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RESULTS: Above,TISD SuperintendentDr. Randy Reid waitsfor the voting resultson the TISD bond elec-tion at the “Vote Yes”gathering at theDowntown CoffeeLounge on Tuesday. Atleft, JoAnn Fleming,Executive Director ofGrassroots America —We The People (left)and Becky Phillips lookat the early votingresults on a cell phoneat Rick’s On TheSquare on Tuesdaynight.— Staff Photo By Herb Nygren Jr.

By ADAM RUSSELLand KELLY GOOCH

Staff WritersEast Texas voters downed three

local option alcohol elections for thelegal sale of beer and wine Tuesday,according to complete but unofficialresults. Two propositions regardingthe sale of mixed beverage in restau-rants were approved.

In Bullard and Whitehouse, twopropositions were on the ballot: onefor the legal sale of beer and wine foroff-premise consumption and anoth-er for the legal sale of mixed bever-

ages in restaurants by food and bev-erage certificate holders.

Proposition 1, mixed beverages inrestaurants, was approved inWhitehouse and Bullard. Voters inBullard approved the measure 58percent to 42 percent. In Whitehousethe proposition also passed 58 to 42percent.

JP Precinct 4 voters denied thesale of beer and wine for a secondtime. It was closer but 51 votersmade the difference as 2,300, or49.45 percent voted for while 2,351or 50.55 percent voted against.

WHITEHOUSEProposition 2, for the legal sale of

beer and wine was defeated 1,031 to1,194 votes or 46 percent to 54 per-cent.

Former Mayor Dale Moran, co-chairman of the opposition groupKeep Whitehouse Dry, said his com-mittee doesn’t want to loseWhitehouse as a family-orientedcommunity, and the group believedalcohol sales would bring in addi-tional stores and billboards, makingthe city less attractive.

Moran called the defeat of the

“big one,” Proposition 2, “delight-ful.”

“Ninety-three percent of alcoholconsumed is beer,” he said. “So wefeel like we got a 93 percent victo-ry.”

Phil Rogers, chairman ofWhitehouse Citizens for BetterBusiness — a group that was found-ed to promote legalizing alcoholsales in Whitehouse to bring in moreeconomic development and restau-rants said new businesses wouldincrease city tax revenue and poten-tially decrease property taxes.

BULLARDProposition 2 for the sale of beer

and wine was defeated 315 to 418votes, or 43 percent to 57 percent.

Petitions were circulated by HardCount Inc., an Austin-based consult-ing firm.

Bullard Mayor Teresa Adams-Wilks said she wasn’t surprised thatmixed beverages passed.

“I was not in favor of either propo-sition, but I feel Proposition 1 pass-ing, as far as the impact, will be farless than if Proposition 2 had passed,”she said.

She said she was proud the com-munity decided to stay dry.

And going forward, she said, she

TISD BOND FAILS$89.85 MillionProposal FacedOrganizedOpposition

By EMILY GUEVARAStaff Writer

In an election that saw enthusi-astic opposition as well as passion-ate support, Tyler ISD votersdefeated an $89.85 million bondproposal.

Complete but unofficial resultsshowed that 12,833 people, or50.14 percent, voted against thebond package, while 12,762 peo-ple, or 49.86 percent, cast ballotsfor the measure.

The proposal would have pro-vided for the construction of newDixie and Rice elementary schoolsalong with a new middle school insouthwest Tyler.

“It was simply unacceptable forTISD to try to rush this,” saidJoAnn Fleming, executive directorof Grassroots America — We thePeople, a local political group thatopposed the bond. “Their processwas flawed from the very begin-ning. They deviated from what theyhad done in the 2004 and 2008bond elections.”

Mrs. Fleming said theGrassroots group was disappointedthey had to come out against thebond election, but they felt com-pelled to because of what theyviewed as so many unansweredquestions.

TISD Superintendent Dr. RandyReid said the defeat was deflating,but the school district’s work willcontinue.

“We’ll be educating kids tomor-row, moving forward and trying tofigure out what our next steps willbe,” he said after hearing the finalresults.

School board President RonVickery said he was disappointed.

“It’s a very close election, lessthan 1 percentage point as it cur-rently (stands),” he said. “We’llcontinue to get back to work tomor-row in the business of the district,educating kids and taking care ofthe financial and educational needsof our community.”

He said the economy played arole in the failure of the bond issueand that going forward he is goingto consider what can be done differ-ently.

By KELLEY SHANNONAP Political Writer

AUSTIN (AP) — Republican Gov. RickPerry defeated Democrat Bill White onTuesday as the long-serving governor easilywon an unprecedented third full four-yearterm.

With 26 percent ofprecincts reporting, Perryhad 57 percent of the votecompared with White’s 41percent. Perry hammeredhard all year on the themethat the Texas economy isbetter than many statesand that hundreds of thou-sands of jobs have beencreated during his decadein office.

He repeatedly criti-cized President BarackObama and nationalDemocrats and tried tolink White to them.

The race betweenPerry and White, theDemocrats’ best hope inyears to win the Texas’top office, was long and expensive. Both can-didates spent millions of dollars airing televi-sion ads and trekking around Texas, visitingrural towns and crowded urban neighbor-hoods. They hammered each other overalleged wrongdoing in office, the state budg-et shortfall and what’s going on inWashington, D.C.

Perry, who became governor whenGeorge W. Bush was elected president in2000, tapped into anti-government fervor andseized opportunities to link White withPresident Barack Obama and nationalDemocrats.

White, a former Houston mayor anddeputy U.S. energy secretary, worked to keephis distance from Obama and steered clear ofthe president’s appearances during Obama’strip to Texas in August. In contrast, Perrygreeted Obama upon his arrival at the Austinairport — he said he wanted to talk to Obamaabout border security — and then used a pic-ture of the event in a TV ad to say he’d con-fronted the Democratic president.

Having never lost a race in his 25 years instate office, Perry relied on a practiced andpolished approach to campaigning. He stuckto a couple of main themes, criticizingWashington and boasting that Texas has faredbetter than much of the nation economicallyby creating jobs during his tenure.

Voter Andrew Piel said he trusted Perry’sfiscal conservatism and believed the governorwill not raise taxes. That trust, he said, did

GOP Takes Control Of HouseWASHINGTON (AP) — Resurgent Republicans

won control of the House and cut deeply into theDemocrats’ majority in the Senate in momentousmidterm elections shadowed by recession, usheringin a new era of divided government certain to com-plicate the final two years of President BarackObama’s term.

House Speaker-in-waiting John Boehner, voicebreaking with emotion, declared shortly before mid-night Tuesday that the results were “a repudiation ofWashington, a repudiation of big government and arepudiation of politicians who refuse to listen to thepeople.”

Obama monitored returns at the White House,then telephoned Boehner with congratulations in acall that underscored the power shift.

On a night of triumph, Republicans fell short intheir effort to gain control of the Senate and take fullcommand of Congress, although they picked up atleast six seats. They failed in an attempt to defeatMajority Harry Reid in Nevada, winner in an espe-cially costly and brutal race in a year filled withthem.

Boehner and his Republicans needed to gain 40

VICTORY: LorettaRunyan (center)reacts Tuesday inMount Laurel, N.J.,as she sees returnsshowing her hus-band, Jon Runyan,the Republican can-didate for NewJersey’s 3rd con-gressional district,ahead of incumbentU.S. Rep. JohnAdler.— AP Photo By Mel Evans

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BILINGUAL KIDSSTRUGGLING WFISD is seeing more native-born children who speak English as a sec-ond language but don’t speak, read or write Spanish or English well. There are fewer bilingual students, but a growing English-as-s econd-language population. LOCAL, 4A

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! Both candidates spent millions on ads, traveling

Perry easilystays in o! ce

KELLEY SHANNONAssociated Press

AUSTIN — Republican Gov. Rick Perry de-feated Democrat Bill White on Tuesday as the long-serving governor easily won an un-precedented third full four-year term.

With about two-thirds of precincts re-porting, Perry had 56 percent of the vote compared with White’s 41 percent in Tues-day’s election.

White conceded and told supporters in Houston he’ll return to the private sector and contribute there. He urged those who

backed him to stay involved in “a new coali-tion of Texans” that they created.

A grinning Perry proclaimed at his vic-tory party at a wild game ranch: “Texas has spoken, and we’re on the right track.”

Perry said Texans were “optimistic about the future of our country and they believe Texas is headed in the right direction.” Perry hammered hard all year on the theme that the Texas economy is better than many states and that hundreds of thousands of jobs have been created during his decade in o! ce.

! Some Demstargeted fordefeat hang onJULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVISAssociated Press

WASHINGTON — Republicans seized control of the House and pushed toward historic gains Tuesday, as voters dis-

enchanted with the economy, President Barack Obama and government dealt a strong re-buke to Democrats in every corner of the country.

The GOP ousted Demo-cratic freshman and infl uen-tial veterans, including some considered safe just weeks ago. Republicans piled up enough gains — 56 by early Wednesday — to eclipse their so-called “revolution” that retook the House in 1994

for the fi rst time in 40 years. With leads for 10 other Dem-ocratic-held seats, they were

reaching toward their big-gest House gains since they picked up 80 in 1938.

Republ icans quick ly pledged to heed the message of angry voters who they acknowledged were reject-ing what both parties had to o" er.

