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■ Focus on battleground states works By David EspoAssociated Press

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama rolled to re-election Tues-day night, vanquishing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and triumphing despite a weak economy that plagued his fi rst term and put a crimp in the middle class dreams of millions.

“This happened because of you. Thank you,” Obama tweeted to sup-porters as he celebrated four more years in the White House. Romney telephoned the president to concede.

After the costliest — and ar-guably the nastiest — campaign in history, divided government seemed alive and well.

Democrats retained control of the Senate with surprising ease. Republicans were on course for the same in the House, making it likely that Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, Obama’s partner in unsuc-cessful defi cit talks, would reclaim his seat at the bargaining table.

At Obama headquarters in Chicago, a huge crowd gathered waving small American fl ags and cheering. Supporters hugged each

SWING STATES SEAL DEAL

OBAMA AGAIN

RONALD W. ERDRICH/REPORTER-NEWS

Diners watch election returns on a television perched on a balcony during the Kiwanis Club’s annual Pancake Supper at the Brownwood Coliseum . It was the 60th year for the event, which benefi ts youth organizations in Brown-wood, and a possible record turnout with diners .

ELECTION

2012SEE MORE COVERAGE ON REPORTERNEWS.COM.

PRESIDENTELECTORAL VOTES

OBAMA 303ROMNEY 206

INDEX BUSINESS 14ACOMICS 8CLOTTERY 2BOBITUARIES 15APUZZLES 7CTELEVISION 2C

LOCALS REACT TO OBAMA’S ELECTION VICTORY: 9A

CONGRESSIONALDISTRICT 19RANDYNEUGEUBAUER 85%CHIPPETERSON 15%

CONGRESSIONALDISTRICT 11MIKECONAWAY 79%JIMRILEY 18%

CONGRESSIONALDISTRICT 13MACTHORNBERRY 91%JOHNDEEK 6%

STATE BOARD OF ED DISTRICT 15MARTYROWLEY 77%STEVENSCHAFERSMAN 23%

See PRESIDENT, 8A

■ Tea Party darling rises from obscurityBy Will WeissertAssociated Press

DALLAS — Texas overwhelmingly elected Tea Party-backed Repub-lican Ted Cruz to the U.S. Senate

on Tuesday, completing the former state solicitor general’s once seem-ingly impossible rise from virtual unknown to the fi rst Hispanic to

represent the Lone Star State in the Senate.

The 41-year-old Houston attorney beat Democrat and former state Rep. Paul Sadler. He replaces retiring Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison of Dallas.

Cruz has vowed to limit spending and shrink the size of

Cruz wins vacant Senate seatU.S. SENATE

CRUZ 58%SADLER 40%

See SENATE, 10A

■ School bonds not in favor of area votersBy Larry ZeliskoSpecial to the Reporter-News

Big Country voters fa-vored Republicans and sales of alcoholic bever-ages Tuesday but were against school bond propositions.

And in the embattled Novice school district, residents there and in the Coleman ISD agreed to consolidate.

Local option elections were held in Winters, Munday, Eastland and Eastland County justice of the peace Precinct 4, which includes Cisco and Rising Star.

Munday approved beer, wine and alcohol sales for o� -premise consump-tion by 62 percent to 38 percent.

Winters approved two propositions — one for sales of alcohol for o� -premise consumption and one for sales in res-taurants. Both passed by 3-to-1 ratios.

In Eastland County, all votes were not expected to be counted until early this morning. Partial totals showed the two proposi-tions (beer and wine sales for o� -premise consump-tion, and for restaurant sales) for Eastland Coun-ty JP Precinct 4 passing. In the city of Eastland, a restaurant alcohol sales proposition was passing, but a proposition for store sales of beer and wine was failing.

AROUND THE BIG COUNTRY

GOP, Novice, alcohol are tops

See BIG COUNTRY, 9A

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President Barack Obama waves as he walks on stage with fi rst lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha at his election night party Wednesday in Chicago. Obama defeated Republican challenger Mitt Romney to win a second term.

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Election coverage,Texas stylePAGE 5

Texas Newspaper Foundation is proud to announce Sam Fore Jr., Jeremy Halbreich, Mary Henkel Judson and Willis Webb as the 2013 inductees in the Texas Newspaper Foundation Hall of Fame.

The induction ceremony will take place on Jan. 18, 2013, during the Texas Press 2013 Midwinter Conference and Trade Show at The Westin Galleria Houston.

Texas Newspaper Foundation is proud to announce Sam Fore Jr., Jeremy Halbreich, Mary Henkel Judson and Willis Webb as the 2013 inductees in the Texas Newspaper Foundation Hall

of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place

on Jan. 18, 2013, during the Texas Press 2013 Midwinter Conference and Trade Show at The Westin Galleria Houston.

In 2006, the Austin-based Texas Newspaper Foundation created its own hall of fame to induct up to four exem-plary men and women of the newspaper business each year. The first four, Roy Eaton, Alfred H. Belo, James Roberts and Staley McBrayer, were inducted in January 2007.

