In last Tuesday night’s election returns—which came in after press time for The Texas Spur and were reported on social media that night—Kent County supported Republican candidates in partisan races about four to one.
Early voting was robust, with nearly three-quarters of the county’s voters casting their ballots early. A total of 445 votes were cast.
In district and county races, Republican and Democratic candidates who had won their primaries were unopposed: District Attorney Mike Fouts, a Democrat and the incumbent office holder, took 212 Kent County votes; Kent County Sheriff and Tax Collector-Assessor William Scogin, also an incumbent Democrat, was elected with 257 votes.
For County Commissioner Precinct 1, Republican Turney Coulter was elected to the seat being vacated by the retiring Roy Chisum, and Republican Debbie Myers was elected to the seat she won in the primary from Darryl Ham.
Jayton-Girard ISD, which had put before its voters four ambitious propositions to be supported by a bond but anticipated little if any increase to voters’ taxes due to its expected repayment from the Permanent School Fund, saw one measure pass and three fail.
Proposition C, which was approved, involves the issuance of $1,000,000 in bonds for school technology improvements and the levy of taxes sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.
Proposition A, which would have provided $10 million for school facilities and the purchase of new school buses, was rejected by 184 votes to 176.
Proposition B, which would have provided $9 million for school teacher housing, was declined by an even larger margin, 215 votes to 140.
Proposition D, which would have provided $1 million for recreational facilities such as a golf driving range open to the public, was defeated by the largest margin of all, 240 votes to 116.
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