“Across the country right now, we are witnessing a repudiation of Washington, a repudiation of big govern-ment, and a repudiation of politicians who refuse to

GOP marches steadily toward House majority

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! Wichita Falls representativeleads with 87%LEE ANDERSONandersonl@timesrecordnews.com / 940-763-7533

WASHINGTON — Wichita Falls Rep. Mac Thornber-ry handily beat his opposi-tion Tuesday night to win a ninth term in o! ce.

By 10 p.m., the Republi-

can from Clarendon was taking 87 percent of the vote to Independent Keith Dyer’s 9 percent and Lib-ertarian John T. Burwell Jr.’s 4 percent.

Anticipating Republi-cans taking control of the House, Thornberry said he was excited more peo-ple would come to Wash-ington who see things the way his constituents do in the 13th Congressional District.

“The ability to not only stop bad things but to also

reverse some of the dam-age done is very excit-ing,” said Thornberry, a 52-year-old rancher and lawyer from Clarendon .

Thornberry said that if Republicans take the House, then this election shows the rest of the coun-try is learning the lessons of Texas: that low taxes, less spending and limited government enable people to be successful.

His victory means there

Thornberry wins handily

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Republican supporters cheered again and again Tuesday night as voting re-turns consistently showed Lanham Lyne winning the race for State Representative, District 69.

Ultimate results bore out their enthusiasm with Lyne’s 18,353 votes to Democratic challenger Michael Smith’s 6,546. (The count did not include John Tower Elemen-tary results due to problems with voting machines.)

“I’m really excited about representing this area and am looking forward to bringing to Austin what folks up here want,” said Lyne, working to be heard over the happy throng.

Lyne, 56, ran on a conser-vative platform that support-ed small business growth, smaller government and fi s-cal responsibility. Smith fo-cused on streamlining state government, attracting new business and supporting edu-cation.

Lyne topsSmith in race for legislator

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Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry kisses his wife, Anita, at his victory party Tuesday in Buda. Perry, who never has lost a race in his 25 years in state offi ce, defeated Democrat Bill White.

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Two years after sweeping Ba-rack Obama into the presidencyon a platform of hope andchange, an angry Americanelectorate voted to changecourse again Tuesday, handingRepublicans control of theHouse and major gains in theSenate.

The GOP landslide shatteredthe diverse coalition cobbled to-gether by Democrats two yearsago and ended the political ca-reers of powerful Democraticveterans such as Senate Agricul-ture Committee ChairwomanBlanche Lincoln of Arkansas,Sen. Russ Feingold of Wiscon-sin, the champion of campaign-finance reform, and 10-termRep. Chet Edwards of Waco.

Voters empowered the grass-roots insurgency on America’spolitical right, the tea partymovement, that will be repre-sented in the next Congress by Businessman Francisco “Quico” Canseco celebrates his lead in the District 23 congressional race over U.S.

Rep. Ciro Rodriguez at the Crowne Plaza San Antonio Airport hotel.

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AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perryeasily won re-election Tuesdayas the leader of a statewide Re-publican rout of Democratsfrom the Statehouse to countycourthouses.

Perry and every other state-wide Republican defeated theiropponents.

Perry built his campaignagainst former Houston MayorBill White, the Democratic nom-inee, on the idea that Texas isbetter off than the rest of the na-tion and the national govern-ment poses a threat to individu-al liberty.

“Texas has spoken, and we’reon the right track,” Perry de-clared in his victory speech.

Republicans also were poisedto pick up nearly 20 seats in theTexas House, giving the partythe biggest majority since 2003when the GOP had an 88-62 ad-vantage.

One of the victims was Demo-cratic Caucus Leader Jim Dun-nam, D-Waco.

In his concession speech,White told supporters in Hous-ton he’ll return to the privatesector and contribute there. Heurged those who backed him tostay involved in “a new coalitionof Texans” they created.

White urged his supporters to

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Texas Gov.-elect Rick Perry ad-dresses supporters at his electionnight party at the Buda ExoticGame Ranch in Buda.

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BY R.G. RATCLIFFE

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District Attorney Susan Reed trouncedchallenger Nicholas LaHood on Tuesday inthe most contentious race in the county.

At a victory party for Bexar County Repub-licans, Reed attributed her victory to her longservice to the community and her commit-

ment to victims’ rights. But she also couldn’t resist

taking one more swipe at hervanquished opponent.

“It’s the first time I’ve had acriminal run against me,” shesaid, “and I don’t think ourcommunity would ever wantsomeone involved in drug traf-

ficking to lead them.”She called LaHood’s 1994 drug arrest “the

critical issue” in the campaign, her toughestfight after easy victories in 2002 and 2006.

In his concession speech to a crowd ofabout 200 supporters at the San Antonio Pro-fessional Firefighter’s Association banquethall, LaHood congratulated Reed and thankedhis supporters.

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More coverage, 9A-17A4TH TERM?: Rep. DavidLeibowitz might not getfourth term. Page 13ASWEEP: GOP wins contestedBexar County and DistrictCourt races. Page 14APROP 1 & 2: Local wins foraquifer protection and parks.Page 15A

Preliminary returns show$515 million proposal — thedistrict’s largest ever —receiving overwhelmingsupport. Page 15A

Veronica Flores-Paniaguanotes that the outcomecarries a message fromvoters. Page 15A

SAISD bondrolling to aneasy victory

NATION SWINGS RED;GOP HAMMERS DEMS

San Antonio businessman Francisco“Quico” Canseco clung to a small but stea-dy lead Tuesday night over U.S. District 23Rep. Ciro Rodriguez in one of the state’smost hard-fought congressional races.

Canseco, 61, a banker-attorney who relo-cated from Laredo in 2006, built a solidearly-voting lead in Bexar County, whichmakes up two-thirds of the district’s electo-rate, with Rodriguez, 63, making a smalldent in that margin as Election Day resultsrolled in.

Five months ago, Canseco campaign man-ager Scott Yeldell told campaign volunteersat the Texas Republican Convention thatthe District 23 race was “about taking thegavel out of (U.S. House Speaker) Nancy Pe-losi’s hand.”

Republicans succeeded in that nationaleffort Tuesday, and Canseco said Tuesdaynight that he was optimistic he would be apart of the new, Republican-led House inJanuary.

Rodriguez was seeking his seventh term

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BY KELLEY SHANNONTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

AUSTIN — Republican Gov. Rick Perry carried his anti-Washington message to victory over Democrat Bill White onTuesday, winning an unprece-dented third full four-year term by appealing to voters angry with the White House and wor-ried about the economy.

With 85 percent of pre-cincts reporting, Perry had 55 percent of the vote com-pared with White’s 42 percent on a day when Republicans fared well across the nation and in conservative Texas.

BY JARED JANESJJANES@THEMONITOR.COM

The wave of Republican support that swept the country Tuesday didn’t make it to Hidalgo County.

But it may be getting closer if results in Nueces County are an in-dication. Republican turnout there helped boot Democratic U.S. Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz after 27 years in offi ce. Meanwhile, in neighboring Cameron County, incumbent Coun-ty Judge Carlos Cascos staved off a challenge by Democrat John Wood to win by a mere 80 votes.

Democratic candidates swept Hi-dalgo County races, led by gubernato-rial nominee Bill White, who secured 66 percent of the vote in one of only 28 counties he won across the state.

Democratic support from Hidalgo County voters also helped keep U.S. Reps. Henry Cuellar and Ruben Hi-nojosa in offi ce as the Republican Party took control of the House, and Mercedes Mayor Joel Quintanilla used the Democratic Party’s nomina-tion to win election over a write-in candidate in the hotly contested Pre-cinct 1 county commissioner’s race.

Republicans had a stronger show-ing in the county’s most conserva-tive area than they did two years ago, but it wasn’t enough to unseat District 41 state Rep. Veronica Gon-zales, who still managed to win by 13 percentage points over customs broker Rebecca Cervera in North McAllen.

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n the campaign trail, Mercedes Mayor Joel Quintanilla consistently reminded Precinct 1 vot-ers he was the Demo-

cratic Party’s nominee.The party helped carry him to elec-

tion Tuesday as the next Precinct 1 commissioner.

Quintanilla, a three-term mayor who won the nomination in May through a rarely used selection process, turned away interim commissioner A.C. Cuel-lar’s attempts to hold onto the seat through a write-in campaign.

With nearly all precincts reporting, Quintanilla had secured 54 percent of the 22,135 votes cast in the heated race to replace former Precinct 1 Coun-ty Commissioner Sylvia Handy, who

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THE CHURCH THAT DRUGS BUILT?A chapel in central Mexico where Roman Catholic priests celebrate Mass every Sunday bears a plaque thanking the donor who constructed it — the leader of the violent Zetas drug cartel.

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OFFICIALS ARRESTEDA Cameron County sheriff’s deputy is accused of taking bribes from undercover ICE agents and helping to smuggle weapons to Mexico, while an ex-CBP inspector is accused of taking bribes to smuggle drugs and people into the United States.

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MEDICAL MISCONDUCT?Drug companies say they hire the most respected doctors in their fields for the critical task of teaching about the benefits and risks of their drugs, but an investigation has uncovered hundreds of doctors getting paid even though they have been accused of misconduct, were disciplined or lacked credentials.

