March 2, 2016 - Election results for Shelby County were slow coming in March 1, 2016 with final totals not calculated until close to midnight. Higher voter turnout than projected for the Republican Party left election workers having to print ballots. The printed ballots could not be run through the machines and required hand counting by volunteers.
The process for hand counting ballots requires 3-person teams who mark down in log books as each selected candidates name is read and totals compared in the end to ensure accuracy.
Now that all boxes are in, Shelby County will have two local run-off races, District Judge 123rd Judicial District and Constable Precinct 3, with none of the candidates receiving over 50% of the total votes in either race.
Three incumbents were defeated. In the Commissioner Pct 3 race Travis Rodgers was defeated by Charles Barr and Constable Pct 4 Bryan Gray was defeated by Jake Metcalf. In the District Judge 123rd Judicial District race incumbent Charles "Brick" Dickerson was defeated by Rafferty and Parker.
In the Statewide race for Railroad Commissioner, Wayne Christian carried 78% of Shelby County. With 71.94% of the total precincts, Christian has 19.85% of the votes only behind Gary Gates who has 29.18% and a run-off election looks to be unavoidable. Without all precincts in, it is unknown at this time if Christian will be in the run-off.
Posted at 11:32pm - All Boxes In
- Republican Party Results (Includes Federal, State, County)
- Democratic Party Results (Includes Federal, State, County)
Shelby County Local Results (Underlined candidates won their race, *** indicates run-off candidates)
Texas Elections Results, Office of the Secretary of State
| DISTRICT JUDGE, 123RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT | ||||||
| (Updated Panola Numbers. Last numbers weren't all boxes in.) | ||||||
| Charles "Brick" Dickerson (REP) | EARLY | 314 | ||||
| Panola County: 876 | PRECINCT | 712 | ||||
| Both Counties: 1902 (18.78%) | TOTAL | 1,026 | ||||
| Leann Kay Rafferty (REP)*** | EARLY | 1,034 | ||||
| Panola County: 1225 | PRECINCT | 2,280 | ||||
| Both Counties: 4539 (44.82%) | TOTAL | 3,314 | ||||
| Mike Parker (REP)*** | EARLY | 253 | ||||
| Panola County: 2943 | PRECINCT | 491 | ||||
| Both Counties: 3687 (36.40%) | TOTAL | 744 | ||||
| DISTRICT ATTORNEY | ||||||
| Stephen Shires (REP) | EARLY | 1,099 | ||||
| PRECINCT | 2,529 | |||||
| TOTAL | 3,628 | |||||
| COUNTY ATTORNEY | ||||||
| Kenneth Florence (REP) | EARLY | 397 | ||||
| PRECINCT | 879 | |||||
| TOTAL | 1,276 | |||||
| Gary Rholes (REP) | EARLY | 1,201 | ||||
| PRECINCT | 2,593 | |||||
| TOTAL | 3,794 | |||||
| SHERIFF | ||||||
| Ricky Allen (REP) | EARLY | 704 | ||||
| PRECINCT | 1,851 | |||||
| TOTAL | 2,555 | |||||
| Willis Blackwell (REP) | EARLY | 904 | ||||
| PRECINCT | 1,718 | |||||
| TOTAL | 2,622 | |||||
| COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR | ||||||
| Debora Riley (REP) | EARLY | 1,293 | ||||
| PRECINCT | 2,810 | |||||
| TOTAL | 4,103 | |||||
| COUNTY COMMISSIONER, PRECINCT NO. 1 | ||||||
| Roscoe McSwain (REP) | EARLY | 440 | ||||
| PRECINCT | 596 | |||||
| TOTAL | 1,036 | |||||
| Donnie Borders (REP) | EARLY | 156 | ||||
| PRECINCT | 239 | |||||
| TOTAL | 395 | |||||
| COUNTY COMMISSIONER, PRECINCT NO. 3 | ||||||
| Travis Rodgers (REP) | EARLY | 186 | ||||
| PRECINCT | 352 | |||||
| TOTAL | 538 | |||||
| Charles Barr (REP) | EARLY | 332 | ||||
| PRECINCT | 664 | |||||
| TOTAL | 996 | |||||
| CONSTABLE, PRECINCT NO. 1 | ||||||
| Zack Warr (REP) | EARLY | 802 | ||||
| PRECINCT | 1,169 | |||||
| TOTAL | 1,971 | |||||
| CONSTABLE, PRECINCT NO. 2 | ||||||
| Jamie Hagler (REP) | EARLY | 129 | ||||
| PRECINCT | 452 | |||||
| TOTAL | 581 | |||||
| CONSTABLE, PRECINCT NO. 3 | ||||||
| Jimmy Wagstaff (REP) | EARLY | 66 | ||||
| PRECINCT | 81 | |||||
| TOTAL | 147 | 14.66% | ||||
| Roy Cheatwood (REP)*** | EARLY | 129 | ||||
| PRECINCT | 339 | |||||
| TOTAL | 468 | 46.66% | ||||
| Scott Burkhalter (REP)*** | EARLY | 101 | ||||
| PRECINCT | 287 | |||||
| TOTAL | 388 | 38.68% | ||||
| CONSTABLE, PRECINCT NO. 4 | ||||||
| Bryan Gray (REP) | EARLY | 37 | ||||
| PRECINCT | 140 | |||||
| TOTAL | 177 | |||||
| Jacob (Jake) Metcalf (REP) | EARLY | 41 | ||||
| PRECINCT | 189 | |||||
| TOTAL | 230 | |||||
| CONSTABLE, PRECINCT NO. 5 | ||||||
| Robert Hairgrove (REP) | EARLY | 70 | ||||
| PRECINCT | 443 | |||||
| TOTAL | 513 | |||||
| Adam Renfro (REP) | EARLY | 24 | ||||
| PRECINCT | 183 | |||||
| TOTAL | 207 | |||||
Note from the Editor: As volunteers to count ballots were needed, myself and Scott Flowers along with Jesse Jacobs with KDET radio were recruited to assist. Hats off to all the volunteers who have helped with running the election including manning polling locations and counting ballots. It is a back-breaking job and to the faithful who are always ready to help - Thank You! We have new appreciation for the job you do!
