Dateline: November 9, 2006

Trout, Johnson win re-election Tuesday

By Roger Estlack, Clarendon Enterprise

In the only two locally contested races Tuesday, Donley County voters in Precincts 1, 2, and 4 returned the incumbents to office.

Justice of the Peace for Pcts. 1&2 Jimmy Johnson (R) fended off a challenge from Democrat Connie Havens and won re-election, 408-275.

Precinct 4 voters gave their commissioner, Bob Trout (D), another term in office and chose not to write in the name of his challenger, Claude DeBord, by a margin of 181 to 79.

Other local races were uncontested and results are as follows: County Judge Jack Hall (D) 987, County Treasurer Wanda Smith (R) 1065, County Attorney Landon Lambert (R) 980, County Clerk Fay Vargas (D) 1006, Pcts. 3&4 Justice of the Peace Ann Kennedy (D) 446,  and Pct. 2 Commissioner Donnie Hall (R) 318.

Donley County voters vastly preferred native son US Rep. Mac Thornberry (R), choosing him over his challenger Roger Waun (D) by a margin of .

Local voters also wanted to give Gov. Rick Perry (R) another term, giving him 538 votes to 292 for independent Carole Strayhorn, 258 for independent Kinky Friedman, and 170 for Chris Bell (D).