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GOVERNOR* U.S. REP. DISTRICT 15 U.S. REP. DISTRICT 28 STATE REP. DISTRICT 1RICK PERRY (R)22,921BILL WHITE (D)48,357KATHIE GLASS ( L)658DEB SHAFTO (Green)317ANDY BARRON (Write-In) 336

(I) RUBÉN HINOJOSA (D) 32,740

EDDIE ZAMORA (R)15,871

AARON I. COHN (L)1,087

(I) HENRY CUELLAR (D) 14,390

BRIAN UNDERWOOD (R) 5,476

STEPHEN KAAT (L)323

VERONICA GONZALES (D)10,589

REBECCA CERVERA (R)8,003

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At top, Hidalgo County Precinct 1 candidate for commissioner Joel Quintanilla, center, celebrates his victory Tuesday with his wife, Sara, and other family members and supporters at his campaign headquarters in Weslaco. Above, Precinct 1 write-in candidate for commissioner A.C. Cuellar, right, speaks Tuesday with David Fox, cen-ter, as Cody Fox, 11, listens in at Cuellar’s campaign headquarters in Weslaco.

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LEWISJONES LAVENDERFROST

Lavender beating Frost for District 1Texarkana Gazette

Texas House District 1 appeared poised for a new representative, as Republican George Lavender was ahead of incumbent Stephen Frost, D-Atlanta, at presstime Tuesday.

“At this point, I think we are in really good shape. It will be difficult for him to win. I am honored and humbled we had so many people believe in our campaign and pull together to win this seat,” Lavender said about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.

District 1 covers Bowie, Cass, Marion and Morris counties.

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Dr. Lacy looking to upset Carlow

Longtime Bowie County Judge James Carlow appeared headed for an upset late Tuesday as he trailed Republican challenger Dr. Sterling Lacy.

Late results with about eight precinct boxes still uncounted at presstime Tuesday showed Lacy with 9,156 votes and Carlow with 8,836 votes.

Lacy said he ran because he opposed one-party government, career politicians and because he favored ballots that offered choices.

Lacy said during his campaign that county government must be more transparent and that he would improve public infor-mation access as well as moni-tor voting integrity and ballot security.

Carlow has been Bowie County’s judge since 1987, an active part of fighting to keep local jobs and develop Interstate 69.

MOORE

Nichols ahead in raceRepublican challenger Natalie

Nichols was ahead of Bowie County Clerk Velma Moore in the county clerk’s race at press-time Tuesday.

Nichols had 9,671 votes and Moore had 8,245 votes with about eight precinct boxes still uncounted at presstime.

Nichols campaigned for the clerk’s position with intent to update technology in the county.

She said bringing in techno-logical advances, focusing on customer service and providing more openness and transparency to residents will be her goal.

Improved accessibility includes posting e-mail addresses of

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Feasel leading BurnsRepublican challenger Brice

Feasel had a comfortable lead over Bowie County Treasurer Donna Burns at presstime Tuesday.

Feasel had 9,880 votes and Burns 7,886 votes with eight precincts uncounted late Tuesday.

Feasel has a banking back-ground that he will bring to the treasurer’s office and goals of making government simple, efficient and trans-parent.

Burns has been treasurer since 2007 and said during the campaign she was pleased with her office’s efforts to protect the tax dollars of Bowie County.

Incumbent Jones keeps Ward 5 slot

Incumbent Mike Jones will keep his position as Texarkana, Ark., Ward 5 director, garner-

ing 694 votes to Richard Sexton’s 410 and Danny Lewis’ 244.

Jones was at the Miller C o u n t y Courthouse and spoke with the

Gazette after the final precinct box was tal-lied.

“Not running before, it was tough because you don’t know what to expect, getting used

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BURGESSMcNATT

Burgess beats incumbent for county judgeTexarkana Gazette

A change in the weather blew in a change in Miller County pol-itics Tuesday in the general elec-tion. In the county judge’s race, former Miller County employee Larry Burgess upset incumbent Judge Roy John McNatt.

Burgess pulled 5,375 votes for 50.76 percent as a Republican while McNatt had 5,214 votes for 49.24 percent as a Democrat.

“It was a very close race and we worked hard. My family, friends and supporters worked really hard. I want to analyze where we’re at and see where we need to go from here,” said Burgess.

“I want us to work together as a county, city and Quorum Court. One hand washes the other. In the past, the city and county didn’t work together. I want us to all work together,” he said.

McNatt shook Burgess’ hand in the courthouse lobby and con-gratulated him after the totals were announced.

“It was a long, hard race. I will do everything I can to make a smooth transition. I wish him the best and for Miller County’s sake. I think it’s been a good six years I’ve served Miller County,” said McNatt.

In September, McNatt ter-minated Burgess, who was the county Road Department shop foreman, for excessive absen-teeism.

See MILLER on Page 2A

Smith elected mayor

SMITHWILLIAMSKELLY

Final, but unofficial results show a 531-vote leadTexarkana Gazette

Texarkana, Ark., will begin 2011 with a new mayor.Final but unofficial results of Tuesday’s election show

Wayne Smith winning the mayor’s position over Mike Kelly and Londell Williams, 2,962 votes to 2,431 and 1,497, respectively.

“I’m doing outstanding,” Smith said just after 10 p.m.,

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Texarkana GazetteA Texarkana man who phoned in

bomb threats, left threatening notes and planted a phony explosive at

H e a l t h S o u t h Rehabilitation Hospital in Texarkana plead-ed guilty Monday in federal court.

B r a n d o n Forsyth appeared before U.S. District Judge

David Folsom with Texarkana defense attorney Craig Henry in Texarkana’s downtown federal building. Forsyth entered a guilty plea to count one of a two-count indictment accusing him of will-fully making a threat involving the use of explosives and of false infor-mation and hoaxes.

Forsyth, who had worked at HealthSouth for about one month when the threats began, signed a document admitting his responsi-bility for the crimes.

Man pleads guilty to making bomb threats

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Animal League to hold annual day planner party

The Texarkana Animal League will have its Day Planner Unleashed Party beginning at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Hopkins Icehouse.

Tickets to the event are $15 in advance or $20 at the door and include food, beverages and live music. Day planners will be available to purchase at the event for $20 and for $25 after the event.

Proceeds from the day planner party as well as from the day planner itself benefit the programs of the Texarkana Animal League.

“This is hugely important because it’s our main fundraiser,” said Mimi Campbell-McDaniel,

See ANIMAL on Page 2ASee BOMB on Page 2A

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By LARISSA GRAHAMStaff writer

The Angelina County Pct. 4 County Commissioner race re-sulted in a victory for Republican candidate Scott Cooper.

Early numbers gave Cooper 68.1 percent of the vote, a number that barely changed through the night.

By the time the final numbers were tallied, Cooper had a total of 64.6 percent, or 3,912 votes, while Delbert Jones had 2,143.

“The gap started in early vot-ing,” Cooper said.

Though this is Cooper’s second time to seek office, he said that this time, the environment was totally different.

“There was a lot of positive party energy,” Cooper said.

“The Republican Party did their work,” said Delbert Jones, Cooper’s opponent and former county commissioner. “And we didn’t know what was going on before it was too late.”

While Jones said he respects

Cooper and does not harbor any negative feelings toward him, he said the race, like races across the country, were “more of a Re-publican issue.”

“They used Washington poli-tics to win in Angelina County,” Jones said.

Overall, Jones is “still proud to

be a Democrat,” and thanked his numerous supporters for their help.

As the new Pct. 4 commis-sioner, Cooper said he is most looking forward to having his weekends back, but he also has plans for the precinct. By using his wide breadth of experience,

which ranges from technology to media, he hopes to help Pct. 4 “step up.”

“I’m a team player who will still represent his people first,” Cooper said.

Larissa Graham’s e-mail address is lgraham@lufkindailynews.com.

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contested races in Angelina County.

GOVERNORStatewide (97.49% reporting)

Rick Perry (R) 2,704,350 55.08%Bill White (D) 2,070,112 42.16%

In Angelina CountyRick Perry (R) 11,940 61.86%Bill White (D) 6,890 35.69%

AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONERStatewide (97.49% reporting)

Todd Staples (R) 2,917,320 60.95%Hank Gilbert (D) 1,707,495 35.67%

In Angelina CountyTodd Staples (R) 13,686 71.72%Hank Gilbert (D) 4,973 26.06%

STATE REPRESENTATIVEDistrict 12

Districtwide (98.97% reporting)James White (R) 18,810 57.37%Jim McReynolds (D) 13,976 42.62%

In Angelina CountyJames White (R) 11,036 57.38%Jim McReynolds (D) 8,195 42.61%

COUNTY COMMISSIONERPrecinct 4

Scott Cooper (R) 3,912 64.6%Delbert Jones (D) 2,143 35.4%

JUSTICE OF THE PEACEPrecinct 2

Donnie Puckett (R) 2,667 54.2%R.G. Bowers (D) 2,258 45.8%

JUSTICE OF THE PEACEPrecinct 3

Bradley Stringer (R) 1,710 65.3%Morris Morehead (D) 909 34.7%

Republicans sweepWhite beats McReynolds; GOP wins all 4 contested Angelina races

JOEL ANDREWS/The Lufkin Daily NewsNewly elected Texas House of Representatives candidate James White, left, is congratulated Tuesday night by Edwin Covington at the Republican Party headquarters.

JOEL ANDREWS/The Lufkin Daily NewsState Rep. Jim McReynolds ponders the election results Tuesday night at the Democratic Party headquarters.

ANDY ADAMS/The Lufkin Daily NewsAngelina County Democratic election judge Sophie Lenderman, right, congratulates Scott Cooper, the Republican candidate for the Pct. 4 county commissioner’s seat. Cooper defeated former commissioner Delbert Jones, the Democratic candidate.