Like Eaton, Belo, Roberts and McBrayer, the 2013 class of inductees’ clearly outstanding achievements and

contributions to the newspaper industry and to their communities were recognized by a selection committee that met Nov. 2.

Serving as members of the selection committee were: Phil Major, TPA presi-dent 2007-08, chairman; Jerry Tidwell, TPA president 1996-97; Alvin Holley, TPA president 2000-01; Bob Brincefield, TPA president 2010-11; and Chad Ferguson, TPA president 2011-12.

Sam Fore Jr.

Sam Fore Jr. was elected 41st presi-dent of Texas Press Association in 1919 at the age of 28. He is believed

to be the youngest person to hold the office.

Fore owned and edited the Floresville Chronicle Journal, which he purchased in 1912, and also pub-lished the Robstown Record, which he bought from the Robstown Chamber of Commerce in 1926. His oldest daughter, Marion, and her husband, Carroll Keach, published the Record until their deaths in 1981 and 1983. Their son, Sam Fore Keach, and his wife, Vicki, continued to publish the Record, along with their son, Darrell

TNF selects 2013 classof Hall of Fame inductees

Jeremy HalbreichAIM Media Texas LLC

Mary Henkel JudsonPort Aransas South Jetty

Willis WebbThe Jasper Newsboy

Sam Fore Jr. Floresville Chronicle Journal

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After years — even decades — of off-and-on discussions, the newspa-per industry in Texas soon will be represented by only one statewide press association rather than two.

As many of you have likely heard, the Texas Daily Newspaper Association is ceasing operation by the end of this year.

TDNA Board President Patrick Canty, publisher of the Odessa American, made the official announcement in mid-November through an open letter to all TDNA members.

Texas Press Association will now serve as the voice of all newspapers across the state, large and small.

It is a move leadership of both TPA and TDNA believe is a positive one that will serve our industry well as we continue to face changes inside our newspapers and challenges from outside the industry.

Canty eloquently summed up TDNA’s decision in his November announcement, stating it was made “... with much enthusiasm and a bullish belief in a bright future for Texas newspapers.”

He added, “We believe this consol-idation of will, shared interest and talent will strengthen our industry as a whole and will enable us as an industry to continue to more effec-tively serve the best interests of our businesses, as well as the readers and advertisers to whom we are so committed,” Canty wrote.

That is a belief shared by TPA leaders who have been working for several months to help ensure a smooth transition from two separate organizations to a single, unified association representing all Texas newspapers.

The change actually will have lit-tle effect on TPA’s membership, as all but a few TDNA members also have long been members of TPA. We hope, however, to see the publishers and executives of the state’s daily newspapers taking a more active role in TPA.

With the recent hiring of Donnis Baggett as our executive vice presi-dent, TPA already has made a move to ensure continuation of the strong legislative lobbying effort in Austin that has been a major focus of TDNA in recent years.

That focus is becoming increas-ingly important in the face of ever-growing efforts by various organiza-tions seeking to take government legal notices out of newspapers and to limit the public’s right to know about actions that could impact their lives and livelihoods.

The joint Legislative Advisory Committee, which in the past has been a cooperative effort of TPA and TDNA, will continue now as a key operation fully within TPA’s organization and structure. The first meeting of that group in preparation for the upcoming legislative session is scheduled for Dec. 14 in Austin. Anyone wanting to take an active

role in that effort should contact TPA’s Ed Sterling for details on how to get involved.

With initial financial support from TDNA, TPA also will be hosting a legislative conference in Austin in late February to help focus atten-tion on any proposed legislation that could impact Texas newspapers or the public’s access to information.

As TPA takes on additional legis-lative and lobbying efforts, the orga-nization also will be taking on the full responsibility of financing those efforts. To that end the TPA board has amended the current budget and approved a change in the dues struc-ture for the first time in more than two decades.

Other than those necessary adjust-ments to consolidate the efforts of two organizations into one, our members should see little change in the day-to-day operations or long-term focus of Texas Press Association.

As the sole organization repre-senting Texas newspapers, TPA remains committed to serving all of our members and promoting the entire newspaper industry in our great state.

With our annual Midwinter Conference and Trade Show com-ing up next month, I urge everyone to go ahead and register and make plans to be on hand Jan. 17-19 at The Westin Galleria Houston.

As usual, the event offers us all the opportunity to hear some great speakers, learn more about issues affecting our industry, see various products and services offered by ven-dors, and just enjoy getting to visit with friends and colleagues from across the state.

I hope to see you there!

