Results from Rockwall County March 3 Primary Election

Here’s a look at the March 3 Primary Election results from rockwallvotes.com (updated March 4 at 9:45 a.m.).

Ninety four percent of Republican voters voted for Donald Trump as their Presidential candidate, while Joe Biden won the majority of the Democratic vote (40 percent) for President. Bernie Sanders was the runner up with 25 percent of the vote.

Republican candidate Stephani Woodward took the majority of the vote for Judge of the Rockwall County Court at Law No. 2.

Incumbent Republican candidate Cliff Sevier won 72 percent of the vote for Rockwall County Commissioner Precinct 1 over his opponent, Dwight Walker.

Republican candidate Dennis Bailey retained his seat as the Rockwall County Commissioner Precinct 3 with 55 percent of the vote. Jennie Barker came close with 44 percent of the vote in the race. In the Democratic County Commissioner Precinct 3 race, Merceda Winder ran unopposed.

Republican candidate Dan Otto won 77 percent of the vote versus Brandon Cozby for Constable Precinct 3.

Running unopposed for their respective offices were:

• REP 382nd Judicial District Judge Brett Hall
• REP 439th Judicial District Judge David Rakow
• REP County Court at Law No. 1 Judge Brian Williams
• REP Sheriff Terry Garrett
• REP US Representative District 4 John Ratcliffe
• REP County Tax Assessor-Collector Kim Sweet
• DEM County Tax Assessor-Collector Amber Crimmings
• REP Justice of the Peace Precinct 3 Mark Russo
• DEM Justice of the Peace Tim Wells
• DEM County Commissioner Precinct 3 Merceda Winder
• REP County Chair Laverne Kennimer
• DEM County Chair Judith Matherne
• REP State Representative District 33 Justin Holland
• DEM State Representative District 33 Andy Rose
• REP Justice of the Peace Precinct 4 Liana Bell Whitten
• REP Constable Precinct 1 John Benedetto
• REP Constable Precinct 2 Trey Chaney
• REP Constable Precinct 4 Randy Earl Parks

The majority of voters voted yes to all 10 Republican and all 11 Democratic propositions on the ballot. Here’s a look at what each of the propositions from both parties entail.

Republican Propositions

1. Texas should not restrict or prohibit prayer in public schools.
2. Texas should reject restrictions on the right to keep and bear arms.
3. Texas should ban the practice of taxpayer-funded lobbying.
4. Texas should support the construction of a physical barrier and use existing defense-grade surveillance equipment along the entire southern border of Texas.
5. Texas parents or legal guardians of public school children under the age of 18 should be the sole decision makers for all their children’s healthcare decisions including, but not limited to, psychological assessment and treatment, contraception, and sex education.
6. Texas should ban chemical castration, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and genital mutilation surgery on all minor children for transition purposes.
7. Texans should protect and preserve all historical monuments, artifacts, and buildings and should oppose any re-imagining of the Alamo site.
8. Texas election officials should heed the directives of the Office of the Governor to purge illegal voters from the voter rolls and verify that each new registered voter is a U.S. Citizen.
9. Bail in Texas should be based only on a person’s danger to society and risk of flight, not that person’s ability to pay.
10. Texas should limit the state legislators’ terms to 12 years.

Democratic Propositions

1. Right to Healthcare: Should everyone in Texas have a right to quality healthcare, protected by a universally accessible Medicare-style system that saves rural hospitals, reduces the cost of prescription drugs, and guarantees access to reproductive healthcare?
2. Right to a 21st Century Public Education: Should everyone in Texas have the right to high-quality public education from pre-k to 12th grade, and affordable college and career training without the burden of crushing student loan debt?
3. Right to Clean Air, Safe Water, and a Responsible Climate Policy: Should everyone in Texas have the right to clean air, safe water, affordable and sustainable alternative energy sources, and a responsible climate policy that recognizes and addresses the climate crisis as a real and serious threat that impacts every aspect of life on this planet?
4. Right to Economic Security: Should everyone in Texas have the right to economic security, where all workers have earned paid family and sick leave, training to prepare for future economies, and a living wage that respects their hard work?
5. Right to Dignity & Respect: Should everyone in Texas have the right to a life of dignity and respect, free from discrimination and harassment anywhere, including businesses and public facilities, no matter how they identify, the color of their skin, whom they love, socioeconomic status, disability status, housing status, or from where they come?
6. Right to Be Free from Violence: Should everyone in Texas have the right to live a life free from violence—gun violence, racial hatred, terrorism, domestic violence, bullying, harassment or sexual assault—so Texans can grow in a safe environment?
7. Right to Housing: Should everyone in Texas have the right to affordable and accessible housing and modern utilities (electricity, water, gas, and high-speed internet) free from any form of discrimination?
8. Right to Vote: Should every eligible Texan have the right to vote, made easier by automatic voter registration, the option to vote-by-mail, guaranteed early and mobile voting stations, and a state election holiday — free from corporate campaign influence, foreign and domestic interference, and gerrymandering?
9. Right to a Fair Criminal Justice System: Should everyone in Texas have the right to a fair criminal justice system that treats people equally, uses proven methods for de-escalating situations instead of excessive force, and puts an end to the mass and disproportionate incarceration of people of color for minor offenses?
10. Immigrant Rights: Should there be a just and fair comprehensive immigration reform solution that includes an earned path to citizenship for law-abiding immigrants and their children, keeps families together, protects DREAMers, and provides workforce solutions for businesses?
11. Right to Fair Taxation: Should Texas establish equitable taxation for people at all income levels and for businesses and corporations, large and small, so our state government can fund our educational, social, infrastructure, business, and all government services to improve programs necessary for all Texans to thrive?

For additional results and continuous updates, visit www.rockwallvotes.com.  

Blue Ribbon News staff report.

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