By LARISSA GRAHAMStaff writer

Continuing a countywide trend, the two contested Angelina County Justice of the Peace races resulted in Republicans winning over Democratic incumbents.

“I feel good. This was a hard-fought race, and it was clean,” said Donnie Puckett, the victor of the Pct. 2 JP race. Puckett de-feated 22-year veteran R.G. Bow-ers by 409 votes, 2,667 to 2,258, and received 54.2 percent overall. The Pct. 2 race was the closest race of the evening.

As a Justice of the Peace, Puck-ett plans to hold weekly truancy court for Hudson and Central ISDs, along with weekly criminal, civil and small claims courts. In addition, he will organize a com-munity outreach committee for at-risk children.

“I’m going to follow the law and

Republicans Puckett and Stringer win races for JP

By ANDY ADAMSand LARISSA GRAHAM

Staff writers

More than 6,000 of the nearly 20,000 An-gelina County residents who cast ballots in Tuesday’s general election voted straight Re-publican.

Of the 19,533 ballots cast during early vot-ing and on Tuesday, 6,248 were straight-ballot Republican, 3,341 were straight-ballot Demo-crat, 54 were straight-ballot Libertarian and 22 were straight-ballot Green Party.

The 19,533 ballots represent 41 percent of the county’s 47,643 registered voters. Thelma “Midget” Sherman, Angelina County’s elec-tions administrator, said the turnout was fairly high for a midterm election. (Twenty-two percent of Angelina’s registered voters cast ballots in the last midterm election.)

“We were very busy,” said Janis Tucker, election judge for Angelina County voting precincts 6 and 35. She said 222 people voted at Allentown Methodist Church.

The percentage of straight-Republican ballots was in line with a national trend. Angelina County voted overwhelmingly in favor of reelecting Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Lt.

Gov. David Dewhurst and Agriculture Com-missioner Todd Staples — all Republicans — while selecting rookie candidate James White of Woodville over longtime state Rep. Jim McReynolds of Lufkin.

Here’s how Angelina County voted in key state and national races:

" U.S. representative, District 1 — Lou-ie Gohmert (R), 14,258 votes (90.5 percent); and Charles F. Parkes III (L), 1,490 votes (9.5 percent).

" Texas governor — Rick Perry (R), 11,940 votes (61.9 percent); Bill White (D), 6,890 votes (35.7 percent); Kathie Glass (L), 374 votes (1.9 percent); Deb Shafton (G), 73 votes (0.4 per-cent); and write-in candidates, 24 votes (0.1 percent).

" Texas lieutenant governor — David Dewhurst (R), 13,432 votes (70.6 percent); Linda Chavez-Thompson (D), 5,113 votes (26.9 percent); Scott Jameson (L), 375 votes (2 per-cent); and Herb Gonzales Jr. (G), 118 votes (0.6 percent).

" Texas attorney general — Greg Ab-bott (R), 13,808 votes (72.5 percent); Barbara Ann Radnofsky (D), 4,835 votes (25.4 percent);

41% of Angelina voters cast ballots in Tuesday’s election

Please see JPs, Page 2A

Cooper wins race vs. Jones

Please see TURNOUT, Page 2A

By MELISSA CRAGERand JESSICA COOLEY

Staff writers

Newcomer James White (R-Woodville) on Tuesday kept incumbent Jim McReynolds (D-Lufkin) from being elected to his eighth consecutive term as Dis-trict 12 state representative.

White, riding a wave of straight-Republican tickets, had 57.4 percent of the vote across Angelina, San Jacinto, Trinity and Tyler counties.

“We did what we were sup-posed to,” White said. “We worked and we surrounded our-selves with good people from various backgrounds.”

Spirits remained high through-out the evening at the Angelina County Republican headquar-ters as the numbers continued to roll in favoring White. Cheers erupted often as new results came in. A large projector had a split screen showing Fox News and local results as Republican supporters gathered to await the final decision and, later, to cel-ebrate.

Tom Crater, a Lufkin business-man, said it was his first time to get involved in a political race. He said he knocked on doors and contributed to the White cam-paign.

“James White is saying what I want to say,” Crater said. “I feel we are losing this country, and we want to send people (to Austin) with Republican values. That’s why I got involved.”

Around 10:45 p.m. McReyn-olds called the Republican head-quarters, where White had been stationed all evening, and con-gratulated the freshman winner. White cleared the room to speak privately with McReynolds.

“I told him, ‘I’m very proud for you tonight. I know you’ve got a lot of enthusiasm and you’re going to need it. I’ll answer any questions you have,’” McReyn-olds said from the Democratic headquarters in Lufkin. “I hope he can get down to Austin in Jan-uary and make a fine representa-tive.”

McReynolds was first elected as state representative in 1996. He attributed his loss Tuesday to the “changing political tide.”

“The party that I’ve belonged to is out of favor. There was frus-tration and anger with the people running Washington, D.C. In this particular race I was caught up in that, and it’s not just me; it’s a number of Democrat members in the Texas House,” McReyn-olds said. “My consultant told me early, ‘Jim, you’re not running

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Tea party-backedRepublicanRand Paulwins electionto the U.S.Senate fromKentucky.

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Sylvia Garciabecomesthe firstincumbentcommissionerto be unseatedin 36 years.

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RepublicanBill Floresdefeats long-time TexasCongressmanChet Edwardsin District 17.

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VICTORY KISS: Republican Gov. Rick Perry and his wife, Anita, celebratehis victory over Democrat Bill White on Tuesday in Buda.

Republicans take over the U.S. House;Democrats keep a slim lead in Senate

Incumbent gets historic win as GOPtightens its grip across the state

AUST IN — Gov. RickPerry easily won re-electionTuesday as the leader of astatewide Republican rout ofDemocrats from the state-house to the county court-house.

Perry and every otherstatewide Republican defeat-ed their opponents.

Perry built his campaignagainst former Houston May-or Bill White, the Democraticnominee, on the idea thatTexas is better off than therest of the nation and thenational government poses athreat to individual liberty.

“Texas has spoken, andwe’re on the right track,” saidPerry, who won an unprece-dented third four-year term.

Texas Republicans alsowere poised to pick up nearly20 seats in the Texas House,giving the party the biggestmajority since 2003, whenthe GOP had an 88-62 ad-vantage. One of Tuesday’svictims was Democratic Cau-cus Leader Jim Dunnam, D-Waco.

Republicans candidatesalso were defeating two con-gressional Democratic incum-bents and were pushing backDemocratic gains in recentelections with likely countyrace defeats in Harris andDallas counties.

Riding a national Repub-lican wave that opposed thefederal government, highertaxes and government spend-ing, the Texas GOP appar-ently will grasp the reins ofstate government in January,not only with a numeric su-periority, but with a mandatefor smaller government.

That could have a dramaticimpact as state governmentfaces a budget shortfall of $18billion to $24 billion.Withouthigher taxes or fees, deep cutslikely will be required in hu-man services and educationprograms.

Perry is preparing to an-nounce a national tour to pro-mote his new book, Fed Up!

THE STATE

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Governor:‘We’re onthe righttrack’

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VOTE TOTAL7,752 of 8,461 precincts

Rick Perry, GOP2,585,368Bill White, Dem1,966,412

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BALANCEOF POWERChange in party divisions,as of 12:45 a.m. today:

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ObamabacklashroutsDems

Two years after sweep-ing Barack Obama into thepresidency on a platform ofhope and change, an angryAmerican electorate voted tochange course again Tuesday,handing Republicans controlof the House of Represen-tatives. Democrats retainedcontrol of the Senate despitesignificant losses.

The GOP landslide shat-tered the diverse coalitioncobbled together by Demo-crats two years ago and endedthe political careers of power-ful Democratic veterans suchas Senate Agriculture Com-mittee Chair Blanche Lincolnof Arkansas, House BudgetCommittee Chair John Sprattof South Carolina, HouseArmed Services CommitteeChair Ike Skelton of Missouriand 10-term Rep. Chet Ed-wards of Waco.

Voters in many states em-braced the tea party move-ment, the anti-governmentinsurgency on America’s po-litical right. Among the teaparty Republicans elected tothe Senate on Tuesday wereRand Paul of Kentucky,MarcoRubio of Florida and MikeLee of Utah.

“The American people areunhappy with what is goingon in Washington,” Paul, theson of Texas Rep. Ron Paul,declared at a raucous victorycelebration in Bowling Green,Ky. “And tonight there’s a tea

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CONGRESS

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That’s what Harris CountyNovember elections have be-come: democracy in the formof overwhelming waves gen-erated by eruptions a thou-sand miles away.

Two years ago, for thefirst time in more than adecade, Democrats sweptinto countywide office,

winning all but a few judicialraces and the districtattorney and county judgeraces.

This year, a rolling wallof Republican power has

flattened the Democrats.The only Democrat

who carried the countywas former mayor andgubernatorial candidate BillWhite.

The power of the stormwas apparent momentsbefore the polls closed, whenthe absentee and early voteswere posted.

Two years ago, 64 percentof the absentee and earlyvoters pulled the straight-ticket lever — and 55 percent

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For the second time in Lubbock’s his-tory, an accused drunken driver is facing murder charges in connection with a fa-tal traffic accident.

Kellie Ann Lewis, 40 — who has three DWI convictions on her record — had more than three times the legal limit of alcohol in her system to drive in Texas when she swerved across the interstate

median and slammed into Tommy Lam-kin’s vehicle on Saturday morning, according to her arrest warrant.

