Turnout for Tuesday’s presidential primary election in Brazos County was two and a half times the number who voted four years ago.
Voter turnout was nearly 36 percent, or 34,062 of 95,300 registered voters in Brazos County. That’s compared to 14,704 in 2012.
11,962 people participated in early voting and 22,100 votes came from 26 voting centers.
Brazos County Clerk Karen McQueen says voters seemed to like going to any location, particularly Texas A&M students who chose to vote off-campus. She also says they will have more equipment for the general election in November.
Click HERE to read and download Brazos County primary election unofficial final results.
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The closest race was the Brazos County Commission precinct 1 seat, where College Station city councilman and former College Station school board member Steve Aldrich defeated Lloyd Wassermann 3635 to 3407.
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College Station mayor Nancy Berry will also be joining the county commission, after defeating Gabriel Garcia 3396 to 1972 for the precinct 3 seat being vacated by the retirement of Kenny Mallard.
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Brazos County Sheriff Chris Kirk won his sixth term in his first contested election since he initially ran for the office 20 years ago. Kirk defeated Miguel Vasquez 20403 to 2629.
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For the third time, Kyle Kacal won a contested primary; and with no general election opponent will be returning to Austin as the House District 12 representative. Kacal received 14057 votes, with Michael Stanford receiving 3794 and Timothy Delasandro getting 2105.
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John Raney was re-elected to the House District 14 seat he has held since 2011 after defeating former College Station city councilman Jess Fields 11503 to 5221.
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Congressman Bill Flores defeated two Republican primary candidates to advance to the general election against an unopposed Democratic challenger. With the exception of total results from Travis County, Flores received 58138 votes. Ralph Patterson had 13581 and Kaleb Sims 6885.
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