State Rep. Phil King fended off a challenge from former Weatherford Mayor Joe Tison in Republican primary voting today. King carried Parker County with 64.46 percent of the vote, 9,644 to Tison's 5,317. District-wide, King tallied 13,460 votes to Tison's 7,103.

The other hotly-contested county-wide race was taken by Marjorie King, who won her old job back from Larry Lippincott in the contest for Tax Assessor-Collector. King received 7,393 votes (53.06 percent) to Lippincott's 6,540.

See the March 7, 2008 issue of The Community News for more on the races

Results of contested races in Parker County

Precinct Chair, Precinct 440 (Republican)
Robert S. Jones 50 (29.24%)
Susan Grant Weber 121 (70.76%)

Precinct Chair, Precinct 430 (Republican)
Bob Lewis 200 (66.01%)
Gigi Moore 103 (33.99%)

Constable, Precinct 2(Republican)
Lowell Moss 948 (41.18%)
Joe Harris, Jr. 882 (38.31%)
Ricky Clark 472 (20.50%)

County Commissioner, Pct. 3 (Republican)
John Roth 2,551 (74.81%)
Mike Milner 859 (25.19%)

County Commissioner Pct. 1 (Republican)
George A. Conley 560 (22.84%)
Barry Bobo 294 (11.99%)
Richard Pettigrew 560 (22.84%)
Jerry W. Mitchell 499 (20.35%)
Keith Springfield (21.98%)

Tax Assessor-Collector (Republican)
Marjorie King 7,393 (53.06%)
Larry Lippincott 6,540 (46.94%)

Justice, 2nd Court of Appeals District, Place 2 (Republican)
Deeia Beck 2,279 (21.06%)
Bill Meier 6,546 (60.50%)
Barcus "Barc" Hunter (1,994 (18.43%)

State Representative, District 61 (Republican)
Phil King
- Parker County 9,644 (64.46%)
- Wise County 3,816 (68.12%)
- Total 13,460 (65.46%)
Joe Tison
- Parker County 5,317 (35.54%)
- Wise County 1,786 (31.88%)
- Total 7,103 (34.54%)

State Senator, District 30 (Republican)
Charles R. Stafford 5,135 (41.82%)
Craig Estes 7,143 (58.18%)

Member, State Board of Education, District 11 (Republican)
Patricia "Pat" Hardy 7,238 (61.50%)
Barney Maddox 4,531 (38.50%)

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4(Republican)
Paul Womack (73.82%)
Robert Francis (26.18%)

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8 (Democrat)
Linda Reyna Yañez 2,123 (32.28%)
Susan Criss 4,453 (67.72%)

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 7 (Democrat)
Sam Houston 4,963 (75.33%)
Baltasar D. Cruz 1,625 (24.67%)

Railroad Commissioner (Democrat)
Mark Thompson 3,659 (55.84%)
Dale Henry 1,963 (29.96%)
Art Hall 931 (14.21%)

United States Senator (Democrat)
Rhett R. Smith 1,427 (19.89%)
Ray McMurrey 1,200 (16.72%)
Richard J (Rick) Noriega 3,179 (44.31%)
Gene Kelly 1,369 (19.08%)

United States Senator (Republican)
John Cornyn 10,765 (80.01%)
Larry Kilgore 2,689 (19.99%)

President (Democrat)
Hillary Clinton 6,003 (65.64%)
Joe Biden 22 (0.24%)
Barack Obama 2,995 (32.75%)
Bill Richardson 19 (0.21%)
John Edwards 95 (1.04%)
Christopher J. Dodd 11 (0.12%)

President (Republican)
Rudy Giuliani 107 (0.70%)
Fred Thompson 216 (1.41%)
Alan Keyes 64 (0.42%)
Mike Huckabee 6,371 (41.70%)
Mitt Romney 270 (1.77%)
Ron Paul 794 (5.20%)
Hoa Tran 4(0.03%)
Hugh Cort 5 (0.03%)
John McCain 7,071 (46.28%)
Duncan Hunter 47 (0.31%)
Uncommitted 329 (2.15%)