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OFFICERSPresident Russel Skiles, Lamesa Press-Reporter; First Vice President Greg Shrader, Lufkin Daily News; Second Vice President Randy Mankin, Eldorado Success; Treasurer Glenn Rea, Cuero

Record; Chairman Chad Ferguson, Banner Press Newspaper

BOARD MEMBERSElected: Bill Crist, Snyder Daily News; Sue

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Enterprise; Randy Keck, Community News; Hank Hargrave, Normangee Star

Regional Presidents: Susan Reeves, Mount Vernon Optic-Herald, NETPA; Amanda Rogers, The Canyon News, PPA; Jason Jarrett, Westlake Picayune, STPA; Murray Judson, Port Aransas South Jetty, TGCPA; Mark Engebretson, Lake

Country Sun, WTPARegional Vice Presidents: Mark Engebretson,

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Q: I’m a TPA member and I’ve been in the newspaper business more than a quarter century. At long last, I feel like I’m ready to start asking questions and sharing thoughts (gasp!) online. I heard there was some way to do this through you guys down in Austin. Tell me more.

A: Great question. Robust dialog among members is why our group email lists exist. Unlike blogs open to the whole world, they are only accessible to TPA member newspa-per employees who request to be on them. You can pick from the follow-ing lists and subscribe, free of charge: Advertising, Circulation, Editorial, Job Bank, Technology and Publisher. Go to: http://www.texaspress.com/index.php/services/listserver and follow the instructions to subscribe. It’s easy.

Q: A school requested a no-parking zone near its door for one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon. Somehow, the city placed on its council meeting agenda a vote on a resolution worded so the no-parking zone would be in effect for eight continuous hours, from 7:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Can the city council change the resolution on the fly, during the meeting?

A: Let’s start by agreeing that what

matters is that your community is clear on exactly what’s up for a vote and that they have a chance to partici-pate by being present at the meeting. Sometimes looking council members in the eye can affect the vote.

With all that in mind, the proper thing to do would be for the city to postpone the vote — before the meet-

ing if possible — or during the meeting if too late to do otherwise. The city could reschedule its vote, posting a revised resolution 72 hours in advance of the next meeting in accordance with notice requirements in the Texas Open Meetings Act. If the city council choos-es to press on and vote anyway — recourse for a citizen would be to file a complaint with the district attorney.

Beyond that, let’s look at chapter 52 of Local Government Code, titled Adoption of Municipal Ordinances. And more specifically, let’s look at Sec. 52.013, titled Home Rule Municipalities, because as you say, your city is home-rule and there’s nothing in the city charter about the method of publish-ing ordinances. Under paragraph (b) it says “the full text of the ordinance or a caption that summarizes the purpose of the ordinance and the penalty for violating the ordinance may be pub-lished at least twice in the munici-

pality’s official newspaper.” Note: The word “may” in the previous sentence is archaic legalese for “must” or “shall.”

Q: I am a State Capital Highlights subscriber and in your Nov. 12-18 col-umn, you included the website for com-plete election results. I went to the Secretary of State’s website and stayed long enough to glaze over. I want the election results for the counties I cover. Is it available, and if it is, how do I find it?

A: No problem. Go to: www.sos.state.tx.us. Down in the bottom middle area of the page, under the VoteTexas.gov logo, click Election Night Returns. A page will open that gives you options to choose and click: County Race Summary (select a county) and County By County Results (select a race). These tools will allow you cull from the herd the results you want.

Q: Our city selected an official news-paper last week and I didn’t get the opportunity to bid. Here’s what hap-pened. The city decided to move its meetings earlier in the morning and the clerk didn’t carry out the city’s long-held practice of notifying us here at the newspaper as soon as the advance agenda comes out. What can I do, if anything?

A: Appeal to the city. Ask for an opportunity to bid. Also, find out why the city discontinued its practice of notifying you. The law only requires school districts to provide a newspaper with an advance agenda, but for any other type of governmental body to stop what it has been doing for a long time without warning, well, an explanation seems due. One more thing: there is nothing in the law that would prevent a city from publishing its required public notices in more than one newspaper. It’s not common, but here and there, you see it done.

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Members will receive four free issues of Capital Highlights dur-ing the month of January. Each column runs about 700 words and is available to download at texas-press.com and via email.

Capital Highlights is the perfect supplement to the outstanding lo-cal coverage TPA member news-papers provide. It’s also a great source of inspiration for in-depth articles.

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Stephan T. Wingert� e Monitor

Stephan T. Wingert was named publisher of The Monitor in McAllen and regional vice president of the Rio Grande Valley newspapers, owned by AIM Media Texas LLC. Wingert worked in a variety of management roles at The Monitor before joining the Pacific region of Freedom Commu-nications Inc. in 2004 as regional vice president and publisher of the Daily Press/Desert Dispatch in Victorville, Calif.

Wingert’s father, Larry, served as publisher of The Monitor from 1977 to 1995.

Newsmakers

Lilia Castillo JonesValley Morning Star

Lilia Castillo Jones was named pub-lisher of the Valley Morning Star. In her new role, she will be responsible for the Star and the weekly Coastal Current.

Jones served as senior vice president for sales and marketing at the San Anto-nio Express-News/MySA.com from 2006 to 2012. She joined Valley Morning Star in 2003 as display advertising director.

A graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington, Jones spent 23 years at The Dallas Morning News, where she served as display advertising director and in various positions in the classified adver-tising department.

Susie EllwoodAustin American-Statesman

Susie Ellwood was named publisher of the Austin American-Statesman and The Statesman Co., owned by Cox Me-dia Group. She succeeds Jane Williams, who was named Cox Media Group’s se-nior vice president of television.

In her new position, Ellwood is re-sponsible for the Statesman and its affil-iated publications, including the States-man’s website, austin360.com and eight weekly community newspapers.

Before joining the Statesman, she was executive vice president and general manger for USA TODAY. She also pro-vided direction on the recent redesign.

Austin LewterAtlanta Citizens Journal

Austin Lewter was named publish-er of the Atlanta Citizens Journal and group manager of Northeast Texas Publishing, owned by Moser Commu-nity Media LLC.

In addition to his role in Atlanta, Lewter will supervise management of the Pittsburg Gazette, Cass County Sun, Bowie County Citizens Tribune and Daingerfield Bee.

Lewter previously served as associ-ate publisher with Muenster Printing and Publishing, where he oversaw the Whitesboro News-Record, Lindsay Letter and Muenster Enterprise.

Th omas EdwardsLocal Community News

Thomas Edwards was named edi-tor of Local Community News in San Antonio. He previously was editor for all news content at Victory Publishing Co. Ltd. of Marble Falls. The company closed The Tribune and folded its con-tent into Victory’s other newspaper, The Picayune.

Edwards served as the editor at Vic-tory for six years after leaving the San Antonio Express-News in September 2006, where he was a senior copy editor and zoned editions editor. In his new po-sition, he will oversee a chain of zoned monthly newspapers in the Alamo City.

J.L. Mankin� e Big Lake Wildcat

J.L. Mankin was named editor of The Big Lake Wildcat.

Mankin grew up working at his parent’s weekly newspaper, The Eldo-rado Success. Following graduation from Eldorado High School in 2003, he attended Angelo State University where he pursued a degree in journal-ism. He moved to Big Lake and joined The Wildcat as a reporter/photogra-pher following his graduation from ASU in 2009.

Mankin replaces Marla Daugherty who resigned after 18 years at The Wildcat.

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■ Focus on battleground states works By David EspoAssociated Press

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama rolled to re-election Tues-day night, vanquishing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and triumphing despite a weak economy that plagued his fi rst term and put a crimp in the middle class dreams of millions.

“This happened because of you. Thank you,” Obama tweeted to sup-porters as he celebrated four more years in the White House. Romney telephoned the president to concede.

After the costliest — and ar-guably the nastiest — campaign in history, divided government seemed alive and well.

Democrats retained control of the Senate with surprising ease. Republicans were on course for the same in the House, making it likely that Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, Obama’s partner in unsuc-cessful defi cit talks, would reclaim his seat at the bargaining table.

At Obama headquarters in Chicago, a huge crowd gathered waving small American fl ags and cheering. Supporters hugged each

SWING STATES SEAL DEAL

OBAMA AGAIN

RONALD W. ERDRICH/REPORTER-NEWS

Diners watch election returns on a television perched on a balcony during the Kiwanis Club’s annual Pancake Supper at the Brownwood Coliseum . It was the 60th year for the event, which benefi ts youth organizations in Brown-wood, and a possible record turnout with diners .

ELECTION

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PRESIDENTELECTORAL VOTES

OBAMA 303ROMNEY 206

INDEX BUSINESS 14ACOMICS 8CLOTTERY 2BOBITUARIES 15APUZZLES 7CTELEVISION 2C

LOCALS REACT TO OBAMA’S ELECTION VICTORY: 9A

CONGRESSIONALDISTRICT 19RANDYNEUGEUBAUER 85%CHIPPETERSON 15%

CONGRESSIONALDISTRICT 11MIKECONAWAY 79%JIMRILEY 18%

CONGRESSIONALDISTRICT 13MACTHORNBERRY 91%JOHNDEEK 6%

STATE BOARD OF ED DISTRICT 15MARTYROWLEY 77%STEVENSCHAFERSMAN 23%

See PRESIDENT, 8A

■ Tea Party darling rises from obscurityBy Will WeissertAssociated Press

DALLAS — Texas overwhelmingly elected Tea Party-backed Repub-lican Ted Cruz to the U.S. Senate

on Tuesday, completing the former state solicitor general’s once seem-ingly impossible rise from virtual unknown to the fi rst Hispanic to

represent the Lone Star State in the Senate.

The 41-year-old Houston attorney beat Democrat and former state Rep. Paul Sadler. He replaces retiring Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison of Dallas.

