Hopkins County voters selected the same candidates as the overall state, federal and district winners on Nov. 8, 2022. However, each victor won by more than 80% in Hopkins County, and all are Republicans.
In Hopkins County, 12,212 voted in the District 4 United States Representative race, with 10,105 votes (82.75%) cast for incumbent Pat Fallon, 1,799 (14.73%) for Democrat Iro Omere and Libertarian John Simmons’ 2.52% of votes in the county. Across District 4, a total of 255,366 ballots were cast for the District 4 US Representative 170,466 (66.76%) voted for Fallon, 78,865 (30.88%) for Omere and 6,035 (2.36%) for John Simmons.
Of the 12,321 votes cast in Hopkins County in the Governor’s race, 10,208 (82.85%) voted Republican Greg Abbott to serve another term, 1,984 (16.1%) voted for Democrat Beto O’Rourke, 102 (0.83%) for Libertarian Mark Tippetts and 27 (0.22%) voted for Green Party candidate Delilah Barrios. Statewide, however, Gov. Abbott received 4,424,776 of the 8,072,188 ballots cast in the governor’s race, giving him an 11.02% lead. O’Rourke received 3,535,621 votes (42.8%), Tippetts 81,629 votes (1.01%), Barrios 28,508 votes (0.35%). The two write-in candidates for governor also received less than 1% of votes for Governor; Jacqueline Abernathy received 1,163 votes and Mark Goloby 491 votes.
Republican Dan Patrick finished ahead of the two challengers for another term as Lieutenant Governor. Patrick received 4,305,731 votes (53.81%) state-wide, but carried Hopkins County with 80.98% of votes. Democrat Mike Collier received 3,474,476 votes (42.42%) statewide, and 2,123 votes (17.29%) in Hopkins County. Libertarian Shanna Steele received 221,522 votes (2.77%) across the state and 212 votes (1.73%) in Hopkins County.
Ken Paxton finished ahead of the two challengers for the office of Attorney General. The incumbent Republican received 4,267,081 votes (53.48%) state-wide and 9,976 votes (91.44%) in Hopkins County. Democrat Rochelle Mercedes Garza received 3,479,377 votes (43.6%) state-wide and 1,984 (16.2%) in Hopkins County. Libertarian Mark Ash received 289 votes (2.36%) in Hopkins County and 232,939 (2.92%) across the state.
Glenn Hegar lead the race for Comptroller of Public Accounts by more than 15%, with the Republican incumbent receiving a total of 4,483,841 votes (56.45%) statewide and 10,187 votes in Hopkins County (83.4%). Democrat Janet T. Dudding finished with 3,248,166 votes (40.89%) statewide and 1,832 (15%) in Hopkins County. Libertarian V. Alonzo Echevarria-Garza received 195 votes (1.6%) in Hopkins County and 211,466 (2.66%) across the state.
Republican Dawn Buckingham came out ahead of the three other candidates for the office of Commissioner of General Land Office, receiving 4,451,218 votes (56.21%) from across the state and in Hopkins County she received 10,151 votes (83.61%). Democrat Jay Kleberg came in second with 3,333,093 votes state-wide (42.09%) and 1,885 (15.53%) in Hopkins County. Alfred Molison, Jr., receive 105 votes in Hopkins County (0.85%) and 132,553 (1.67%) state-wide. A total of 1,822 Texans voted for write-in candidate Carrie Evelyn Menger for General Land Office Commissioner, which is 0.02%.
In the election for Agriculture Commissioner, Republican Sid Miller received 4,467,293 votes (56.38%) and Democrat Susan Hayes received 3,456,106 votes (43.62%). That includes 10,219 voters (83.69%) who chose incumbent Miller and 1,991 (16.31%) who chose Hays in Hopkins County.
In the election for Railroad Commissioner, incumbent Wayne Christian received 4,388,791 votes (55.42%), including 10,084 Hopkins County residents (92.85%). Democrat Luke Warford received 1,800 votes (14.79%) in Hopkins County and 3,206,750 (40.49%) state-wide. Libertarian Jaime Andres Diez received 207 Hopkins County votes (1.7%) and 238,701 (3.01%) across the state. Green Party candidate Hunter Wayne Crow received 85,215 votes statewide (1.08%), including 80 ballots (0.66%) cast in Hopkins County.
Of the 7,927,760 ballots cast across Texas for Place 3 Supreme Court Justice, Debra Lehrmann finished ahead with 4,452,606 (56.16%); in Hopkins County the Republican incumbent lead with 10,109 (82.94%) votes. Democrat Erin A. Nowell finished with 3,313,670 votes (41.8%) state-wide, including 1,896 (15.56%) votes in Hopkins County. Libertarian Thomas Edward Oxford received 161,484 votes (2.04%), including 183 ballots cast in Hopkins County (1.5%).
Incumbent Place 5 Supreme Court Justice Rebeca Huddle received 4,518,207 votes to Democrat challenger Amanda Reichek’s 3,389,042 votes. That put the Republican Huddle up 57.14% to Reichek’s 42.86%, statewide. In Hopkins County, 10,323 voted for the incumbent (84.02%) and 1,946 (15.98%) for the challenger.
Republican Evan Young finished ahead of challenger Julia Maldonado for Place 9 Justice on the Supreme Court, 56.46% (4,462,343 votes) to 43.54% (3,440,852 votes). The incumbent received 10,206 votes (83.83%) and the Democrat challenger 1,969 votes (16.17%) in Hopkins County.
Incumbent Scott Walker received 57% of the ballots (4,500,846 votes) cast in Texas in the Place 5 Court of Criminal Appeals Judge race and Democrat Dana Huffman 43% (3,395,995 votes). The Republican received 83.7% (10,175 votes) and challenger 16.3% (1,981 votes) in Hopkins County.
Republican Jesse F. McClure III received 4,513,071 (57.27%) votes and Democrat challenger Robert Johnson 3,367,069 (42.73%) in the race for Place 6 Court of Criminal Appeals Judge. The incumbent received 10,162 votes (83.73%) and challenger Johnson 1,975 votes (16.2%) in Hopkins County.
While Pam Little received 10,024 (82.5%) votes in Hopkins County, the Republican garnered 398,688 votes (61.09%) at the state level in her bid for reelection to District 12 State Board of Education. Democrat Alex Cornwallis came in second for the seat with 235,161 votes (36.03%), 1,859 (15.3%) of them cast in Hopkins County. Libertarian Christy Mowrey received 18,599 votes (2.85%), 267 (2.2%) from Hopkins County. Write-in candidate Rosiland Davis received 191 votes (0.03%).
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