Officers late Monday ar-rested Lewis on murder charges at her hospital room in connection with the Saturday crash on Inter-state 27 that killed Lamkin,

a 36-year-old father of two, said Lubbock Police Sgt. John Hayes.

Lamkin had been a Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office detention officer for six months and was headed home from work at the time of the crash.

Toxicology reports show that Lewis’ blood alcohol content was 0.287, accord-ing to her arrest warrant. She also had marijuana in her system, the warrant said.

Officers also found a brown beer bottle in the cab of her pickup near her purse.

Police said Lewis was driving a Jeep Comanche north in the 5300 block of the interstate when she swerved across the

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The night ended in cheers and ap-plause at the Lubbock Independent School District’s Central Office on Tuesday night when the $198 million school bond package narrowly passed,

but proponents had some anxious hours before the celebration began.

The news shortly af-ter 7 p.m. of early voters slightly turning down the bond package set off a somber mood and vis-ible nervousness on the part of school trustees. Their cause was down by only 129 votes at that point with more than 22,000 votes cast in early voting, but they were hoping

for a very different early result.

“What a difference this is going to make to the lives of children in this community,” said Super-intendent Karen Garza, after the final vote totals were announced, almost

three hours later.The $198 million bond package had

been presented as touching every cam-pus and every student in the district.

The final unofficial vote total was 16,481 votes, about 51.07 percent, for the bond proposition and 15,788 votes, about 48.93 percent against it.

James Arnold, president of the board

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But justices seemed closely split on whether the restrictions are consti-tutional.

The high court has been reluctant to carve out exceptions to the First Amendment, striking down a ban earlier this year on videos show-ing graphic violence to animals.

California’s 2005 law would prohibit anyone under 18 from buying or renting games that give players the option of “kill-ing, maiming, dismember-ing, or sexually assaulting an image of a human being.” Parents would be able to buy the games for their children, but retailers who sell directly to minors would face fines of up to $1,000 for each game sold.

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The Lubbock Lions Club has invited all veterans for a free lunch Tuesday at a “Lest We Forget” ceremony, where five veterans will share some of their experiences.

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AUSTIN — Republican Gov. Rick Perry defeated Demo-crat Bill White on Tuesday as the long-serving governor eas-ily won an unprecedented third full four-year term.

With about 84 percent of pre-cincts reporting, Perry had 56 percent of the vote compared with White’s 41 percent.

“Texas has spoken and we’re on the right track,” a grinning Perry said during his victory speech at an exotic game ranch that surrounds a working land-fill south of Austin.

Perry hammered hard all year on the theme that the Texas economy is better than many states and that hundreds of thousands of jobs have been

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WASHINGTON — Republi-cans marched confidently to the brink of House control Tues-day night in midterm elections shadowed by recession, prom-ising a conserva-tive majority cer-tain to challenge President Barack Obama at virtually every turn. The GOP gained Sen-ate seats, as well, but a takeover there appeared out of reach.

“Tonight was really about a way for the American people ex-pressing themselves,” U.S. Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Lubbock, said early in the evening after easily winning re-election in District 19. “And it looks like they’re expressing themselves in a very large way.”

Neugebauer took more than 77 percent of the vote, based on numbers late Tuesday, in his contest against Democratic challenger Andy Wilson.

Among the House Democrats who tasted defeat was Rep. Tom Perriello, a first-termer for whom Obama campaigned just

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Republicans captured from Democrats governorships in at leastseven states, including some prime presidential battlegrounds,and hoped for even more statehouse gains.

AUSTIN — The roiling an-ger at big-spending Washing-ton helped whisk Gov. RickPerry to an unprecedentedthird full termTuesday,swamping thehopes of Demo-crats who be-lieved they hadtheir strongestcontender inmore than a de-cade.

Perry led aRepublicansurge in Texas, marked by theGOP cementing its hold on allmajor statewide offices andmaking overwhelming gains inthe Texas House.

“Well, folks, Texas has spo-ken, and we’re on the righttrack,” Perry told exuberantsupporters at a victory rally. Hesaid the election showed votersare fed up with government in-truding into their lives.

Throughout his campaign,Perry cast the contest as a refer-endum on Washington, extol-ling his oversight of a Texaseconomy that has stayed rela-tively strong as the nation hasstruggled with budget deficits.

“All across the country, inprecinct after precinct, thewave of dissatisfaction hasbeen building for nearly twoyears,” Perry said, “And it crest-ed tonight in the form of con-

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Gov. Rick Perry, at a victory party on an exotic-game ranch in Buda, Texas, used an anti-Washington message todefeat Democrat Bill White. “All across the country, in precinct after precinct, the wave of dissatisfaction has beenbuilding for nearly two years,” Perry said. “And it crested tonight in the form of conservatives winning offices.”

Perry rolls tounprecedented3rd full term

By CHRISTY HOPPEAustin Bureau

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WASHINGTON — Frus-trated, fed up and anxious,voters dealt President BarackObama a major blow Tuesdaynight, handing the U.S. Houseto Republicans and leavingDemocrats with only narrowcontrol of the Senate.

The winds of change thatObama harnessed just twoyears ago swept away his man-date — a stunningly quick re-pudiation that will imperil hisagenda and perhaps even hisre-election.

Enough tea party-backednominees won races in Flori-da, Kentucky and elsewhere tospark an ideological cold war,pitting the White Houseagainst a GOP reinforced withnewcomers fiercely opposed tocompromise.

Democrats tried to rescuethe election by pleading formore time to repair damagewrought by Republicans overthe previous decade. But withunemployment stubbornlyhigh, and backlash against thehealth care overhaul, bailouts

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Obama’sagenda injeopardyAs Republicans retakeHouse, tea party gainssure to add to discord

By TODD J. GILLMANWashington Bureau

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AUSTIN — Next stop for Rick Perry: anational campaign.

The Republican governor insists he’snot running for president. But he’s madeno secret of wanting to raise his national

profile on the right, starting with a booktour trumpeting the season’s hottest polit-ical subjects: states’ rights and smallergovernment.

With his re-election victory Tuesday,Perry now looks to the future — and whathe sees, some say, is himself as a presidentor vice president in waiting.

“The only surprise election night wasthat he didn’t give his acceptance speechin Iowa,” said Democratic consultantGlenn Smith.

Republican consultant Mark Sanders

says Perry’s immediate goal appears to bethat of powerbroker, not national candi-date.

“He wants to establish himself as morethan just a Texas player,” Sanders said.“Then, if they want him to run, he can al-ways say, ‘Aw shucks, I guess I will.’ ”

Few politicians were quicker than Per-ry to seize on the anti-Washington fervorthat defined this year’s tumultuous elec-tion for governor.

Governor ready for national stage

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Analysis: As politically savvyvoice on right, he has sometalking of White House run

By WAYNE SLATERSenior Political Writer

wslater@dallasnews.com

Defying a national trend, Dem-ocrats in Dallas County on Tuesdaycontinued their dominance by re-turning to office an entire slate ofincumbents and seizing control ofthe Commissioners Court.

Incumbent District Attorney

Craig Watkins, District Clerk GaryFitzsimmons, County Clerk JohnWarren and all of the party’s judi-cial candidates won narrow victo-ries.

More significantly, DemocratClay Jenkins beat RepublicanWade Emmert for county judgeand former Dallas Mayor Pro TemElba Garcia unseated longtime

Commissioner Kenneth Mayfieldin the District 4 race. That combi-nation gives Democrats a majorityon the court for the first time in thepost- Ronald Reagan era.

Jenkins’ victory was helped byLibertarian Debra Carlson, whogot more than 3 percent of the vote.

“It’s going to be so sweet,” DallasCounty Party chairwoman Darlene

Ewing said of Tuesday’s results. “Tohave Clay Jenkins and Elba Garciaon the court will change its climate.They will do good things for DallasCounty. Dallas County is the bluestcounty in the greatest state of theunion.”

The night for Democrats, how-

DALLAS COUNTY

Watkins, Jenkins, Garcia buck national trend with victoriesBy GROMER JEFFERS Jr.

Staff Writergjeffers@dallasnews.com

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REPUBLICANS make hugegains in the Texas House.14A

COLLIN COUNTY JudgeKeith Self holds a wide leadover Democratic challengerDavid M. Smith. 16A

EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSONcontinues her tenure as theonly Democrat in the NorthTexas congressionaldelegation. 12A

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Denton Record-Chronicle/Barron LudlumIn the foreground from left, tuba players Cullen Burkett, Alvaro Quirtanilla and Joseph Wright and tenor saxophoneplayer Cody Stewart show their enthusiasm along with the rest of the Argyle High School marching band at a wel-come-home celebration Tuesday in the high school gym after the band claimed the Class 3A state title again.

Champion Eagle band returns homeBy Britney TaborStaff Writer

ARGYLE — The state championArgyle High School Eagle marchingband was welcomed home in grand fash-ion on Tuesday.

The back-to-back Class 3A championswalked through an aisle of waving pom-poms and into the school gymnasium

Tuesday, where cheering students,administrators, parents and local resi-dents welcomed them as they returnedfrom Monday’s 2010 University Inter-scholastic League State Marching BandContest in San Antonio.

The band clinched its second consecu-tive Class 3A state title at San Antonio’sAlamodome. The championship is the

school’s fourth state marching band titlein seven years. The Eagle band won statein Class 2A in 2003 and 2005. Thegroup has an opportunity to compete forthe state title every other year.

