NEWS
Voter turnout tops 11.94% in county
There was an 11.94 percent turnout in Tuesday’s party primary election runoffs in Montague County.
Elections Administrator Ginger Wall reported 1,579 of the county’s 13,226 registered voters cast ballots Tuesday.
There were only two county race runoffs on the Republican ticket and one state-wide race on the Democratic ticket.
Assistant County Treasurer LaVonda Langford won a close race for county treasurer with 53.31 percent or 790 votes defeating Brandi Shipman, former elections administrator who had 692 votes or 46.69 percent.
Langford has been assistant treasurer since March 2013. The position came open when Treasurer Linda McGaughey opted to retire this year. There are no Democratic party challengers on the November election.
Retired law officer Kevin Benton defeated two-term justice of the peace two Karen Reynolds, 545 to 266 votes. He earned 67.20 percent of the vote over Reynolds’ 32.80 percent.
In the only Democratic state runoff, Lupe Valdez won 31 votes in the county, just one more than Andrew White’s 30 votes. Valdez, former chief of the Dallas Police Department, went on to defeat White statewide with 52.7 percent of the vote. She will face off against Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in November.
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The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on May 12 in the council chambers.
The agenda opens with a proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week.
In the city manager’s report, Bert Cunningham will discuss the Rock and Pillar Street project and the Texas Water Development Board grant application.
In new business, Brittany Barnes will be considered as an appointment to the Bowie Community Development Board.
A resolution requesting financial assistance from the TWDB authorizing the filing of an application for assistance will be reviewed.
The master parks plan also will be presented by staff from Public Management.
The consent agenda and public comments round out the meeting.
Members of the Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on May 11.
After the consent agenda and public comments, the court will discuss an interlocal agreement between precinct two and the Bowie Sports Association for the baseball complex.
Precinct three will ask for a line-time budget adjustment of $15,000 from operating expenses to part-time.
The court will open and consider accepting sealed bids for emulsified asphalt and prime oil, all on a 90-day contract.
The consent agenda of minutes, bills and reports also is slated.
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