HD 22 Election Results

If you haven’t discovered this already, you can find the state’s breaking news – including totals on the HD 22 race as they come in tonight – here at the Political Parlor with the newsfeeds.

Polls closed at 7 and there are only 42 boxes. Turnout is looking about as light as expected although it may be a bit higher in Jackson County than in Madison County.

Update (9:10 pm): With over 60% of the boxes reporting, the turnout is so far overwhelmingly Democratic. At this point, four Democratic voters are turning out for every one Republican voter.

Update (9:27 pm): Wayne Johnson wins the GOP primary. Democrats Butch Taylor and Don Webster will be in a run-off.

Legislative Dispatch

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Putting Students First

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Legislative Transparency

There are a lot of issues to debate before we begin the final days of this session. In fact, I am quite certain there will be some comments on this post debating many of them. Before we get into the last seven day of the session I wanted to bring up a topic that [...]


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