Tuesday, May 24, 2016 was the Run-Off Election for Austin County Precinct 1. Challenger Mark Lamp and Incumbent Reese Turner both gave it a good try but, in the end Precinct 1 chose Mark Lamp as their new county commissioner. Turnout for this election, according to Marcus Peña Austin County Tax Assessor/Collector, was better than average. When early voting closed after May 20th, Lamp was ahead 376 to 141.
Today, the total votes cast for precinct 1 voting were 172 for Lamp and 49 for Turner. This gave Lamp a resounding 548 votes to Turners 190 or 74.25% of the vote to 25.75%. Lamp will take office on the first part of January.
ACNO would like to offer our congratulations to both of these gentleman for caring enough about their community to run for public office.
Below are the complete results of voting in Austin County:
County Commissioner, Precinct No. 1
Mark Lamp:
- Early Voting – 376
- Election Day – 172
- Total Votes – 548
- Total Votes % – 74.25%
Reese Turner:
- Early Voting – 141
- Election Day – 49
- Total Votes – 190 25.75%
Railroad Commissioner (Republican Ticket)
Wayne Christian:
- Early Voting – 194
- Election Day – 159
- Total Votes – 353
- Total Votes % – 36.32%
Gary Gates:
- Early Voting – 405
- Election Day – 214
- Total Votes – 619
- Total Votes % – 63.68%
Railroad Commissioner (Democrat Ticket)
Cody Garrett:
- Early Voting – 28
- Election Day – 7
- Total Votes – 35
- Total Votes % – 53.85%
Grady Yarbrough:
- Early Voting – 22
- Election Day – 8
- Total Votes – 30
- Total Votes % – 46.15%
Judge. Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 2
Mary Lou Keel:
- Early Voting – 367
- Election Day – 207
- Total Votes – 574
- Total Votes % – 64.86%
Ray Wheless:
- Early Voting – 180
- Election Day – 131
- Total Votes – 311
- Total Votes % – 23.22%
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 5
Scott Walker:
- Early Voting – 373
- Election Day – 202
- Total Votes – 575
- Total Votes % – 66.78%
Brent Webster:
- Early Voting – 154
- Election Day – 132
- Total Votes – 286
- Total Votes % – 33.22%