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%
