Washington County Election Commissioner John Burrow and volunteers count votes at the Washington County Courthouse Tuesday night.
Staff photo
Just over 20,000 of the 100,218 registered voters turned out to vote in the 2012 Preferential Primary elections in Washington County this year, and with 95.3 percent of the polls reporting, the unofficial results were just announced at the county courthouse.
The full (unofficial) results of all the Washington County elections are below. Keep in mind these are only for Washington County.
Democratic Party
President
John Wolfe – 1,076 (15.58%)
Barack Obama – 5,830 (84.42%)
State Rep. District 85
Maylon T. Rice – 441 (25.87%)
David Whitaker – 1,264 (74.13%)
Justice of the Peace District 7
Sharon L. Green – 267 (64.65%)
Maria Hicks – 146 (35.35%)
Justice of the Peace District 13
Rhonda Hulse – 215 (49.54%)
Boyce R. Davis – 219 (50.46%)
Constable District 10
Thomas Sharpe – 193 (56.43%)
Cory Whorton – 149 (43.57%)
Unopposed Democratic Candidates
For All – 6,269 (100%)
Republican Party
President
Mitt Romney – 8,502 (68.10%)
Ron Paul – 1,864 (14.93%)
Newt Gingrich – 505 (4.05%)
Rick Santorum – 1,613 (12.92%)
State Senate District 1
Tim Summers – 200 (37.31%)
Bart Hester – 336 (62.69%)
State Senate District 5
Bill Coleman – 404 (59.76%)
Bryan B. King – 272 (40.24%)
State Senate District 7
Senator Bill Prichard – 2,614 (48.43%)
Representative John Woods – 2,784 (51.57%)
State Rep. District 80
Charlene Fite – 865 (60.41%)
Terry Bibs – 567 (39.59%)
State Rep. District 81
Justin T. Harris – 750 (72.74%)
Lisa France Norris – 281 (27.26%)
State Rep. District 97
Bob Ballinger – 384 (53.10%)
Jeremy Miller – 348 (46.90%)
Justice of the Peace District 85
Butch Pond- 803 (57.44%)
Travis Lee – 595 (42.56%)
Constable District 1
Constable Jack Avery – 468 (38.24%)
John Duggar – 756 (61.76%)
Constable District 2
Barry Graves – 521 (51.58%)
Constable Tom G. Clowers – 489 (48.42%)
Constable District 3
Dudley Gideon – 370 (48.62%)
Addison Taylor – 381 (51.38%)
Constable for District 5
Jim Snow – 313 (51.48%)
Joe Reed – 295 (48.52%)
Constable for District 8
Benjamin Stuckey – 181 (50.56%
Coleman Taylor – 177 (48.44%)
Constable District 14
Charlie Brooks – 517 (53.30%)
Kim Maynard – 143 (14.74%)
Jim Renfrow – 207 21.34%)
Bob Coons – 103 (10.62%)
Constable District 15
Kyle Woodruff – 880 (73.46%)
Kory Weathers – 318 (26.54%)
Unopposed Republican Candidates
For All – 10,812 (100%)
Non-Partisan Judicial
State Supbreme Court Associat Justice PO
Raymond Abramson – 6,179 (34.48%)
Judge Jo Hart – 11,741 (65.52%)
Court of Appeals District 3 Position 2
Niki Cung – 9,798 (52.80%)
Kenneth Hixson – 8,760 (47.3%)
Circuit Judge Division 4
Amy Estes Turner – 2,478 (12.97%)
Bob Lambert – 9,085 (47.55%)
Christi Beaumont – 7,544 (39.48%)
Circuit Judge Division 6
Judge Mark Lindsay – 13,136 (70.68%)
Brenda Austin 5,449 (29.32%)
Unopposed Nonpartisan Candidates
For All – 16,712 (100%)
Special Election (Transit Tax)
For – 7,391 (36.24%)
Against – 13,001 (63.76%)
Thank god the transit tax didn’t pass! My family is strapped enough as it is. So relieved.
That election should also put an end to the pipe dreams about a light rail system in NWA, which would be far more expensive and would require transit stops for convenient connections. We can thank Benton County officials and their owners, who will never cooperate on any project that might serve anyone or anywhere other than their narrow self-interest. HIV Clinics, XNA, Bella Vista Bypass, WAC, Public Transit, the list is endless.
