Creighton Holub Publisher Robertson County News FRANKLIN — Robertson County voters settled the only two county offices that had a choice on the ballot Tuesday — Precinct 4 County Commissioner, and the Justice of the Peace for Pct. 4. In Precinct 4, Democrat James Taylor kept his seat on the Commissioners Court, defeating Republican Casey Czajkowski 941 to 756 — 55.45 percent to 44.55 percent, a margin of 185 votes out of 1,697 cast in the precinct. Democrat Fredrick Webber won the other contested county race, also in Precinct 4, for Justice of the Peace, defeating Republican Debbie Zan 958 to 752 — 56.02 percent to 43.98 percent, out of 1,710 votes cast. Turnout was 54.95 percent — 7,138 ballots cast out of 12,990 registered voters. All 13 precincts had completely reported, according to the county’s official Clarity Elections results page. The results are unofficial until the canvass, which Texas law requires local officials to hold between Nov. 6 and Nov. 17. Scarpinato re-elected; Burleson draws 757 write-in votes County Judge Joe David Scarpinato, a Republican, was re-elected with 5,026 votes — 86.91 percent. The race also drew 757 write-in votes for Chris Burleson, 13.09 percent of the 5,783 cast in the contest, an unusually large write-in total for a race with no opponent on the ballot. Burleson was the certified write-in candidate for county judge. Every other county office on the ballot was unopposed. The unopposed winners were all Republican: District Judge, 82nd Judicial District, Bryan F. “Rusty” Russ Jr., 5,422 votes; District Clerk Barbara W. Axtell, 5,427; County Clerk Stephanie M. Sanders, 5,416; County Treasurer Mindy Brewer Turner, 5,443; County Commissioner, Precinct 2, Rodney Hancock, 1,304; Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Carla Barker, 1,395; Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2, Ramona (Monie) Aguirre, 1,330; and Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3, Melanie Green, 1,735.