The City of Edinburg conducted elections tonight for councilmember Places 3, 4 and municipal court judge while voters in Hidalgo and Cameron counties voted on 10 proposed state constitutional amendments.
According to unofficial results from the Hidalgo County Elections Office, it appears there will be a runoff in the Councilmember Place 3 race because no one received more than 50% of the vote. Deanna “Coach” Dominguez received 2,238 votes (34,67%), compared with 2,103 (32.58%) for Juan “Johnny” Garcia, 1,875 (29,05%) for Carlos Jasso and 239 (3.70%) for Marc Roque.
For Councilmember Place 4, David White unseated incumbent David Torres 3,658 votes to 2,846 for David Torres.
Incumbent Toribio “Terry” Palacios won re-election for municipal court judge with 4,311 votes while Alma Garza received 2,197 votes.
With 97% of 254 counties reporting statewide as of 11:06 tonight, it appears that Proposition 1 failed. Here are the unofficial tallies for the 10 proposed constitutional amendments:
Proposition 1–“The constitutional amendment permitting a person to hold more than one office as a municipal judge at the same time.”
Statewide, Proposition 1 received 522,337 votes for and 986,523 against. In Hidalgo County, 7,676 voted for and 16,402 against. In Cameron County, 2,878 voted for and 7,442 against.
Proposition 2–“The constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of additional general obligation bonds by the Texas Water Development Board in an amount not to exceed $200 million to provide financial assistance for the development of certain projects in economically distressed areas.”
Statewide, the proposal received 964,126 votes for and 535,039 against. In Hidalgo County, 15,625 voted for and 7,709 against. In Cameron County, 7,336 voted for and 2,921 against Proposition 2.
Proposition 3–“The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a disaster.”
Statewide, Proposition 3 garnered 1,280,294 votes for and 219,913 against. In Hidalgo County, 18,589 voted for and 4,523 against. In Cameron County, 8,783 voted for and 1,483 against.
Proposition 4–“The constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of an individual income tax, including a tax on an individual’s share of partnership and unincorporated association income.”
Across the state, 1,148,407 voted for and 362,043 against Proposition 4. In Hidalgo County, 15,950 voted for and 7,063 against. In Cameron County, 7,686 voted for and 2,623 against.
Proposition 5–“The constitutional amendment dedicating the revenue received from the existing state sales and use taxes that are imposed on sporting goods to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Historical Commission to protect Texas’ natural areas, water quality, and history by acquiring, managing, and improving state and local parks and historic sites while not increasing the rate of the state sales and use taxes.”
Statewide, 1,327,193 voted for and 181,047 against Proposition 5. In Hidalgo County, 19,750 voted for and 3,301 against. In Cameron County, 9,034 voted for and 1,267 against.
Proposition 6–“The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to increase by $3 billion the maximum bond amount authorized for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.”
Across the state, 944,548 voted for and 551,686 against Proposition 6. In Hidalgo County, 16,696 voted for and 6,310 against. In Cameron County, 7,381 voted for and 2,896 against.
Proposition 7–“The constitutional amendment allowing increased distributions to the available school fund.”
Statewide, 1,095,634 voted for and 401,949 against Proposition 7. In Hidalgo County, 17,302 voted for and 5,760 against. In Cameron County, 7,531 voted for and 2,700 against.
Proposition 8–“The constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the flood infrastructure fund to assist in the financing of drainage, flood mitigation, and flood control projects.”
Across the state, 1,157,202 voted for and 356,581 against Proposition 8. In Hidalgo County, 19,085 voted for and 4,068 against. In Cameron County, 8,899 voted for and 1,437 against.
Proposition 9–“The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation precious metal held in a precious metal depository located in this state.”
Statewide, 771,856 voted for and 700,153 against Proposition 9. In Hidalgo County, 11,048 voted for and 11,008 against. In Cameron County, 5,228 voted for and 4,819 against.
Proposition 10–“The constitutional amendment to allow the transfer of a law enforcement animal to a qualified caretaker in certain circumstances.”
Across the state, 1,428,174 voted for and 91,341 against Proposition 10. In Hidalgo County, 20,302 voted for and 2,487 against. In Cameron County, 9,661 voted for and 637 against.
