The Arlington Republican Club traditionally holds “straw votes” for an assortment of candidates invited to its monthly forums, generally with an emphasis on local candidates, plus the presidential race. Straw votes are taken as a matter of interest only and do not represent endorsement. Partisan races include GOP candidates only.
Here are the results of the straw vote polls.
STRAW-POLL Results For 2012 MAY 12 & 29 PRIMARIES
Local – State – President
Taken from April 26, meeting
Total attendees for 4/26 meeting was 115 with 103 casting votes. Here are Straw-Poll results for Texas House 92, 93, Texas Senate 9, 10 and U.S. House 6; plus Arlington City Council (city wide only) and then AISD.
As always, not everyone voted in every race, including checking the Member-Visitor area, so, although their votes count, the percentage numbers will not balance. All percentages are calculated by the number of votes in that one race and rounded off.
Results are:
Voting by the numbers: Members: 68.93% Visitors: 31.07%
Declared Candidates for TCGOP Chair are:
3/22 poll 4/26 poll
48.10% 42.86% Jennifer Hall
51.89% 57.14% Bob McGrath
(4/26 visitors voted 41.7% Hall to 58.3% McGarth)
(4/26 members voted 43.3% Hall to 56.7% McGrath)
Of all the people who voted in above race, 71.43% were members.
Declared Candidates for Texas House District #93 are:
11.22% Patricia Carlson
44.90% Matt Krause
43.88% Barbara Nash
(visitors voted 19.23% Carlson to 50.0% Krause to 30.77% Nash)
(members voted 8.82% Carlson to 41.18% Krause to 50% Nash)
Of all the people who voted in above race, 72.34% were members.
Declared Candidates for Texas House District #94 are:
25.0% Trina Lanza
75.0% Diane Patrick
(visitors voted 21.43% Lanza to 78.57% Patrick)
(members voted 26.47% Lanza to 73.53% Patrick)
Of all the people who voted in above race, 70.83% were members.
Declared Candidates for Texas Senate District #9 are:
66.67% Kelly Hancock
33.33% Todd Smith
(visitors voted 60.0% Hancock to 40.0% Smith)
(members voted 68.85% Hancock to 31.15% Smith)
Of all the people who voted in above race, 70.93% were members.
Declared Candidates for Texas Senate District #10 are:
87.23% Dr. Mark Shelton
12.77% Derek Cooper
(visitors voted 76.0% Shelton to 24.0% Cooper)
(members voted 92.31% Shelton to 7.69% Cooper)
Of all the people who voted in above race, 72.22% were members.
Declared Candidates for U.S. House District #6 are:
06.80% Frank Kuchar
17.48% Itamar Gelbman
39.81% Joe Chow
35.92% Joe Barton
(visitors voted zero for Kuchar & Gelbman to 61.54% Chow to 38.46% Barton)
(members voted 8.05% Kuchar to 20.69% Gelbman to 35.63% for Chow & Barton)
Of all the people who voted in above race, 87.0% were members.
Declared Candidates for U.S. House District #33 are:
16.0% Charles King
84.0% Chuck Bradley
(visitors voted 5.0% King to 95.0% Bradley)
(members voted 20.69% King to 79.31% Bradley)
Of all the people who voted in above race, 59.18% were members.
Declared Candidates for U.S. Senator from Texas are:
38.75% David Dewhurst
52.50% Ted Cruz
07.50% Craig James
16.25% Tom Leppert
(visitors voted 40.74% Dewhurst & Cruz to 11.11% James to 7.41% Leppert)
(members voter 29.03% Dewhurst to 48.39% Cruz to 4.84% James to 17.74% Leppert)
Of all the people who voted in above race, 69.66% were members.
Declared Candidates for U.S. President are:
25.00% Newt Gingrich
16.07% Ron Paul
58.93% Mitt Romney
(visitors voted 33.33% Gingrich to 22.22% Paul to 44.44% Romney)
(members voted 24.07% Gingrich to 16.67% Paul to 59.26% Romney)
Of all the people who voted in above race, 66.67% were members
For V.P. Running Mate:
73.53% Marco Rubio
And 8-candidates split the rest of the vote…
(visitors voted 66.64% Rubio)
(members voted 78.26% Rubio)
Of all the people who voted in this race, 67.65% were members.
NOTE: Only the CD-6 race received all 103 votes. But, do not try to figure percentages, because not everyone checked the members-visitor box, but their vote did count in the overall total.
Declared Candidates for Arlington City Council District #6:
63.63% Phillip Benge
36.36% Bob Shepard
(visitors voted 33.33% Benge to 66.66% Shepard)
(members voted 69.57% Benge to 30.43% Shepard)
Of all the people who voted in above race, 83.64% were members
Declared Candidates for Arlington City Council District #7:
40.74% Jerry Pikulinski
59.26% Jimmy Bennett
(visitors voted 11.11% Pikulinski to 88.88% Bennett)
(members voted 46.67% Pikulinski to 53.33 Bennett)
Of all the people who voted in above race, 83.33% were members
Declared Candidates for Arlington City Council District #8:
75.00% Charla Hawkes-Vinyard
22.92% Michael Glaspie
(visitors voted 60% Vinyard to 40% Glaspie)
(members voted 76.74 VInyard to 20.93& Glaspie)
(Clark received 2% of the vote to zero for Chatham & Berg)
Of all the people who voted in above race, 89.58% were members
Declared Candidates for AISD Board of Trustees, Place 1 are:
55.10% Gloria Pena
44.90% Kecia Mays
(visitors voted 50-50 split)
(members voted 55.56% Pena to 44.44% Mays)
Of all the people who voted in above race, 91.84% were members
Declared Candidates for AISD Board of Trustees, Place 3 are:
70.45% Reich
29.55% Davis
(visitors voted 50-50 split)
(members voted 72.5% Reich to 27.5% Davis)
Of all the people who voted in above race, 90.91% were members