At least we know that Steve Womack has a constituency.
Your family might be less strapped if you weren’t spending almost a third of your income on transportation (assuming you fit the average profile of a family in Northwest Arkansas). How much gas you can buy with that quarter you saved on a $100 purchase?
@M1 You are speaking too much sense. Let them hold onto their beliefs. Did you know .25% adds up to 7 Million dollars?! Those hippies ain’t gettin’ my family’s 7 million dollars!
Actually my family commutes by bicycle on a daily basis on the bike trail, which I don’t mind my taxes funding. By doing this, we save well over $200/month and keep in good health at the same time. Sorry but I’m just not interested in paying for a very small minority of people to hitch a ride, which they could easily take the already existing (and surprisingly variegated) University of Arkansas transit system for free or pay a very small amount for the transport if the ORT ever decides to act like a real business instead of a tax parasite. And as far as Veterans – I’m pretty sure the VA offers a transport service free of charge already.
Ever since I’ve lived in Fayetteville, those buses have been running like ghost lines. I’ve never seen one full. What makes people think that would’ve changed?
Thank you for your support of the trail system, and congratulations on your ability and willingness to use it. I also am happy to support it, even though it is of little use to me, because an enlightened society provides such amenities.
RE “Ever since I’ve lived in Fayetteville, those buses have been running like ghost lines. I’ve never seen one full.”
How many cars do you see that are not full? Why is that a requirement for buses, but not cars? Assuming you commute at the same time as everybody else, how can you tell from the bike trail whether the buses are full during rush hour? Assuming that this is a valid complaint, wouldn’t a county/city/UofA bus system pretty well address it?
The difference is that I am not made to be paying for the empty cars, but in this case, I would have been forced to pay for the empty buses. Those buses have been running well before the bike trail was built – I remember them running in 1995/96. They’ve never really “caught on”. And to answer your question, Mr. Franks, I can see the empty buses because obviously my daily commuting by bike takes me much farther than the bike trail. I use it as a source of functional transportation to and from work, the grocery store, etc.. – not just for recreation.
I say if the ORT wants this to happen, then they need to find a way to fund it on their own. Start out with 2 or 3 of the proposed new routes and charge a small fee per ride. If it is what the people want and need then it will catch on and they can expand their routes by pure old-fashioned supply and demand. I’ve traveled and lived in several big cities and none of them have ever had the luxury of free transit. Affordable, yes, but not free.
ORT is not free.
RE “The difference is that I am not made to be paying for the empty cars,”
Oh, yes you are. The gasoline tax pays for only about half of road construction; the other half or so comes from general revenues. Further, there’s a half-cent statewide sales tax increase on the November ballot, to pay for, among other things, widening roads to accommodate all of those nearly-empty cars. It will probably pass, and there you will be: made to pay for those empty cars.
Let’s be realistic here, if the state tax is going to pass (which you say is likely), it will not be because Washington County voted on public transit or not. And then everyone would’ve been stuck paying a double increase. And as far as future taxes of the same breed, well that depends on people making their own choices. It is possible to drive, carpool, ride a bus (ORT, UA transit, or if you are a vet – VA transport), ride a bike, walk, etc. When actual demand for public transit goes UP (i.e. full buses), then I can imagine that would be the time to re-think the routes, and hopefully it will be done as a private business venture as opposed to a forced tax on everyone.
If this thing would’ve been as successful as you say, then why does it make sense to force everyone in the county to pay for it? What is stopping the business sector from reaping the fruits of something so needed by all – ESPECIALLY if the freakin thing isn’t free in the first place (thank you, Ryan)
The busses aren’t full because of the extremely limited routes and times.
How short-sighted, misinformed and selfish.
1. ORT buses charge a nominal $1 per ride. They are not free.
2. The ORT routes are extremely limited. If you look at their maps, they don’t service a large area, and especially don’t service areas where they are needed most. People who rely on public transportation to get to work and health appointments are people who cannot afford vehicles, or who cannot drive for various reasons.
3. The ORT doesn’t run in the evening after 7 p.m. and doesn’t run on Saturday or Sunday. If you’re relying on public transport, you likely have a less-than-traditional job. Imagine having to look for service work where you could not work on weekends and had to be out the door by the last bus.
