Election Results: Davis Defeats Cohen For State Representative

With all precincts reporting in Harris County, voting totals show that 289,903 residents cast a straight ticket ballot for the Republican Party, with 240,017 doing the same for the Democrat Party.
On the straight party early voters, 58 percent voted Republican, 42 percent voted Democrat.
Republican State Representative candidate Sarah Davis, District 134, defeated Democrat Ellen Cohen, earning 51 percent of the vote to Cohen’s 49 percent.
Republican incumbent State Sen. Joan Huffman, District 17, held her seat with 82 percent of the vote, compared to Libertarian Phil Kurtz’s 18 percent.
U.S. Representative John Culberson defeated Libertarian Bob Townsend, earning 81 percent of the vote to Townsend’s 18 percent.
Statewide, incumbent GOP Gov. Rick Perry, already Texas’ longest-serving chief executive, defeated Democratic candidate and former Houston mayor Bill white, earning 50 percent of the vote, compared to White’s 48 percent.
In county-wide offices, incumbent GOP County Judge Ed Emmett defeated Democrat Gordon Quan, earning 61 percent of the vote, compared to Quan’s 39 percent.