Cruz has vowed to limit spending and shrink the size of

Cruz wins vacant Senate seatU.S. SENATE

CRUZ 58%SADLER 40%

See SENATE, 10A

■ School bonds not in favor of area votersBy Larry ZeliskoSpecial to the Reporter-News

Big Country voters fa-vored Republicans and sales of alcoholic bever-ages Tuesday but were against school bond propositions.

And in the embattled Novice school district, residents there and in the Coleman ISD agreed to consolidate.

Local option elections were held in Winters, Munday, Eastland and Eastland County justice of the peace Precinct 4, which includes Cisco and Rising Star.

Munday approved beer, wine and alcohol sales for o� -premise consump-tion by 62 percent to 38 percent.

Winters approved two propositions — one for sales of alcohol for o� -premise consumption and one for sales in res-taurants. Both passed by 3-to-1 ratios.

In Eastland County, all votes were not expected to be counted until early this morning. Partial totals showed the two proposi-tions (beer and wine sales for o� -premise consump-tion, and for restaurant sales) for Eastland Coun-ty JP Precinct 4 passing. In the city of Eastland, a restaurant alcohol sales proposition was passing, but a proposition for store sales of beer and wine was failing.

AROUND THE BIG COUNTRY

GOP, Novice, alcohol are tops

See BIG COUNTRY, 9A

ASSOCIATED PRESS

President Barack Obama waves as he walks on stage with fi rst lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha at his election night party Wednesday in Chicago. Obama defeated Republican challenger Mitt Romney to win a second term.

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As West Texas A&M University stu-dents watched election coverage Tues-day night in the newsroom of The Prairie, WT’s student newspaper, many reflected on the seemingly yearslong campaign waged by Presi-dent Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

By about 10:20 p.m., The Associ-ated Press, NBC, CBS, Fox News and CNN had called the race for Obama, pushing him over the 270-vote thresh-

old in the Electoral College.The weight of the night’s out-

come wasn’t overlooked by those in WT’s Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Complex in Canyon.

“I’m not sure why, but this elec-tion just seems to be kind of a turn-ing point, and I think people can feel that, and so they’re very anx-ious to get what they want — to get

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‘A TURNING POINT’

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Supporters of President Barack Obama react Tuesday as they hear he has won Ohio at an election-night rally at McCormick Place convention center in Chicago.

OBAMA CLAIMS RE-ELECTION VICTORY

BARACK OBAMADemocrat 290 203 MITT ROMNEY

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OTHER RACESELECTION COVERAGE BEGINS ON A6

WATER DISTRICT: Meyer trails in tight race. A11

NEW CHALLENGE: Race behind, Thornberry eyes tax issues. A6

CRUZ CONTROL: Tea party favorite claims Senate seat. A6

HOUSE DISTRICT 87 bOARD Of EDUCATION POTTER CONSTAbLE

See HOUSE, A7 See BOARD, A7 See PRECINCT, A7

Price wins second term Big victory for Rowley Thomas-Jackson cruises

With his Election Day vic-tory behind him, State Rep. Four Price shifts his focus to the upcoming legislative session, set to begin in January.

Amarillo Republican Mar-ty Rowley easily defeated Democrat Steven Schafers-man Tuesday to claim the District 15 State Board of Education seat.

Democrat Idella Thomas-Jackson handily won the Potter County Precinct 4 constable race. She will replace Bubba Smith, who died in January 2011.

ELECTORAL COLLEGE

Amarillo Globe-News staff

E ven voters relatively new to national politics have noticed the at-mosphere surrounding this presidential election has been more intense than others this millennium.

cary r. varnado / amarillo globe-news source: the associated press

Local voter: Compromise still unlikely

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HOW TEXAS VOTEDPartial Results

PRESIDENTBarack Obama (DEM)...2,743,555 votes...40.1%Mitt Romney (REP) ...........4,009,630 ...........58.6%Jill Stein (GRN)...................19,226...................0.3%Gary E. Johnson (LIB) ..............68,494 ..............1%

U.S. SENATETed Cruz (REP) ...............3,868,047 ...............57.8%Paul Sadler (DEM)............2,644,683............39.5%

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT 28William R. Hayward (REP) .......37,869 .......32.1%Henry Cuellar (DEM) ............76,497 ............64.9%Patrick Hisel (LIB).................2,199.................1.9%Michael D. Cary (GRN).............1,366.............1.2%

STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 21Grant Rostig (REP) ..............47,315 ..............31.0%Judith Zaffirini (DEM) ..........100,951 ..........66.1%Joseph Morse (LIB)................4,566................3.0%

HOW WEBB VOTEDEarly Voting

PRESIDENTBarack Obama (DEM) ..........22,531 ..........75.85%Mitt Romney (REP)..............6,869..............23.12%Jill Stein (GRN) .....................85 .....................0.29%Gary E. Johnson (LIB) ..............173 ..............0.58%

U.S. SENATETed Cruz (REP)..................8,940..................31.22%Paul Sadler (DEM) .............18,433 .............64.37%

