Republicans Win Big In Montgomery County Races

CONROE, TX — Montgomery County voters spoke loud and clear about who they wanted in Congress, and re-elected U.S. Rep Kevin Brady to a new term in the House of Representatives. Early voting returns had Brady with just over 1,500 votes, or 88.7 percent, with Democrat Steven David’s total of 182 votes, or just 10 percent, according to a New York Times poll.

Brady, who has served in the House since 1997, was declared the winner with 5 percent of the precincts reporting with Brady winning nearly 132,000 votes, or 74 percent of the ballots to David's 44,388 ballots.

In the County Judges race, Republican Mark Keough easily defeated Jay Stittleburg, winning nearly 102,000 votes to Stittleburg's 33,510 of the early voting totals.

In the Precinct 2 Commissioners race, Republican incumbent Charlie Riley defeated Democrat Ron Keichline, with Riley winning 32,280 votes to Keichline's 8,752 votes.

In the school board races in Conroe ISD Position 1, Dale R. Inman defeated a crowded field of three challengers, winning with 17,648 votes. In the Position 2 race, incumbent Ray Sanders defeated challenges from Kevin McZeal and April Andreski, winning just over 24,000 votes, or 63 percent of the ballots. Trustee Skeeter Hubert won the Position 3 race defeating challenger Jamie Quinn, winning 28,831 votes to Quinn's 13,670.

In the Tomball ISD election, Position 2 incumbent Michael Pratt defeated challenger Bob Fontenot, with Pratt winning 54 percent of the Harris County vote totals to Fontenot's 45 percent.

Trustees John McStravick and Mark Lewandowski also easily won their elections to the Tomball ISD board of trustees.

Click the link to see the results of other races in Montgomery County.

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