Results of the Nov. 5 General Election in Polk County mirrored those nationwide, with local voters overwhelmingly contributing to the red wave that swept the nation. Twenty-four thousand two hundred seventy people – or 58.76% of the county’s registered voters – cast ballots in the recent election. Unofficial local results are below.
President and Vice President Total Total %
Donald J. Trump/JD Vance (Rep) 19,147 79.19%
Kamala D. Harris/Tim Walz (Dem) 4,868 20.13%
Chase Oliver/Mike ter Maat (Lib) 100 0.41%
Jill Stein/Rudolph Ware (Grn) 59 0.24%
Claudia DeLaCruz/Karina Garcia (W) 1 0.00%
Cornel West (W) 1 0.00%
Peter Sonski (W) 1 0.00%
Peter Sonski/Lauren Onak (W) 3 0.01%
United States Senator
Ted Cruz (Rep) 18,525 77.10%
Colin Allred (Dem) 5,069 21.10%
Ted Brown (Lib) 433 1.80%
Tracy Andrus (W) 1 0.00%
United States Representative, District 8
Morgan Luttrell (Rep) 19,198 80.93%
Laura Jones (Dem) 4,524 19.07%
Railroad Commissioner
Christi Craddick (Rep) 18,447 79.03%
Katherine Culbert (Dem) 4,164 17.84%
Hawk Dunlap (Lib) 512 2.19%
Eddie Espinoza (Grn) 220 0.94%
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2
Jimmy Blacklock (Rep) 19,000 81.14%
DaSean Jones (Dem) 4,416 18.86%
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 4
John Devine (Rep) 18,841 80.69%
Christine Vinh Weems (Dem) 4,508 19.31%
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 6
Jane Bland (Rep) 18,527 79.25%
Bonnie Lee Goldstein (Dem) 4,296 18.38%
David Roberson (Lib) 554 2.37%
Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals
David J. Schenck (Rep) 18,888 80.94%
Holly Taylor (Dem) 4,448 19.06%
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 7
Gina Parker (Rep) 18,869 81.09%
Nancy Mulder (Dem) 4,400 18.91%
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 8
Lee Finley (Rep) 18,998 81.87%
Chika Anyiam (Dem) 4,208 18.13%
State Representative, District 9
Trent Ashby (Rep) 20,106 100.00%
Justice, 9th Court of Appeals District, Place 3
Leanne Johnson (Rep) 19,913 100.00%
Justice, 9th Court of Appeals District, Place 4
Kent Chambers (Rep) 19,799 100.00%
District Judge, 411th Judicial District
John Wells (Rep) 19,877 100.00%
Sheriff
Byron Lyons (Rep) 20,513 100.00%
County Tax Assessor-Collector
Tatum White (Rep) 20,046 100.00%
County Commissioner, Precinct 1
Guylene Rogers Robertson (Rep) 6,836 100.00%
County Commissioner, Precinct 3
Milton Byrd Purvis (Rep) 3,414 100.00%
Constable, Precinct 1
Scott Hughes (Rep) 6,817 100.00%
Constable, Precinct 2
William R. “Bill” Cunningham (Rep) 5,176 100.00%
Constable, Precinct 3
Kevin Burman (Rep) 3,363 100.00%
Constable, Precinct 4
Darwon Evans (Rep) 4,596 100.000%
Livingston ISD School Board
Steven Grimm 3,228 14.86%
Megan Murphy Rowe 4,978 22.92%
John Allen Slocomb 3,075 14.16%
Howard Smith 1,892 8.71%
Vivian “Bea” Ellis 4,498 20.71%
Dustin Andreas 2,184 10.06%
Chris Moehlmann 1,864 8.58%
Leggett ISD School Board
Zachary Johnson 250 27.78%
Tommie Collins 195 21.67%
Robert Nowlin 122 13.56%
Curtis Jefferson 171 19.00%
Kevin Willson 162 18.00%
City of Livingston Mayor
Joshua Grant 733 44.51%
Judy B. Cochran 914 55.49%
City of Livingston Alderman
Alan Cook 721 30.98%
Jennifer Andjelic 307 13.19%
Corey Dickerson 404 17.36%
Andy Evans 895 38.46%