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT 28William R. Hayward (REP) .......2,984 .......10.18% Henry Cuellar (DEM) ...........25,688 ...........87.67%Patrick Hisel (LIB) .................358 .................1.22%Michael D. Cary (GRN) .............272 .............0.93%

STATE SENATOR, DISTRICT 21Grant Rostig (REP) ..............3,417 ..............11.79%Judith Zaffirini (DEM) ............24,767 ............85.74Joseph Morse (LIB) ................795 ................2.74%

SHERIFFMartin Cuellar (DEM) ..........22,175 ..........76.72%Rick Flores (IND)................6,728................23.28%

COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR\COLLECTORPatricia A. Barrera (DEM).........23,469.........83.63Emily Marie Sanchez (GRN)......4,593......16.37%

LCC TRUSTEE, PLACE 4Allen Tijerina ..................14,113 ..................59.87%Edward “Ed” Sherwood..........9,459..........40.13%

LCC TRUSTEE, PLACE 6Gilberto “Gil” Martinez Jr. ......13,799 ......58.88%Alberto Torres Jr.................9,636................41.12%

COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT 4Juan Narvaez ...................1,936 ...................69.72%Armando Cisneros................841................30.28%

COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT 5Roque Vela Jr....................2,663...................52.81%Pat Campos ....................2,380 ....................47.19%

COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT 7Sid Holden .......................364 .......................12.60%Yolanda Salinas ..................594 ..................20.56%Hector Lee Patino.................630.................21.81%Jorge A. Vera .....................1,301 .....................45.03

COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT 8

See RESULTS PAGE 5A

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Vela hasslightlead overCampos

INSIDE, PAGE 8A

VelizdefeatsUISDincumbent

Sheriff Martin Cuellarclaimed victory over for-

mer ex-Sheriff Rick Flores,according to early votingresults released around8:10 p.m. Tuesday.

This time, round two of

Cuellar versus Flores wasno Texas showdown unlikefour years ago when Cuel-

WEBB COUNTY SHERIFF

Martin Cuellarclaims victory

CUELLAR FLORES

No Texas showdown for top law enforcement position By CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZLAREDO MORNING TIMES

See SHERIFF PAGE 5A

U.S. House RepresentativeHenry Cuellar trounced oppo-nent William R. Hayward, a Re-publican from San Marcos, win-

ning another term in Congress.Early voting totals in Webb

County showed Cuellar with an87 percent lead over Hayward.

Cuellar served as secretary of

HOUSE DISTRICT 28

Congressman Henry Cuellar celebrates with campaign supporters at campaignheadquaters at Homewood Suites Tuesday evening during Election Day.

Photo by Ulysses S. Romero | Laredo Morning Times

Henry Cuellar winsanother house term

By MIKAELA RODRIGUEZLAREDO MORNING TIMES

See CUELLAR PAGE 5A

Senator Judith Zaffirini kept afirm hold on her District 21 seatTuesday, winning her ninth con-secutive victory since she as-

sumed office in 1987, this timeagainst Republican opponentGrant Rostig.

She held a landslide lead overRostig in Webb County. Early vot-

DISTRICT 21

Sen. Judith Zaffirini poses with her son Carlos, to her right and her husband Car-los to her left and a group of campign workers at her headquarters in Laredo.

Photo by Cuate Santos | Laredo Morning Times

Sen. Judith Zaffiriniwins ninth termBy MIKAELA RODRIGUEZLAREDO MORNING TIMES

See ZAFFIRINI PAGE 5A

PresidentBarack Obama

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New faceon LISD

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AP photo WASHINGTON — President Ba-rack Obama won re-election Tuesdaynight despite a fierce challenge from

Republican Mitt Romney, prevailingin the face of a weak economy andhigh unemployment that encum-bered his first term and crimped themiddle class dreams of millions.

“This happened because of you.

Thank you” Obama tweeted to sup-porters as he secured four moreyears in the White House.

The president sealed his victory

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Obama winsre-election

Overcomes fierce challenge from RomneyBy DAVID ESPO

ASSOCIATED PRESS

See OBAMA PAGE 9A

OBAMA

303206ROMNEY

270 electoral votes needed

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OBAMAWINS4 MORE YEARS

63.9%Castro

49.9%Gallego

57.3%Cruz

33.5%Rosa

45.9%Canseco

39.9%Sadler

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46.5%Against

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All results asof 12:30 a.m. today

How theyswungSwing states,electoral votes.

1 NewHampshire 4

1 Wisconsin 10

1 Iowa 6

1 Ohio 18

1 Colorado 9

1 Nevada 6

1 Virginia 13

1 N. Carolina 15

1 Florida 29

Undecided atthe time ofpublication

Obama

Romney

Barack Obama, the 44th president of theUnited States, was elected to a second termTuesday, defeating Republican Mitt Romney bypledging to safeguard middle-class economic in-terests and by reassembling the same politicalcoalition that boosted him to victory four yearsago.

“This happened because of you. Thank you,”Obama tweeted in celebration.

