Breckenridge Texan

Editor’s Note: At 12:30 a.m. March 6, the Breckenridge Texan updated the numbers in the Rogers-Olcott race for Texas House District 60 and added information about the Associated Press projecting Olcott as the winner.

By Carla McKeown/Breckenridge Texan

All Stephens County ballots from today’s Primary Election are in and counted. There were 1,767 ballots cast, combining the Republican and Democratic primaries, representing about 30 percent of the registered voters in the county. Of those votes, 1,720 were in the Republican Primary, and 47 were in the Democratic Primary.

Stephens County Judge Michael Roach, left, and Dan Nelson, a poll watcher, look over the Early Voting results at the Stephens County courthouse Tuesday evening, March 5. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)

Locally, State Rep. incumbent Glenn Rogers edged out challenger Mike Olcott, 886 to 783, but based on information from the Associated Press, that trend did not hold up across District 60. With 99 percent of the votes counted in Stephens, Palo Pinto and Parker counties, Olcott had garnered 25,238 votes (63.4%) and Rogers had 14,550 (36.6%). At 11:50 p.m., the Associated Press projected Olcott as the winner of the primary.

In the race for Texas’ District 25 in the U.S. House of Representatives, incumbent Roger Williams was the winner in Stephens County with similar results in the rest of the district. Locally, Williams had 1,208 votes; Matthew Lucci, 128; and, Vince Crabb, 85. With 86.16 percent of the votes counted districtwide, the Associated Press is showing Williams to have 47,927 (79.8%); Lucci, 7,871 (13.1%); and, Crabb, 4,266 (7.1%). At about 10 p.m., the Associated Press projected Williams to be the winner.

There were no local or district candidates in the Democratic Primary, except for incumbent Tommy Thompson for Democratic County Chair, who ran unopposed and was re-elected.

None of the local candidates in the Republican Primary faced opponents. See the results of the local offices below:

For statewide results, visit the Texas Tribune’s elections results page (click here).

All results are unofficial until canvassed by the Stephens County Commissioners.

Wadie Strawbridge, left, and Brandon Strawbridge help bring ballot boxes into the Stephens County Courthouse after the polls closed Tuesday, March 5. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)

Stephens County Precinct 3 voters had a new poll location this year. Instead of voting at the Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce, Precinct 3 residents voted at the county’s new annex building at 222 N. Baylor Ave. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)

Cutline, top photo: Stormi Wilson, with the Stephens County Tax Assessor/Collector Office, posts results from the 2024 Republican and Democratic primary elections on Tuesday night, March 5. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)