State props see support in county, statewide
Off-year elections usually don’t draw huge numbers, and this year was no different as only about 5% of registered Hopkins County voters turned out to cast ballots on Cumby city council, North Hopkins ISD school board members and state constitutional amendments.
Wayne Mobley and Ryan Horne were reelected to the Cumby city council for Places 3 and 5 respectively, and for Place 4, Allie Crocker and Katherine Flinn tied.
Residents also elected Ellis Dicus and Jennifer Harrington to three-year terms on the North Hopkins ISD board of trustees. Dicus was an incumbent, and Harrington is new to the board.
Hopkins County, as did the entire state of Texas, voted in favor of all eight proposed constitutional amendments.
Hopkins County Clerk Tracy Smith reported no problems on Election Day, and the county did the partial manual recount Friday and has readied paperwork for election canvassing.
RESULTS
The following are unofficial results. Results are unofficial until canvassed.
City of Cumby Alderman 3
• Wayne Mobley - 22 votes (100%)
City of Cumby Alderman 4
• Allie Crocker - 11 votes (50%)
• Katherine Flinn 11 votes (50%)
City of Cumby Alderman 5
• Ryan Horne 26 votes (100%)
North Hopkins ISD Board of Trustees
• Ellis Dicus - 57 votes (27.67%)
• Robert McPherson - 46 votes (22.33%)
• Jennifer Harrington - 58 votes (28.16%)
• Michael S. James - 45 votes (21.84%)
Proposition 1: “The constitutional amendment authorizing the professional sports team charitable foundations of organizations sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association or the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association to conduct charitable raffles at rodeo venues.”
• For - 1,228 votes (84.75%)
• Against - 221 votes (15.25%)
Proposition 2: “The constitutional amendment authorizing a county to finance the development or redevelopment of transportation or infrastructure in unproductive, underdeveloped, or blighted areas in the county.”
• For - 764 votes (53.13%)
• Against - 674 (46.78%)
Proposition 3: “The constitutional amendment to prohibit this state or a political subdivision of this state from prohibiting or limiting religious services of religious organizations.”
• For - 1.169 votes (81.12%)
• Against - 272 votes (18.88%)
Proposition 4: “The constitutional amendment changing the eligibility requirements for a justice of the supreme court, a judge of the court of criminal appeals, a justice of a court of appeals, and a district judge.”
• For - 929 votes (65.89%)
• Against - 481 votes (34.11%)
Proposition 5: The constitutional amendment providing additional powers to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct with respect to candidates for judicial office.”
• For - 978 (69.36%)
• Against - 432 (30.64%)
Proposition 6: “The constitutional amendment establishing a right for residents of certain facilities to designate an essential caregiver for in-person visitation.”
• For - 1,319 votes (91.85%)
• Against - 117 votes (8.15%)
Proposition 7: “The constitutional amendment to allow the surviving spouse of a person who is disabled to receive a limitation on the school district ad valorem taxes on the spouse’s residence homestead if the spouse is 55 years of age or older at the time of the person’s death.”
• For - 1,321 votes (91.99%)
• Against - 115 votes (8.01%)
Proposition 8: “The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a member of the armed services of the United States who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty.”
• For - 1,327 votes (92.47%)
• Against - 108 votes (7.53%)