Later, he spoke to supporters in Chicago.“Tonight in this election, you, the American

people, reminded us that while our road hasbeen hard, while our journey has been long, wehave picked ourselves up, we have fought ourway back, and we know in our hearts that forthe United States of America, the best is yet tocome,” he said.

Romney phoned the president, then spoke todisappointed supporters in Boston. In a gracefulconcession, he summoned all Americans to prayfor Obama and urged the night’s political win-ners to put partisan bickering aside and “reachacross the aisle” to tackle the nation’s problems.

“This is a time of great challenges for Ameri-

Win McNamee / Getty Images

President Barack Obama walks on stage with wife Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia to deliver his victory speech at McCormick Place in Chicago.

In concession, Romneyurges bipartisanshipWASHINGTON P OST

President continues on AA3

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Mayor Julián Castro’s Pre-K4 SA initiative to offer high-quality pre-kindergarten tothousands of San Antonio chil-dren won a clear victory Tues-day night.

After a close early vote, themeasure won going away dur-ing balloting Tuesday, settingthe stage for a small sales taxincrease starting next year tofund new pre-kindergartencenters.

During a victory party at LaFonda on Main Avenue, Castrosaid voters made a sound deci-sion.

“The people spoke tonight,and they decided to make anecessary investment in theeducation of our young people,”he said. “As mayor, I serve allof San Antonio, and I’m ready

Local voters decide to put their money on Pre-K 4 SA

Lisa Krantz / San Antonio Express-News

Mayor Julián Castro thanks his supporters and staff as resultsfor the Pre-K 4 SA campaign come in during an election watchparty. With him are City Councilman Diego Bernal and themayor’s wife, Erica Castro, who’s holding daughter Carina.

By Josh Baugh and Maria Luisa Cesar

Pre-K continues on AA4

A new sheriffin town for BexarBexar County elects its firstwoman sheriff, as SusanPamerleau beats Amadeo Ortiz.Page AA10

More electioncoverage online

mySA.com: The latestresults, interactive mapsand photos from Election

Day and last night’s parties.

Senate seat staysRepublican. AA6

Gallego tops Canse-co for Congress. AA5

Mayor’s brother acongressman. AA5

Voters approve taxincrease. Below

Mayor’s initiativeis winning move In the biggest gamble of hispolitical career, Mayor Castromade the right bet. Brian Chasnoff, AA4

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how angelina votedu.s. president/vp votes percentMitt Romney/paul Ryan (R) 20,301 71.3%Barack obama/Joe Biden (D) 7,833 27.5%

★ ★ ★u.s. senator votes percentTed Cruz (R) 19,294 69.1%paul Sadler (D) 8,120 29.1%

★ ★ ★u.s. representative votes percentLouie gohmert (R) 19,842 71.1%Shirley J. McKellar (D) 7,633 27.4%

★ ★ ★angelina sheriff votes percentgreg Sanches (R) 21,055 75.2%Thomas a. Stewart (D) 6,956 24.8%

★ ★ ★angelina tax assessor/collector votes percentThelma “Midget” Sherman (R) 19,449 69.7%Joe “JD” Douglas iii (D) 8,440 30.3%

★ ★ ★angelina pct. 1 commissioner votes percentRick Harrison (R) 6,294 79.9%gregory “greg” Tucker (D) 1,583 20.1%

★ ★ ★angelina pct. 4 constable votes percentRay anthony (R) 2,160 72.6%Lazaro “Lalo” Robles Jr. (D) 816 27.4%

★ ★ ★straight party votesRepublican party 11,703Democratic party 5,479Libertarian party 78green party 23

Obama wins

By STEVE KNIGHTThe Lufkin News

In a presidential election year in which state and local races were affected by redistricting, lawsuits, court deci-sions and late candidate additions, Ange-lina County voters finally had their say on Tuesday.

In the race for Angelina County sher-iff, Republican nominee Greg Sanches defeated Democratic nominee Thomas A. Stewart. The former state trooper garnered 21,055 votes for 75.2 percent of the vote to Stewart’s 6,956 votes or 24.8 percent.

“I want to thank the supporters,” Sanches told The Lufkin News outside the Angelina County Courthouse An-nex, where votes were being tabulated Tuesday. “They’ve been really nice to me. I really want to thank (Constable) Tom Selman — he’s been really good to me. The public has, also. I’ve listened to the citizens for a year. They really have voiced a lot of their concerns, and I’ve listened to them and taken those into ac-count. I thank them for their vote. It real-ly means a lot, and I’m humbled by their support in the primary as well as the general election. It takes me back. I’m really looking forward to getting back into the public arena and working with folks. I want to be the people’s sheriff, to

be there, listen to them and help them.”Stewart, who entered the race in Au-

gust, was gracious in defeat.“We had a great turnout all the way

Sanches wins Angelina County sheriff’s raceGOP candidates sweep county’s contested races

STEVE KNIGHT/The Lufkin News

Republican Greg Sanches defeated Democratic Thomas A. Stewart in the race for Angelina County sheriff. The former state trooper garnered 21,055 votes for 75.2 percent of the vote to Stewart’s 6,956 votes or 24.8 percent. SEE COUNTY, PAGE 3A

angelina County

By DAVID ESPOAP Special Correspondent

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama rolled to re-election Tuesday night, vanquishing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney despite a weak economy that plagued his first term and put a crimp in the middle class dreams of millions. In victory, he confidently promised better days ahead.

