Election judges, Peggy Price, left, and Billie Reynolds, served Saturday in the Sulphur Springs
Independent School District Election, at the SSISD Administration Building.
Voters Determine Winners
In Saturday Elections
by: Bobby McDonald
A variety of local entities had voters going to the polls on Saturday, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., where they determined the winners in a number of local races for school boards, city councils, and other elected offices.
Voters in Como-Pickton re-elected Mark Humphrey, incumbent, to the school board and selected Beth Hankins as a new member of that board. Humphrey garnered 106 votes and Hankins gathered 86. Tom Hendricks polled 35, Sherrie France - 33, Kelly Kight - 23, John Robinson - 23, and Michael Mund received 17 votes.
In Saltillo, Rusty Daniel ran unopposed and received 39 votes, while voters elected Gary Mobley to a new term on the board, with 45 votes, while La Wanda Simmons received 6 votes.
North Hopkins voters gave the "nod" to Robert Whaley with 85 votes and Robert McPherson received 79, to be elected to terms on their school board. Jenny Cockrum, incumbent, failed to be re-elected with her 64 vote total. Edgar Clements received 54 votes to fill a vacancy on the board, while Ra Donna Adams received 42 votes, Bob Williams received 37 votes, Tina Flippin received 17 votes, and Kim Ball received 6 votes.
In the Cumby School Board Elections, David Barrow won the election to a two-year unexpired term, with 121 votes. Darla Higginbotham received 44 votes; Randall Walker received 37 votes; and Russell Parker received 42 votes. In the election for a full 3-year term, Jesse Hare polled 147 votes to win re-election, while David Petty received 160 votes, and Keith Newsom received 72 votes.
No election was necessary in the Miller Grove ISD Board of Education, as three candidates, Carolyn Burns, Brian Lennon, and Jim Potts ran unopposed for the three slots.
In Yantis, Boyd McCreight, Gary Long, and Shannon Young, were elected to three terms on that school district's board. Long polled 166 votes, while Young received 139 votes and McCreight received 137. Other totals received were Betty Caudle with 82 votes; Debra Albritton with 60 votes; and Tommy Davis received 95 votes.
Don Sapaugh received 574 votes to win a place on the Sulphur Springs I.S.D. Board of Education, while Judy Gillem won re-election to the board, with her 471 votes. Oscar Medelline received 389 votes in the election.
In the Sulphur Bluff I.S.D., the unoffiical count revealed the victors as Bill Wilder, Joey Dorner, and Brian Dorner. Micah Johnson received 46 votes, while Billy M. Emerson received 57 votes and Nicole Massey received 39 votes. Indications were that the votes would be re-counted as a measure to make certain that the totals were correct.
In the Sulphur Springs City Council Election, only one race featured an opponent, and that was the seat vacated by Joe Crouch, who did not seek re-election. Oscar Aguilar polled 398 votes to win the seat, while Pat Murray collected 154 votes. Unopposed were Gary Jordan and Mayor Clay Walker, who will serve another term each.
In the Como City Elections, Donald Meeks received a plurality of 29 votes, to defeat James Carroll, in the Water Commisioner's race. And Roy Darby was elected Mayor of Como. Margaret Carpenter was elected to the office of Street Commissioner.
No election was required for the Tira City Council, as Malcolm Joslin, Wayne Loper, and Sandra Wester filled the three positions on the council.
A "light" voter turn-out was reflected in Saturday's elections, all across Hopkins County.
These voters cast their vote in the Sulphur Springs City Council race on Saturday.
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