4. You say you use the bike trail on a regular basis. How wonderful. I love the bike trail. I like seeing families use it. I brake for cyclists every time. I hope it’s expanded and beautified. But guess what? I don’t use the bike trail and never have. I don’t even know how to ride a bike. However, I am not oblivious to the tremendous benefits it has brought to our community. I don’t have kids in school, can I opt out of school taxes that pay for YOUR kids to go to school? Can I opt out of funding the parks if I never go to one?
5. If you look at the dollar figures, this tax increase would cost you $2.50 for every $1000 spent. If you managed to spend 100K this year, helping some people who really need it would cost you $220.50. If you can’t muster the compassion and big-picture thinking to spend an extra couple hundred bucks for every 100K you spend, I recommend you look into what resources you’re using that other people are paying for.
It sounds to me like ORT is being grossly mismanaged (something that is all too common with tax-funded establishments). They need to accurately determine what the most in-demand routes are, reevaluate their operating days & hours and make changes based on these assessments, THEN consider expanding when they start experiencing a greater volume of passengers. It’s a simple business model. More government entities (and consequently the taxpayers) could benefit from a little Business 101.
And thank you for assuming that you pay for my children’s school taxes, blarrrgh. You don’t, actually. They do not attend public school.
Again, it does not make sense to force the entire county to pay for something if it is theoretically “so needed” that it could easily fund itself.
My apologies for assuming your kids go to public school. I’ll go back to only paying for your use of the bike trails, highways, roads, sidewalks, parks, police, fire department, etc. You don’t mind, right?
It seems like you are choosing to ignore the gist of what I’m saying here. If you are so set on arbitrating from the discussion – yes, in my opinion, 6 out of 7 of the things you just mentioned could and should be privatized. However, I wouldn’t mind paying a tax so everyone could benefit freely from parks. The other 6 could easily be set up in the private sector where we would see quality of service/infrastructure go up significantly.
Oh that’s just what this country needs…all of our public services and infrastructure provided by private entities on a for-profit basis. Ridiculous.
The buses aren’t full because there aren’t enough buses, stops, or routes for it to be a viable daily alternative for getting to where you need to go in a timely manner. While I too prefer walking or riding a bike, there are those who can’t, and plenty of occasions where it is impractical. If you truly don’t see the benefit to our community in having a real, viable alternative solution for getting around the city to everyone driving their own car, then I don’t know what to say. I understand that the disagreement is obviously how it’s paid for, but I think it’s undeniable that the need is there. But we choose to widen the roads.
OMG, totally. Because the private sector does such an amazing job of being accountable to people. LOL forever.
LOL is right if you think you are living in a world where government is being held accountable. At the very least with privatization, these monopolies would cease to exist (throw in the US Post as well). What incentive do they have to work efficiently and to the best of their ability if there is no competition? Do some research, it might surprise you.
Are you trolling? I can’t tell if you’re serious.
Here is an example of how much true competition there is in the free market: http://businessinsider.com/image/4f9805106bb3f7d331000017-960/reddit-chart-illusion-choice.png/
(link is an image of brands, completely safe for work)
A private business is only accountable to its shareholders and I have delicious Gulf Coast sea food to prove it.
RE “A private business is only accountable to its shareholders and I have delicious Gulf Coast sea food to prove it.”
Pre-oiled and ready to sautee or fry. It’s a convenience food; they should charge more for it.
Selfish, non-community-minded people are selfish and non-community-minded. I think we can draw some obvious conclusions based upon this dialogue.
And sore losers are sore losers.
And sore winners are sore winners.
Never knew anyone that was mad, upset, sad, resentful, etc because they won. Maybe I am confused about the meaning of sore.
Oh I bet you know all about sore…
P.S. have fun at the Nugent concert.
When will we know the results by precinct or even city and county?
Hey Deborah. You can sort by county here. Not sure about precinct or city.
Thanks Dustin. I’m not sure if what I am looking for is there. I’d like to see how the transit vote did in just Fayetteville. Maybe it’s in there and I just don’t know how to sort for it.
Gotcha. Yeah, I didn’t find that there, either. I found a place to sort by precinct, but it only listed totals for the presidential election. I’m sure that data must be somewhere. I’ll try to dig into it.
Thanks. I’m sure John Burrows has it by now.