Upshur Vote Tally's In Statewide And Federal Races

How did Upshur vote in relation to the rest of the state?

According to tally's by the Texas Secretary of State, Upshur County didn't turn out as heavily as the rest of the state, and when we did, we trended more Republican than Texas as a whole.

30.45% of registered Upshur voters turned out this year, compared to 59.32% of the state. in 2004, Upshur turned out 57.43%.

In most all races, our county trended about 10-15% higher toward the Republican ticket than statewide voters.

President of the United States	Party	Upshur Votes	Upshur %	Statewide %
John McCain	REP	5871	73.10%	55.0%
Barack Obama	DEM	2106	26.22%	43.80%
US Senate
John Cornyn	REP	5602	70.79%	54.80%
Rick Noriega	DEM	2180	27.54%	42.90%
Yvonne Schick	LIB	131	1.65%	2.90%
US Representative District 1
Louie Gohmert	REP	6120	86.72%	87.70%
Roger Owen	IND	937	13.27%	12.3%
Railroad Commissioner
Michael Williams	REP	4811	62.86%	52.10%
Mark Thompson	DEM	2559	33.43%	44.40%
David Floyd	LIB	283	3.69%%	3.50%
Chief Justice, Supreme Court
Wallace Jefferson	REP	4810	63.22%	53.07%
Jim Jordan	DEM	2593	34.08%	43.83%
Tim Oxford	LIB	205	2.69%	3.10%
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 7
Dale Wainwright	REP	4653	61.21%	51.08%
Sam Houston	DEM	2715	35.71%	45.90%
David Smith	LIB	233	3.06%	3.02%
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8
Phil Johnson	REP	5030	66.49%	52.29%
Linda Yanez	DEM	2281	30.15%	44.67%
Drew Shirley	LIB	254	3.35%	3.04%
Justice, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3
Tom Price	REP	4801	63.51%	51.63%
Susan Strawn	DEM	2565	33.93%	45.5%
Matthew Eilers	LIB	193	2.55%	2.82%
Justice, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4
Paul Womack	REP	4981	65.96%	52.94%
J.R. Molina	DEM	2328	30.83%	43.78%
Dave Howard	LIB	242	3.20%	3.28%
Justice, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9
Cathy Cochran	REP	55.16	85.38%	81.89%
William Strange	LIB	944	14.61%	14.11%