Dateline: December 6, 2001

Local voters pick Estes again   

Roger Estlack, Clarendon Enterprise

Voters in Donley County again chose Craig Estes to be their next State Senator in Tuesday’s run-off election to fill the seat of the late Sen. Tom Haywood.

With 270 of 317 precincts reporting at press time, Estes, a Republican, was leading Democrat Greg Underwood across District 30 by more than 4,000 votes. Local voters chose him by a margin of 93 to 68.

Turnout was low for Tuesday’s polling with barely more than five percent of voters casting ballots locally.