Republicans win huge in Terry County

by Eric

Terry County voters again went overwhelmingly for Republican candidates, even in the local county races. Tuesday night November 8, 2022, several Terry County citizens converged on the Terry County Courthouse to see the results of the 2022 Mid-term Election. Unfortunately due to an issue with the ballot machines, the Terry County Joint Elections Office was unable to produce the early and mail-in ballots right after the polls closed, so no tabulations were available until about five minutes before 10:00 pm. About 35 minutes after the total votes were given and out of the 6368 total registered voters in Terry County, 2572 voted.

Beginning with the Terry County Judge position, current Brownfield Police Chief Tony Serbantez (Rep) won over current City of Brownfield Parks and Recreation Director Scott Jackson (Dem) with 1,996 votes to 576 votes or 77% of the votes cast. In the County Commissioner Precinct 2 race, Richard Cavazos (Rep) won over write-in candidate Edgar Rivera with 506 votes to 36 votes or 93% of the votes cast. Moving on to the County Commissioner Precinct 4 race, incumbent Ernesto Elizardo (Rep) won over Shorty Martinez (Dem) 491 votes to 109 votes or 82% of the votes cast.

Here is the breakdown for each precinct of the Terry County Judge Race

PRECINCTS101201202301401402TOTAL
Tony Serbantez747245207320379981996
Scott Jackson203775711411213576

Here is the breakdown for each Precinct 2 Polling Place of the Commissioner Precinct 2

PRECINCTS201 (BROWNFIELD)202 (MEADOW)TOTAL
Richard Cavazos260246506
Write-in (Edgar Rivera)231336

Here is the breakdown for each Precinct 4 Polling Place of the Commissioner Precinct 4

PRECINCTS401 (BROWNFIELD)402 (WELLMAN)TOTAL
Ernesto Elizardo384107491
Shorty Martinez9910109

In the Texas Governor’s race, Incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott won over Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke in Terry County by 2163 votes to 376. In the whole state 98% reporting, Gov. Abbott won over Beto by 4,427,802 votes to 3,534,769 a difference so far of 893,033 votes. In the Lt. Governors race, Incumbent Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick won over Mike Collier in Terry County by 2023 votes to 388 votes. On the state side with 98% reporting, Lt. Gov Patrick has won with 4,302,767 votes to 3,471,627.

Two other races of note were the Texas Attorney General’s office and Texas Agriculture Commissioner. In Terry County for the AG office, Incumbent Ken Paxton beat out Rochelle Garza by 2010 votes to 420. On the state side, AG Paxton won by 4,270,526 votes to Garza’s 3,487,112. Ag Commissioner Sid Miller will get another term winning over Susan Hays by 4,468,890 to 3,459,050.

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