Burnt Orange Report

November 15, 2004

3/5 Top Bush Counties in Texas

By Byron LaMasters

Not a big surprise here.

The Lasso has the top five counties for both Bush and Kerry.

The top five Bush counties are all pretty similar. They're all small, rural counties in the Great Plains / Upper Mountain West. The top Kerry Counties are Washington D.C., San Francisco, two Indian Reservation counties, and one Black Belt county.

Here's the top five Bush counties:

Ochiltree, Texas: 91.97 percent
Madison, Idaho: 91.90 percent
Roberts, Texas: 91.65 percent
Glasscock, Texas: 91.56 percent
Arthur, Neb.: 90.15 percent

To get an idea of the size of the Texas counties, here's the raw vote totals. Ochiltree and Roberts counties are in the panhandle. Glasscock is just east of Midland:

Ochiltree County:
George W. Bush/ Dick Cheney REP (I) 2,920 91.96%
John F. Kerry / John Edwards DEM 251 7.90%

Roberts County:
George W. Bush/ Dick Cheney (I) REP 428 91.64%
John F. Kerry/ John Edwards DEM 39 8.35%

Glasscock County:
George W. Bush/ Dick Cheney (I) REP 488 91.55%
John F. Kerry/ John Edwards DEM 44 8.25%

So, you ask, what were John Kerry's best Texas counties? All three were in south Texas.

Zavala County:
George W. Bush/ Dick Cheney (I) REP 777 24.91%
John F. Kerry / John Edwards DEM 2,332 74.79%

Starr County:
George W. Bush/ Dick Cheney (I) REP 2,552 26.09%
John F. Kerry / John Edwards DEM 7,199 73.60%

Duval County:
George W. Bush/ Dick Cheney (I) REP 1,160 28.35%
John F. Kerry / John Edwards DEM 2,916 71.27%

Posted by Byron LaMasters at November 15, 2004 03:17 PM | TrackBack

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Note from Richard Morrison about Hubert Vo

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This year, for the first time in a genaration, Texas Democrats increased our numbers in the Texas House of Representatives. With Bush polling 62 percent at the top of the ticket, my good friend Hubert Vo knocked off a powerful incumbent by just 31 votes.

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Hubert Vo won a stunning upset on Tuesday in his rookie race for State Representative, toppling Talmadge Heflin, the 22-year veteran and most powerful member of the Texas Legislature.

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His opponent, Talmadge Heflin, the powerful head of the Appropriations Committee, has not conceded and is threatening to contest the election in the Texas House of Representatives.

Here's more on the story from the Houston Chronicle:

A recount, however, is not a necessary prerequisite to contest the election. Heflin has until Dec. 8 to do that. The election would then be thrown to the House of Representatives, which could either seat Vo or overturn the election and require a new vote.

There have been several contested elections in the Texas House in recent years, but none has reversed the outcome. Most were withdrawn.

Buck Wood, one of several lawyers observing the Harris County vote canvass on Vo's behalf, said Heflin's case posed a potential public relations "nightmare" for Republicans.

With an 87-62 Republican majority (excluding the contested seat) in the House, partisanship could become a factor.

"This House has shown itself to be as partisan as any I've ever seen," Wood said.

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Posted by: CJ Buchanan at November 15, 2004 03:45 PM

91.97 percent support! I really feel sorry for the 8 people out of a hundred.

Posted by: political at November 15, 2004 04:34 PM

Where the hell is the Black belt??

Posted by: Tek_XX at November 15, 2004 11:01 PM

Tek XX - Deep south African-American majority counties...

Posted by: Byron L at November 16, 2004 01:59 AM

The county that I find interesting, if not disturbing, is Cameron. It was the only county in the Valley to go for Bush (50.37/49.21) even though the county was otherwise good for Dems. David Van Os and Bob Scarborough carried Cameron. So, there were a significant number of citizens in Cameron County who voted for Bush even though they otherwise voted for Dem candidates.

I look forward to 2008 when Bush won't be on the ballot.

Jeb

Posted by: Jeb at November 17, 2004 10:38 AM

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November 15, 2004

3/5 Top Bush Counties in Texas

By Byron LaMasters