TX: 2006 Gubernatorial Democratic Primary Election Result

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Nobody voted in the Democratic primary there.

Also, I think that at least 3 of those counties have no chairman for their county party,

[RBH]

Was there no available data for those five blank counties?

Primaries in Texas are conducted by political parties, and they don't have primaries in every county.

I don't quite think it's totally conducted by the party, but in some of those West Texas counties, there's no county chairman.

Hansford County last had a Democratic primary in 1996.

The Democratic Presidential percentages from 1976 to 2004 in Hansford: 41%, 20%, 10%, 18%, 14%, 18%, 9%, 11%

You can see the difference in not having a Democratic Party in the 1996-2000 drop.

Ochiltree and Roberts last had Democratic primaries in 2000.

Although, I wouldn't be stunned if around two dozen or so county officials in West Texas switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.