“It feels real good. It was somethingthat we didn’t think was a given,” band

Councildelays voteon contractQuestions raised aboutplan to hire retiring DMEemployee as consultantBy Lowell BrownStaff Writer

Denton city leaders delayed a voteTuesday on a quarter-million-dollar con-sulting contract for retiring city employeeJeff Morris amid questions over the pro-posal.

The delay came after the DentonRecord-Chronicle featured a story Sundayabout Terry Jones, a DME superintend-ent who said he was placed on leave inSeptember after threatening to reportMorris and other Denton MunicipalElectric officials for ignoring violations offederal electric reliability standards.

The proposed contract would payMorris $256,000 over two years toensure oversight of those standards.

City Manager George Campbell said heasked to delay action on the contract aftercouncil members raised questions aboutit. Morris, 49, is retiring from the cityNov. 30, a day before the contract wouldtake effect.

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ELECTIONS 2010

Incumbents keep posts

Burgess trouncesDurrance’s challenge

By Peggy Heinkel-WolfeStaff Writer

State Sen. Jane Nelson, R-FlowerMound, and State Rep. MyraCrownover, R-Denton, handily wontheir re-election bids Tuesday, buttheir opponents, two Libertariancandidates, took more than a nibbleof the votes in both races.

Some anti-incumbent sentimentmay have steered votes fromCrownover and Nelson, neither ofwhom had a challenger from the

Democratic Party. Crownover defeated Diane

Denton Record-Chronicle/David MintonRep. Michael Burgess speaks to Denton County Republicans at the Ben E. Keith community room as election results come in Tuesday night.

See STATE on 5A

Associated Press/LM OteroGov. Rick Perry kisses his wife,Anita, at his victory party Tuesdaynight in Buda.

By Kelley ShannonAP Political Writer

AUSTIN — Republican Gov. RickPerry carried his anti-Washingtonmessage to victory over Democrat BillWhite on Tuesday, winning anunprecedented third full four-yearterm by appealing to voters angry withthe White House and worried aboutthe economy.

With 85 percent of precincts report-ing, Perry had 55 percent of the votecompared with White’s 42 percent on aday when Republicans fared well acrossthe nation and in conservative Texas.

“Texas has spoken and we’re on theright track,” a grinning Perry said dur-ing his victory speech at an exotic

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Nelson and Crownover set for return to Austin

By Bj LewisStaff Writer

Michael Burgess is heading back toWashington.

The Republican incumbent easilywon, fending off challenges to his U.S.House District 26 seat by DemocratNeil Durrance and Libertarian MarkBoler.

“It was a good victory tonight,”Burgess said late Tuesday. “I’m verypleased, as this election did havenational ramifications. The country is

now poised to begin to really focus onwhere we should have been focusedthe last two years — the economy andjob creation.”

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U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 2689% of precincts Votes Percent! Michael Burgess (R) (I) 76,565 73.59

Neil Durrance (D) 24,985 24.02Mark Boler (L) 2,486 2.39

PerrysoundlydefeatsWhite

By Mark J. ArmstrongAssistant Managing Editor

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Despite a national mood that seemed to be turning against incumbents, Kerr County voters gave overwhelming support to those already in office.

There were no surprises or upsets locally Tuesday night, although local turnout was lighter than in recent elections. According to

unofficial returns, there were 19,056 votes cast, or about 51 percent of the total number of reg-istered voters.

There were 24,671 votes cast two years ago in the presidential election and 22,100 cast four years ago.

Local voters did give their overwhelming sup-port to Republican candidates across the board, including 73 percent voting for Republican Gov. Rick Perry over Democrat Bill White, who received 24 percent of the Kerr County vote.

Republican Congressman Lamar Smith took

81 percent of the local vote over Democrat Lainey Melnick, who got 16 percent. State Rep. Harvey Hilderbran, Republican, also won 90 percent of the vote over Libertarian Brian Holk.

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Re-Creation, a group of performers that travels to veterans hospitals around the country, put on a show for veterans in Kerrville Tuesday afternoon. The group was formed in 1976 and has performed in all 50 states.

Sense of duty compels singers, dancers to perform at VA hospitals

Photos by Tom Holden/Times Photo Editor, photo@dailytimes.com

Broadway comes to the VABy Tim SampsonTimes Staff Writer

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The auditorium at the Kerrville Veterans Affairs Hospital is far from the lights of Broadway. The performers of Re-Creation weren’t performing to a sold-out house on 42nd Street. But that’s just fine, according to the singers and dancers in the troupe that visited the local VA hospital on Tuesday. They said performing for a small group of veterans was far more meaningful.

Re-Creation is a group that has performed at every VA

hospital and veterans home across the nation during the past 27 years.

“It’s one of the most incredible experiences of my life, getting to tour the country, perform for our veterans and hearing their stories,” said Randy Robbins, the show manager and one of the group’s long-time performers.

Founded at Penn State University in 1976, Re-Creation is a vocal and dance performance group that annually creates different musical shows. In 1983, the Veterans Administration asked the group to supplement USO performances at veteran care facilities with their shows.

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Former 198th probation officer being investigated

By Conor HarrisonTimes Staff Writer

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In a judicial district trying to restore its image after a pair of scandals last year, the 198th Judicial District is again having to answer questions regarding misuse of funds.

Kerr County Sheriff Rusty Hierholzer confirmed Tuesday his department is investigating a former 198th probation officer for theft, numerous forgery offenses and tampering with government records.

The woman, whose name won’t be revealed because charges against her have yet to be filed, quit soon after the 198th and 216th parole offices merged in Kerr County in late August.

When the woman quit, her extensive caseload trans-ferred to other probation officers, who, according to Hierholzer, noticed many of her probationers were delinquent on paying fines and fees. When they began to contact the probationers, they learned many had paid.

“A lot of them said they paid, mostly in cash or by money order,” Hierholzer said. “We began our investi-gation on Oct. 11. As of this time, subpoenaed informa-tion is still coming in. We believe the theft, so far, is in excess of $15,000 since 2007.”

Charges could include theft, forgery and tampering

See Probation officer, page 8A

The Alzafar Shrine Circus is in Kerrville

Above: The circus features the world’s largest captive male Asian elephant, Bo, who weighs 6.5 tons.Left: Gabriel Marcu, left, and Desi Aguilar with the Shrine Circus put up a cage at the Kerr County Youth Exhibition Hall Tuesday morning.

From staff reports

The circus is in town and there are two shows today — 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. at the Hill Country Youth Exhibit Center, 3705 Texas 27.

Tickets are $12 for children and $16 for adults. Coupons were available in The Times editions from Friday through Tuesday.

According to Amanda Trackett, cir-cus spokeswoman, the circus features the world’s largest captive male Asian elephant, Bo, who weighs 6.5 tons.

“Unlike Tony Romo, Bo can throw a perfect spiral with a football,”

Trackett said.Along with Bo, the circus features

eight Bengal tigers, the Espana family of daredevils on the “wheel of death” and Michelle Audrey, one of the world’s only female ringmasters.

The circus performs more than 400 shows each year.

The money raised from ticket pro-ceeds go to support the Alzafar Shriners, who support many civic organizations, including Shriner hospitals.

Residents are invited to come early to the show and tour the ring, take elephant rides and have their faces painted. Photos by Tom Holden/Times Photo Editor,

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Voter turnout light in Kerr County

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry after his victory speech in BudaTuesday. Perry defeated Democrat Bill White, heading into his third full four-year term.

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Los senadores le exigen a Napo-litano que les informe en cuantoscasos los abogados de ICE han de-cidido no iniciar proceso de depor-tacion en contra de indocumenta-dos este ano, y que detalle quedelitos cometieron y en donde.

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John Fisher

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County Commissioner, Precinct 4

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Nolanville governmentType-AHome rule

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Bottles up: Liquor sales a go

By Mason W. CanalesKilleen Daily Herald

Killeen and Harker Heights voters approved the sale of all alcoholic beverages in their re-spective cities Tuesday, while Kempner resi-dents approved the sale of beer and wine.

Both cities approved the propositions by more than a 2-to-1 margin.

“I think this is a great day for Killeen and its

citizens, and I am very happy that it turned out this way,” said Pat Kaufman, Bell County Com-mittee for Economic Development spokesman, the group that spearheaded the liquor option’s appearance on the ballot. “I want to thank all those people who voted for it and worked on the committee to make this a success.”

Both Killeen and Harker Heights held elec-tions for a liquor option that would allow the sale of all alcoholic beverages, including pack-age liquor.

In Killeen, the final, unofficial totals showed 7,021 votes or 66.9 percent in favor of the sale. The number residents casting ballots against the option was 3,483 or 33.1 percent.

Killeen currently operates under a Texas law

that allows the city to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption of beer and wine at stores and res-taurants, and mixed drinks at restaurants.

The results of the elections will allow liquor stores such as Twin Liquors and Spec’s to open shops in Killeen. The boundaries set by the election are the city limits at the time of the election.

According to the BCCED, the liquor option could bring around 300 jobs to the city and about $600,000 in sales tax revenue.

“I suspect that we will start having busi-nesses and people start making inquires into our city right away to open these stores,”

4 MORE YEARS

Perry re-elected to record third termBy Kelley ShannonThe Associated Press

AUSTIN — Republican Gov. Rick Perry carried his anti-Washington message to victory over Democrat Bill White on Tuesday, winning an unprecedented third full four-year term by appealing to voters angry with the White House and worried about the economy.

