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Statements from MJ Hegar and Mike Collier
Last edited Thu Nov 8, 2018, 03:03 AM - Edit history (1)
These statements appeared on the main page for the Williamson County Sun:
http://www.wilcosun.com/
More than 200,000 turn out to vote in Wilco
By CHARLOTTE KOVALCHUK
A total of 206,429 people cast their ballots in Williamson County in Tuesday’s midterm election. Wilco saw a 61.4 percent voter turnout.
Republican Congressman John Carter took home the victory Tuesday night, beating Democrat MJ Hegar by 8,846 votes by the Sun’s press time.
By press time, Congressman Carter had received 140,443 votes and Ms. Hegar got 131,597 votes.
"I am humbled to have been a part of this, and while things didn't go as we hoped, we gave our all and left nothing on the field,” Ms. Hegar said. “We ran a clean and honest campaign and I have no regrets. I'm inspired how we encouraged bipartisanship and inspired people from both sides of the aisle to find places where we could agree. We can never take our eyes off the ball when it comes to civil liberties and the freedoms we take for granted.”
Republican Congressman John Carter took home the victory Tuesday night, beating Democrat MJ Hegar by 8,846 votes by the Sun’s press time.
By press time, Congressman Carter had received 140,443 votes and Ms. Hegar got 131,597 votes.
"I am humbled to have been a part of this, and while things didn't go as we hoped, we gave our all and left nothing on the field,” Ms. Hegar said. “We ran a clean and honest campaign and I have no regrets. I'm inspired how we encouraged bipartisanship and inspired people from both sides of the aisle to find places where we could agree. We can never take our eyes off the ball when it comes to civil liberties and the freedoms we take for granted.”
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Georgetown native Mike Collier, who ran for lieutenant governor, lost to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. Mr. Collier received 3,710,005 votes, while Lt. Gov. Patrick got 4,140,993 votes.
"Today is not a bad day. We showed Texas that if you campaign on issues that Texans care about, you can have a strong showing in this state,” Mr. Collier said in a statement.
“Dan Patrick promised retired teachers that they could trust him forever. He told all Texans he was for strong schools. He said he would lower property taxes. He said he would give Texas teachers a raise. He was elected on the basis of these promises, and I plan to respectfully yet decisively hold him to his word.”
"Today is not a bad day. We showed Texas that if you campaign on issues that Texans care about, you can have a strong showing in this state,” Mr. Collier said in a statement.
“Dan Patrick promised retired teachers that they could trust him forever. He told all Texans he was for strong schools. He said he would lower property taxes. He said he would give Texas teachers a raise. He was elected on the basis of these promises, and I plan to respectfully yet decisively hold him to his word.”
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