District 33 Results

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March 25, 2005

District 33 Results

The unofficial results are in for Shelby County's 33rd state Senate district special election primary.

State Representative Kathryn Bowers (D-87) led the total vote count with 2129, which gave her a near-majority 49.39% in the Democratic primary. James Harvey and County Commissioner Michael Hooks essentially split the remainder.

Mary Ann Chaney McNeil won a clearer victory in the GOP primary with 62.41% of votes cast. Her closest competitor was Jason Hernandez, who garnered 24.24%.

Bowers and McNeil will be joined by independents Ian Randolph and Mary Taylor Shelby in the May 10 special election.

I'm not up on my District 33 population totals, but I am making a fair guess that the grand total of 5,524 votes cast in this primary does not represent a huge turnout.

UPDATE: it turns out (sorry, bad pun) that only 4% of registered voters showed up.

Since over 78% of the votes cast were in the Democratic primary, I am predicting an easy victory for Representative Bowers.

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