Election results in: Abbott takes gubernatorial seat

By James Walker

Republicans continue to rule the Texas political landscape, both statewide and locally after Tuesday’s unofficial election results.
State attorney general Greg Abbott soundly defeated Democratic state senator Wendy Davis in the governor’s race and will succeed Rick Perry, the state’s longest-serving governor, in January.
Abbott got 76 percent of the vote in reliably-Republican Burnet County to 22 percent for Davis.
That was better than Abbot did statewide, where with 67 percent of the votes counted, he had 60 percent and Davis had 38 percent.
Several local candidates, all of them Republicans and none facing opposition, also were formally elected.
The Burnet County vote total was 11,857. In the last off-year election, in 2010, 12,071 voted in the county.

For the full story, see Friday's Highlander.