With 85 percent of precincts re-porting, Perry had 55 percent of the vote compared with White’s 42 percent on a day when Republicans fared well across the nation and in conservative Texas.

“Texas has spoken and we’re on the right track,” a grinning Perry said during his victory speech at an exotic game ranch that surrounds a working landfill south of Austin.

Perry hammered hard all year on the theme that the Texas econ-omy is better than many states and that hundreds of thousands of jobs have been created during his de-cade in office. He repeatedly crit-

icized President Barack Obama and national Democrats and tried to link White to them — and he quickly turned to that theme in his speech.

“In precinct after precinct, the wave of dissatisfaction has been building nearly two years, and it crested tonight,” he said.

Perry, who became governor when George W. Bush was elected president in 2000, tapped into anti-government fervor and appealed to the tea party movement, even though all his positions didn’t sit well with those Republican voters. Perry ran strongly among voters angry with the federal government and those concerned about the di-rection of the economy.

Preliminary results from an exit poll of more than 2,600 vot-ers seemed to validate the Repub-lican governor’s campaign strat-egy, which included television ads boasting that he had “confronted” Obama.

White fared well among self-de-scribed moderates and those who approve of Obama’s performance, the polling showed. He won among Latino voters and among voters

Please see Perry, Page A2

STATEWIDE RACES RESULTS/A2

INSIDE

Please see Liquor, Page A3

Killeen, Heights pass liquor measures; Kempner approves beer, wine sales

Edwards ousted after 20 years in CongressBy Angela K. BrownThe Associated Press

WACO — Democratic Rep. Chet Edwards was ousted Tuesday night after 20 years in Congress, while three other Democrats seemed in trouble as well.

Republican Bill Flores, an oil and gas executive who had never run for public office, de-feated the longtime congress-man by capitalizing on anti-gov-ernment sentiment sweeping the nation over the slow-mov-ing economic recovery.

Please see Edwards, Page A2

Fisher retains Precinct 4

By Sonya CampbellKilleen Daily Herald

Bell County Precinct 4 Com-missioner John Fisher won re-election Tuesday night, de-feating Democratic challenger Ernest Wilkerson, a Killeen City Council member.

Fisher, a Republican who has served on the commission-ers’ court for eight years, gar-nered 52.2 percent of the vote, with 4,011 votes, to Wilkerson’s 3,678 votes, or 47.8 percent, in unofficial final totals.

“I appreciate the voters for having trust in me and for re-electing me,” Fisher said, not-ing he was glad to be given the opportunity to serve his constituents for another four years.

He described this election as a hard one.

In other elections he’s been involved in, Fisher said, he felt

Please see Fisher, Page A3

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Democrat Bi l l White walks of f the stage after addressing his e lect ion night par ty and conceding defeat to Gov. Rick Perry Tuesday at the Hi l -ton Americas Hotel in Houston.

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Gov. Rick Perry speaks at his v ictory par ty in Buda Tuesday. Perry defeated Democrat Bi l l White, the former mayor of Houston, for an unprecedented third ful l four-year term. A gr inning Perry procla imed at his v ictory par ty at a wi ld game ranch: “Texas has spoken, and we’re on the r ight track.”

Republican re-elected to county commission seat

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Republicans captured control of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday and expanded their voice in the Senate, riding a pow-erful wave of voter discontent as they dealt a setback to President Barack Obama two years after his triumphal victory.

A Republican tide swept aside dozens of Democratic lawmakers regardless of their seniority or their voting records, upending the con-gressional balance of power for the second half of Obama’s term.

“The American people’s voice was heard at the ballot box,” said Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, who is positioned to become the next House speaker.

But Senate Majority Leader Har-ry Reid, D-Nev., narrowly prevailed in his race, and his party hung onto control of the Senate by winning hard-fought contests in California, Delaware, Connecticut and West Virginia. Republicans picked up at least six Democratic seats, including the Senate seat once held by Obama, and the party will welcome Marco Rubio of Florida and Rand Paul of Kentucky to their ranks, two candi-dates who were initially shunned by the GOP establishment but beloved by the tea party movement.

“We’ve come to take our govern-ment back,” Paul, the son of Texas’ U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Lake Jackson, told cheering supporters in Bowling Green, Ky. “They say that the U.S. Senate is the world’s most delibera-tive body. I’m going to ask them to deliberate on this: The American people are unhappy with what’s going on in Washington.”

The most expensive midterm election campaign in the nation’s history, fueled by a raft of contri-

A 50-year flood hit Texas politics Tuesday, as Republicans swept away Democratic legislators and greatly expanded their influence on state government.

The Republicans’ slim majority in the Texas House was poised to grow into an overwhelming majority as upward of 20 Democratic House incumbents appeared headed for defeat. The casualty list included Reps. Valinda Bolton of Austin, Di-ana Maldonado of Round Rock and, in a derailment of one of the most promising political careers in Texas, Patrick Rose of San Marcos.

The national wave that booted Democrats from office across the country appeared to be just as pow-erful in Texas, where not only did

Republican Rick Perry, already Texas’ longest-serving governor, de-cisively overcame a challenge from Democrat Bill White on Tuesday to win a record third four-year term.

Hammering a message of Texas’ success in the midst of the national economic downturn and capitaliz-ing on frustration with the Obama administration in what has been a Republican-friendly year nation-wide, Perry carried with him the rest of the state GOP ticket, extend-ing the party’s monopoly on state-wide offices that began in 1999.

In the Texas House, incumbent Democrats took a beating, with Re-publican challengers running ahead in more than 20 races. Late Tues-day, area Democrats Patrick Rose of San Marcos, Diana Maldonado of Round Rock and Valinda Bolton of Austin lost to GOP challengers, while Donna Howard of Austin nar-rowly kept her seat.

Last legislative session, Republi-cans in the 150-member House had a 76-74 advantage. The GOP appeared poised to gain a significant number of seats in a year when numbers will count in redistricting. It could also cast into doubt the future of House Speaker Joe Straus, a mod-erate who must woo many new and more conservative Republicans to get re-elected.

In Congress, Democratic Rep. Chet Edwards of Waco was ousted Tuesday night after 20 years in office, and two other Democrats seemed in trouble as well.

Perry told supporters in Creed-moor, southeast of Austin, that despite all the speculation about an anti-incumbent sentiment, the real issue is not how long people have been in office but how hard they’ve worked to limit the reach of government.

“All across the country, in pre-cinct after precinct, the wave of dissatisfaction has been building for nearly two years, and it crested tonight in the form of conserva-tives winning offices,” Perry said, “and champions of big government are cleaning out their desks right now.”

Perry, a former state House mem-ber, agriculture commissioner and lieutenant governor who took over the governorship in late 2000 from then-Gov. (and President-elect)

In a burst of pre-dawn violence Tuesday, a 26-year-old man killed his roommate, shot and wounded a neighbor standing outside and fired on police before an officer gunned him down, authorities said.

The shooting spree came to an end in the parking lot of a Jaguar dealer-ship in North Austin just as officers were setting up a perimeter to search for the gunman.

Police said the suspect, identified as Howard Hanh Huynh, pointed an assault rifle at an officer, who then shot and killed him.

The incident, which began about

5:15 a.m. when police were sum-moned to a house near MoPac Bou-levard (Loop 1) and Parmer Lane, was the latest in a series of dramatic encounters in which police officers fired at reportedly armed suspects.

“We still see ourselves as a small, sleepy college town,” Police Chief Art Acevedo said at a news confer-ence. “I’ve been saying for three years that we have to recognize our community is growing.”

This is the second time that officer Will Ray has fatally shot a suspect. Almost exactly two years ago, when he was a rookie, officials praised his heroism after he shot and killed a man wearing a bulletproof vest and

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mientras el gober-nador que haservido por unextenso periodoganó facilmenteun sin precedentetercer término decuatro años.

Con un 12 porciento de precin-tos reportados,Perry tenía el 57por ciento de losvotos comparadocon 41 por cientopara White. Perryinsistió intensa-mente durante elaño en el tema deque la economíade Texas es mejor

que la de muchos estados y quecientos de miles de trabajos hansido creados durante su admin-istración de una década .

Repetidamente criticó al pres-idente Barack Obama y ademócratas nacionales y trató derelacionar a White con ellos.

La contienda entre Perry yWhite, la ocasión en la que losdemócratas esperaban ganar lagobernatura de Texas, fue larga ycostosa. Ambos candidatos gas-taron millones de dólares enanuncios de televisión y viajesalrededor de Texas, visitandopueblos rurales y poblados

PerryarrasacontraWhite

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quienes pedían eltriunfo para aquelcandidato fiel a laagenda delpueblo.

“Pienso quehabrá sorpresasesta noche (ayer)ya que los his-panos estándando este año

más muestras de participación alvoto comparado con el 2006 aquíen el Valle”, dijo Javier Parra,miembro de La Unión del PuebloEntero.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lasituación económica, la coberturade salud y la inmigración son, enese orden, las tres principales pre-ocupaciones de los votantes esta-dounidenses en las eleccionesintermedias, de acuerdo con lasprimeras encuestas de salida deurnas.

Un 62 por ciento de los electoresubicó a la economía como su in-quietud central, seguido de 19 porciento a quien interesa el acceso ala salud, y 6.0 por ciento que pri-

oriza la inmigración, según losresultados recopilados por la ca-dena CNN.

