Throckmorton County News

In the race for republican nomination for the 30th State Senate seat, incumbent Craig Estes of Wichita Falls led his opponent, Jim Herblin by a comfortable margin through the vote count.

New drill: Texas Secondary Oil Corporation will drill Well No. 19B on the Aztec-Beaty lease, three miles northwest of Winchell, in the Brown County Regular field.

For the four Republican candidates running for the open seat in Texas House District 68, campaigning in the 22-county district is a major hurdle because it covers more than 300 miles from east to west - including eight counties in the South Plains - and almost the same distance from north to south.

All elected Democratic county officials in Throckmorton County have switched to the Republican Party.

Early voting for the May 29 Democratic and Republican primaries begins Monday, and for GOP voters in 14 rural counties in the Texas Panhandle and in the South Plains, it is time to decide who should represent them in Austin for the next two years.

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Throckmorton County, long a home of blue dog Democrats, will turn red on Monday evening as all of its county officials officially switch to the Republican Party.

Upshur County Commissioners, in a 3-1 vote Monday, approved leasing school land in West Texas to a Seymour-based company for five years for about $1.64 million.