It's a great day that ended with great results. Terry Simons defeated Jack Stotz 55% to 44% in the runoff election for the unexpired term of Ron Branson, Carrollton city council place 6. What it tells me is that you can win without the firefighters and police endorsements and enforcing the law regarding illegal immigrations is a winning issue. One interesting point is that the turnout this time, a runoff election, is 3.15% compare to 2.63% for the 6-way election on December 5th.

Tom Craddick remains speaker of the Texas House of Representatives and senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina endorsed Mitt Romney for president in 2008.