There's Got to Be a Morning After: Post-Primary Recap

We don't know about you, but we spent over two hours at our caucus last night, glad that no one came to blows. Our precinct turned out 2/3 for Obama and 1/3 for Clinton, and while it is still early yet, Obama seems to be leading by 2/3 to Hillary's 1/3 in the Travis County precinct convention results (in Travis County, Obama got 65% of the primary vote). So even though it seems that Hillary won the Texas primary (it's interesting that Obama led in statewide early voting), Obama may beat her in delegate numbers. Last night, Clinton won Rhode Island and Ohio, while Vermont went to Obama.

In the GOP race, McCain is now the GOP candidate as Huckabee gives up the ghost. In Travis County, Ron Paul won 17% of the vote (he got 5% of the vote statewide) - still clearly beat by McCain.

As far as state results, Democrat Rick Noriega will go up against Cornyn in November for the US Senate race. Noriega is a former State Rep. from Houston who served in Afghanistan through the National Guard.

In the Democratic District 10 US Rep. race, dearly fought between Larry Joe Doherty and Dan Grant, Doherty collected 58% of the vote to beat out Grant. The fight between incumbent Dawnna Dukes and Brian Thompson for District 46 State Rep. was not as close as hoped; the "Craddick D" beat the newbie with 65% of the vote. Republican Pamela Waggoner will face off against Rep. Donna Howard in November in the District 48 State Rep. Race; Waggoner won about 62% of the vote in her primary race.

There will be a run-off for Travis County DA between Mindy Montford and Rosemary Lehmberg. In the race for Travis County Tax Assessor-Collector, incumbent Nelda Wells Spears won over 74% of the vote, beating Maxey.

And Andy Brown is now Travis County Democratic Party Chair after winning over 55% of the vote.

[Travis County Primary Election Results]
[Secretary of State: 2008 Democratic Party Election Returns]
[NY Times: Election Guide 2008: Texas Primary/Caucus Results]
[NPR Election 2008: Texas Primary/Caucus Votes]