County early voting results, released after Saturday’s eleciton polls closed at 7 p.m., show Fort Bend Independent School District Board President Sonal Bhuchar besting challenger Carlos Cain by 2-1 for trustee Postion 2, and Marilyn Glover with a similar lead over challengers Bruce Albright and Rodrigo Carreon for Postion 6.
Bhuchar took 1,633 early votes – or 66.5% of the total – to 821, or 33.5% for Cain. In the race for the Position 6 seat being vacated by Steve Smelley, Glover won 1,391 early votes – 60.77% – compared with 739 for Bruce Albright (32.28%) and 159 for Rodrigo Carreon (6.95%).
In Rosenberg, incumbent Mayor Joe Gurecky holds an early vote lead of 670 to 499 for challenger Ace Hernandez; challenger Susan Euton is ahead 602 to 550 against long-time at-large Position 1 City Councilman James Carl Hopkins; at-large Position 2 incumbent Waline Sebesta has 668 early votes compared with 468 for challenger Mike Parsons; challenger Cynthia Flores McConathy is holding a 163 to 136 lead over incumbent District 2 Councilor Joe Segura; District 3 Councilor Dwayne Grigar easily leads challenger Cowboy Bill 237 to 67; and incumbent District 4 Councilor Tom Suter is ahead of challenger Charlie Nays 267-151.
In Missouri City, challenger Robin Elackatt holds a 226-180 early voting lead over incumbent District C City Councilwoman Barbara Gibson; and Rodney Griffin holds a slim 95-84 lead over Bobby Marshall for the vacant District A council seat.
In Sugar Land’s only contested race, Don Smithers holds a 336-161 lead over George Kakkanatt for the vacanct District 1 City Council seat.
At Lamar Consolidated ISD, incumbent Kathy Hynson was ahead of challenger Karen Mendoza 187 to 168 in early voting for the District 1 Board of Trustees seat.
In Needville ISD’s only contested race, Tim Sbrusch got 446 early votes to 177 for Brigitte Echols.
In Fulshear, where three candidates are competing for two alderman seats, Stephen Gill got 62 early votes, J.B. Collins Jr. got 61 and Carl Utley got 46.
In Arcola, where eight candidates are vying for three city council seats, Greg Abarr got 10 early votes, Florence Jackson got 9, Abraham Jones got 7, James Wark got 3, Javier Flores got 2 and Tom Hilton got 1. Candidates Rosie Rojas and James DeVoge didn’t garner any early votes.
In Kendleton’s only contested city council race, Reuben Young III took 13 early votes to 7 apiece for challengers Etta Marie Patterson and Carolyn Kindred Jenkins.
Meanwhile, Kingsbridge Municipal Utility District voters being asked to decide whether to allow the issuance of $23 million in bonds voted against it, but 7 early votes to 4.
11. May 2009 at 8:13 pm
Well its call APATHY people!!!
It Is shame we could not overturn the school BOT.
11. May 2009 at 10:19 am
I believe Bob Dunn’s video report entitled, The Sad Numbers,” says it best: Only 9,143 out of about 205,800 possible voters in Fort Bend County chose to do their civic duty by voting in the local elections.
Bob seems to be out done with the pathetic numbers representing this past Saturday’s voting statistics in the tiny minority, according to Bob, less than 4.5%, a fraction of a fraction, who will end up making the choice of who gets elected.
When I voted Saturday, it was so “not” a crowd; I was given a few extra “I voted” stickers. I knew then that it was going to be the same old story. The majority is sitting back and allowing a small, small number of people elects their choice. Translation: a tiny, tiny number of people get to elect candidates of their choice who will make big, big decisions and choices that will affect the rest of us, 205, 8000, in this county. As Bob would say, “Golly Gosh.”
The number speak: The vast majority of the people don’t care; so the rest of us who care enough to engage in our civic duty of voting to let our voices be heard cannot overcome the numbers of those who do not. Like it or not, the saga continues, and whatever you thought you did not like before————————-, well you fill in the dotted lines with whatever is not going well, presently. Because, indeed, it will continue and more than likely intensify. But, that’s the breaks when a fraction of a fraction is given the permission to choose for the majority due to the majority being AWOL.
10. May 2009 at 2:40 pm
FBISD BOT control by new four women magority official, over three men. Mrs. Caldwell for president, Mr. Broxson for vice president? Mr. Reitz Secr.
10. May 2009 at 2:22 pm
A strong comeback for Arcola City official Mr. Hilton tobe re-elected.