Entre los votantes para quienesla economía es su principal an-siedad, 56 por ciento dijo estar“muy preocupado”, 36 por ciento“algo preocupado”, 10 por ciento“no demasiado preocupado” y sólo3.0 dijo “no estar preocupado deltodo”.

A nivel de partidos, los nivelesde popularidad e impopularidadde demócratas y republicanosfueron similares.

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Economía, salud y migración,preocupaciones de votantes

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Republicans captured control of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday and expanded their voice in the Senate, riding a pow-erful wave of voter discontent as they dealt a setback to President Barack Obama two years after his triumphal victory.

A Republican tide swept aside dozens of Democratic lawmakers regardless of their seniority or their voting records, upending the con-gressional balance of power for the second half of Obama’s term.

“The American people’s voice was heard at the ballot box,” said Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, who is positioned to become the next House speaker.

But Senate Majority Leader Har-ry Reid, D-Nev., narrowly prevailed in his race, and his party hung onto control of the Senate by winning hard-fought contests in California, Delaware, Connecticut and West Virginia. Republicans picked up at least six Democratic seats, including the Senate seat once held by Obama, and the party will welcome Marco Rubio of Florida and Rand Paul of Kentucky to their ranks, two candi-dates who were initially shunned by the GOP establishment but beloved by the tea party movement.

“We’ve come to take our govern-ment back,” Paul, the son of Texas’ U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Lake Jackson, told cheering supporters in Bowling Green, Ky. “They say that the U.S. Senate is the world’s most delibera-tive body. I’m going to ask them to deliberate on this: The American people are unhappy with what’s going on in Washington.”

The most expensive midterm election campaign in the nation’s history, fueled by a raft of contri-

A 50-year flood hit Texas politics Tuesday, as Republicans swept away Democratic legislators and greatly expanded their influence on state government.

The Republicans’ slim majority in the Texas House was poised to grow into an overwhelming majority as upward of 20 Democratic House incumbents appeared headed for defeat. The casualty list included Reps. Valinda Bolton of Austin, Di-ana Maldonado of Round Rock and, in a derailment of one of the most promising political careers in Texas, Patrick Rose of San Marcos.

The national wave that booted Democrats from office across the country appeared to be just as pow-erful in Texas, where not only did

Republican Rick Perry, already Texas’ longest-serving governor, de-cisively overcame a challenge from Democrat Bill White on Tuesday to win a record third four-year term.

Hammering a message of Texas’ success in the midst of the national economic downturn and capitaliz-ing on frustration with the Obama administration in what has been a Republican-friendly year nation-wide, Perry carried with him the rest of the state GOP ticket, extend-ing the party’s monopoly on state-wide offices that began in 1999.

In the Texas House, incumbent Democrats took a beating, with Re-publican challengers running ahead in more than 20 races. Late Tues-day, area Democrats Patrick Rose of San Marcos, Diana Maldonado of Round Rock and Valinda Bolton of Austin lost to GOP challengers, while Donna Howard of Austin nar-rowly kept her seat.

Last legislative session, Republi-cans in the 150-member House had a 76-74 advantage. The GOP appeared poised to gain a significant number of seats in a year when numbers will count in redistricting. It could also cast into doubt the future of House Speaker Joe Straus, a mod-erate who must woo many new and more conservative Republicans to get re-elected.

In Congress, Democratic Rep. Chet Edwards of Waco was ousted Tuesday night after 20 years in office, and two other Democrats seemed in trouble as well.

Perry told supporters in Creed-moor, southeast of Austin, that despite all the speculation about an anti-incumbent sentiment, the real issue is not how long people have been in office but how hard they’ve worked to limit the reach of government.

“All across the country, in pre-cinct after precinct, the wave of dissatisfaction has been building for nearly two years, and it crested tonight in the form of conserva-tives winning offices,” Perry said, “and champions of big government are cleaning out their desks right now.”

Perry, a former state House mem-ber, agriculture commissioner and lieutenant governor who took over the governorship in late 2000 from then-Gov. (and President-elect)

In a burst of pre-dawn violence Tuesday, a 26-year-old man killed his roommate, shot and wounded a neighbor standing outside and fired on police before an officer gunned him down, authorities said.

The shooting spree came to an end in the parking lot of a Jaguar dealer-ship in North Austin just as officers were setting up a perimeter to search for the gunman.

Police said the suspect, identified as Howard Hanh Huynh, pointed an assault rifle at an officer, who then shot and killed him.

The incident, which began about

5:15 a.m. when police were sum-moned to a house near MoPac Bou-levard (Loop 1) and Parmer Lane, was the latest in a series of dramatic encounters in which police officers fired at reportedly armed suspects.

“We still see ourselves as a small, sleepy college town,” Police Chief Art Acevedo said at a news confer-ence. “I’ve been saying for three years that we have to recognize our community is growing.”

This is the second time that officer Will Ray has fatally shot a suspect. Almost exactly two years ago, when he was a rookie, officials praised his heroism after he shot and killed a man wearing a bulletproof vest and

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AUSTIN — RepublicanGov. Rick Perry defeatedDemocrat Bill White onTuesday asthe long-s e r v i n gg o v e r n o reasily wonan unprece-d e n t e dthird fullfour-yearterm.

With 26percent ofprecinctsreporting,Perry had57 percentof the votecomparedw i t hWhite’s 41p e r c e n t .Perry ham-mered hardall year on the theme thatthe Texas economy is betterthan many states and thathundreds of thousands ofjobs have been created dur-ing his decade in office.

He repeatedly criti-cized President BarackObama and nationalDemocrats and tried tolink White to them.

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LAGUNA MADRE WATER DISTRICT*PropositionThe issuance of $39,300,000 ofbonds and the levy of taxes in payment of the bonds.For ................................................1,147Against ........................................1,411

FEDERAL*United States Representative,District 15 Eddie Zamora (REP)..................30,650Ruben Hinojosa (DEM) ............43,759Aaron I. Cohn (LIB)......................1,960United States Representative,District 27R. Blake Farenthold (REP) ........45,795Solomon P. Ortiz (DEM) ............44,831Ed Mishou (LIB) ..........................4,748

STATE*GovernorRick Perry (REP)....................2,240,474Bill White (DEM) ..................1,614,797Kathie Glass (LIB)......................86,923Deb Shafto (GRN) ....................15,358Lieutenant GovernorDavid Dewhurst (REP) ........2,488,274L. Chavez-Thompson (DEM)1,310,894Scott Jameson (LIB) ..................95,584Herb Gonzales, Jr. (GRN) ..........34,182Attorney GeneralGreg Abbot (REP) ................2,576,632B.A. Radnofsky (DEM) ........1,262,753Jon Roland (LIB) ........................86,936Comptroller of Public AccountsSusan Combs (REP) ............2,686,345Mary J. Ruwart (LIB)................318,240Edward Lindsay (GRN) ..........195,623Commissioner of the GeneralLand OfficeJerry Patterson (REP)............2,447,998Hector Uribe (DEM) ............1,309,891James L. Holdar (LIB) ..............117,598Commissioner of AgricultureTodd Staples (REP) ..............2,408,757Hank Gilbert (DEM) ............1,329,623Rick Donaldson (LIB) ..............128,600Railroad CommissionerDavid Porter (REP) ..............2,349,083Jeff Weems (DEM) ..............1,346,034Roger Gary (LIB)......................109,191Art Browning (GRN) ................56,180Justice, Supreme Court, Place 3Debra Lehrmann (REP)........2,370,599Jim Sharp (DEM)..................1,385,864William B. Strange, III (LIB) ....109,341Justice, Supreme Court, Place 5Paul Green (REP)..................2,381,300Bill Moody (DEM) ................1,375,838Tom Oxford (LIB) ....................114,490Justice, Supreme Court, Place 9Eva Guzman (REP) ..............2,389,854Blake Bailey (DEM) ..............1,330,881Jack Armstrong (LIB) ..............161,144Judge, Court of CriminalAppeals, Place 2Lawrence Meyers (REP) ......2,604,699J. Randell Stevens (LIB) ..........528,641Judge, Court of CriminalAppeals, Place 5Cheryl Johnson (REP) ..........2,618,740Dave Howard (LIB)..................510,392Judge, Court of CriminalAppeals, Place 6Michael E. Keasler (REP)......2,382,484Keith Hampton (DEM) ........1,353,312Robert Ravee Virasin (LIB)......110,218State Representative, Dist. 37Rene O. Oliveira (DEM) ..............9,397State Representative Dist. 38 Eddie Lucio III (DEM) ................10,931 State Representative, Dist. 43 J.M. Lozano (DEM)....................10,439Richard W. Shuey (LIB)................3,051Justice, 13th Court of AppealsDistrict, Place 3Greg Perkes (REP) ..................109,834Linda Yañez (DEM)..................100,003District Judge,103rd Judicial District Janet L. Leal (DEM) ..................25,081District Judge,107th Judicial DistrictBenjamin Euresti Jr. (DEM) ......24,663District Judge,197th Judicial DistrictMigdalia Lopez (DEM)..............24,785District Judge,357th Judicial DistrictLeonel Alejandro (DEM)............24,002

CAMERON COUNTY*County JudgeCarlos Cascos (REP) ..................18,163John Wood (DEM) ....................18,715Justice of the Peace,Precinct No. 4 Manuel Flores Jr. (REP) ..................809Rolando Muniz (DEM) ..................648Justice of the Peace,Precinct No. 6 John Chambers (REP)..................1,642Juan Mendoza Jr. (DEM) ............1,993

*Early incompletereturns as of 10:44 p.m.

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