Results of Immigration Proposition with 91% of the precincts reporting, a super majority of Republican voters want " federal, state and local officials be required "to enforce U.S. immigration laws" and for "voters to show valid photo ID before casting ballots".

Posted on Wed, Mar. 05, 2008

Justice who overturned Yates case trails in race

The Texas Primary
The appellate judge who wrote the 2005 opinion overturning Andrea Yates' murder conviction trailed his Republican challenger in early primary voting returns Tuesday.

Judge Sam Nuchia of the Texas 1st Court of Appeals lagged behind Houston lawyer Ed Hubbard for his seat on the three-judge panel.

Nuchia is best known for writing the ruling that led to a retrial for Yates, who was convicted of drowning her five children and who was later found innocent by reason of insanity.

Three other incumbent Republican state jurists led their challengers in early returns.

Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Paul Womack led challenger Robert Francis, and Steve McKeithen of the 9th Court of Appeals led Conroe attorney Jay Wright.

Judge Bill Boyce of the Texas 14th Court of Appeals led challenger James "Jim" Holland Jr. in the GOP primary.

Texas Supreme Court

Place 8: In the Democratic primary, Galveston Judge Susan Criss led appellate Judge Linda Reyna Yanez.

Criss presided over the 2003 high-profile trial of New York real estate heir Robert Durst and the civil lawsuits after the 2005 BP refinery explosion in Texas City.

Place 7: In another contested Democratic race, Sam Houston led Baltasar Cruz.

Texas Railroad Commission

Three candidates were battling for the Democratic nomination.

Mark Thompson of Hamilton led in the contest for a seat on the three-person agency that regulates Texas' oil and gas industry, gas utilities, pipelines and other areas. Trailing were Art Hall of San Antonio and Dale Henry of Lampasas.

The winner will advance to the November election to face Republican Michael Williams, chairman of the commission.

GOP propositions

Three nonbinding propositions appeared on Texas Republican primary ballots. Following are unofficial, incomplete results with 9 percent, or 746 of 7,959 precincts, reporting.

Proposition 1: Should federal, state and local officials be required "to enforce U.S. immigration laws to secure our borders"?

Yes 453,644 -- 97 percent

No 16,344 -- 3 percent

Proposition 2: Should the state require voters to show valid photo ID before casting ballots?

Yes 441,882 -- 94 percent

No 28,247 -- 6 percent

Proposition 3: Should government agencies be prohibited from increasing their budgets beyond what is demanded by increases in inflation and population without voter approval?

Yes 421,121 -- 92 percent

No 36,935 -- 8 percent

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