OKAY – I heard ya!!

Sorry it’s taken a week to get this out but with the state convention coming up, the paperwork that needs to be done to report the results of the primary election, and prepare for the runoff I am just now catching up. But here is some of the information that I thought you might like to read and a little graph I thought you might like to see.

First, let’s look at a little history. The most primary voters in a GOP primary before 2010 was a little over 700 voters. In 2010 we broke our records and everyone’s expectations by registering 1678 primary voters.

This primary we almost managed to reach our record total of 1678 during the early voting stage of the primary with 1578 voters. Cap that off with the 1669 voters and from Primary Election Day and you have a grand total of 3247 GOP voters in this year’s primary election. Now compare that to only 548 votes in the Democrat Primary and I think it’s clear the Milam County has turned a political corner.

I know there has been a lot of talk about the number of GOP primary voters being high due to the Sheriff’s race being chosen in the GOP primary. And while that may have had a strong initial draw, the low number of uncommitted votes in the other GOP races shows it’s obvious that Milam County voters are embracing having a choice in the Primary.

Finally Milam County voters and candidates are choosing to vote based on their values and not just on the notion of only having one party to chose from in local elections. The trend is clear and the graph below demonstrates that clearly Milam County will no longer be considered a Democrat stronghold – Congratulations!!



Thanks, Bill