018
The 2018 Texas Primary Elections ended on March 6 after the last poll in El Paso closed at 8 p.m. Early voting ran from Feb. 20 to March 2 statewide. The following are the results for Bowie County offices and statewide offices that represent Bowie County.
Bowie County Offices
County Court At Law Judge
Craig Henry, 4,419
Cary Rochelle, 3,156
Commissioner, Precinct 2
Tom Whitten (incumbent), 2,188
Kenneth Zachary, 555
Commissioner, Precinct 4
Mike Carter (incumbent), 1,750
Robert Lorance, 837
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 2
Todd Fore, 2,268*
Lonnie Johnson, 1,286
Mike Lusk, 1,509*
*Neither Fore or Lusk have over 50% of the vote so they will head to a runoff.
Statewide Offices (** Denotes Incumbent)
U.S. Senate- Democratic Primary
Beto O’Rouke 641,324 61.8%
Sema Hernandez 246,308 23.7%
Edward Kimbrough 150,147 14.5%
U.S. Senate- Republican Primary
Ted Cruz** 1,317,450 85.3%
Mary Miller 246,308 23.7%
Bruce Jacobson 64,570 4.2%
Stefano de Stefano 44,318 2.9%
Geraldine Sam 22,832 1.5%
U.S. House (District Four)- Democratic Primary
Catherine Krantz 8,995 68.6%
Lander Bethel 4,109 31.4%
U.S. House (District Four)- Republican Primary
John Ratcliffe 63,105 85.5%
John Cooper 10,699 14.5%
Governor- Democratic Primary
Lupe Valdez 436,659 42.9%*
Andrew White 278,704 27.4%*
Cedric Davis 83,936 8.2%
Grady Yarbrough 54,655 5.4%
Jeffrey Payne 48,406 4.8%
Adrian Ocegueda 44,425 4.4%
Tom Wakely 34,889 3.4%
James Clark 21,945 2.2%
Joe Mumbach 13,921 1.4%
*Neither Valdez or White have over 50% of the vote so they will head to a runoff.
Governor- Republican Primary
Greg Abbott 1,392,294 90.4%
Barbara Krueger 127,524 8.3%
Larry S. Kilgore 20,478 1.3%
Lieutenant Governor- Democratic Primary
Mike Collier 501,772 52.4%
Michael Cooper 456,319 47.6%
Lieutenant Governor- Democratic Primary
Mike Collier 501,772 52.4%
Michael Cooper 456,319 47.6%
Lieutenant Governor- Republican Primary
Dan Patrick 1,168,293 76.0%
Scott Milder 367,946 24.0%