Obama spoke to thousands of cheering support-ers in his hometown of Chicago, praising Romney and declaring his optimism for the next four years. “While our road has been hard, though our journey has been long, we have picked ourselves up, we have fought our way back and we know in our hearts that for the United States of America, the best is yet to come,” he said.

Romney made his own graceful concession speech before a disappointed crowd in Boston. He summoned all Americans to pray for Obama and urged the night’s political winners to put partisan bickering aside and “reach across the aisle” to tack-le the nation’s problems.

Still, after the costliest — and one of the nastiest — campaigns in history, divided government was alive and well.

Democrats retained control of the Senate with surprising ease.

Republicans did the same in the House, ensuring that Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, Obama’s part-ner in unsuccessful deficit talks, would reclaim his seat at the bargaining table.

At Obama headquarters in Chicago, a huge crowd gathered waving small American flags and cheering. Supporters hugged each other, danced and pumped their fists in the air. Excited crowds

‘We know in our hearts ... the best is yet to come’

SEE ELECTION, PAGE 6ATHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Jill Biden wave at his election night party Wednesday in Chicago.

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James R. “Buddy” Yoder, former edi-tor and publisher of The Weimar Mer-cury, died Nov. 25 of complications from a hip fracture. He was 90.

Yoder was born Jan. 10, 1922, to Beuna “James” Yoder and Robert Hill Yoder in Weimar.

He was a graduate of Weimar High School and received a journal-ism degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1943. He was an avid UT fan all his life.

Yoder served in the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve from 1939 to 1943 and on active duty with the Marines from 1943 to 1946 in the Pacific theater. He was honorably discharged as a captain.

He married Grace Brauner of Schul-enburg on April 8, 1944, in Quantico, Va.

After the war, he returned to Weimar in 1946 and became co-owner of the Mer-

cury, which his father had purchased in 1913.

When his father be-came ill in 1961, Buddy and Grace became full owners, and Buddy served as both editor and publisher.

He started his career at the Mercury in 1935 at age 13 and retired in 1993 with more than 50 years of newspaper ser-vice.

Each week he chron-icled the lives of Wei-mar residents and the life of the town.

In June 1993, Yoder received the Texas Press Association Golden 50 Award for more than 50 years of selfless contribution to journalism.

“Weimar has benefited from Buddy’s energy and community spirit for years,” TPA said in bestowing the award.

Under Yoder’s direction, the Mercury was one of the first weekly newspapers to microfilm newspaper pages for pres-ervation.

He researched the process he learned at newspaper conventions and formed a microfilm library of the Mercury start-ing from the founding of the Mercury in 1888.

In addition to his work with the news-paper, Yoder was active in civic affairs.

He served on the Weimar City Coun-cil for 24 years and held the position of mayor pro tem.

He also was a longtime member of the Weimar United Church of Christ and served the church in a number of capac-ities, including president of the church council. He also taught the men’s Bible class and was active in the UCC Men’s Brotherhood.

He was a member of the Weimar Quarterback Club and served as a vol-unteer fireman.

Yoder also was a longtime member of the Weimar Rotary Club, member and past president of the Weimar Chamber

of Commerce and the Weimar Parent Teachers Association. At one time, he was scoutmaster of the Weimar Boy Scout Troop.

He was a longtime member of the American Legion and served as post commander.

After World War II, he played a major role in the planning and construction of the Weimar Veterans Memorial Hall.

Yoder was awarded the Community Builder Award in 1999 by the Weimar Masonic Lodge as a tribute to his years of service to the community.

He is survived by his wife, Grace; two children, Karen Williamson and her husband Roger of Harker Heights and Ken Yoder of Freyburg; two grandsons, Stephen Williamson of Harker Heights and Eric Williamson and wife Lynnea of Marblehead, Mass.; and one great-grandson, Nolen Williamson of Marble-head, Mass.

He was preceded in death by his par-ents and four sisters, Motsy Schlicker, Helen Oder, Betty Jaye and Beuna Ma-rie Chandler.

YODER

-30-Golden 50 recipient ‘Buddy’ Yoder dies at 90

messenGer VoL. 87 no. 12 DecemBer 2012 7 Keach, until finally selling the paper in 2006 to American Consolidated Media Inc. and Jeremy Halbreich. For 80 years and five generations, Sam Fore Jr. and his family published the award-winning South Texas newspaper.

In the 1920s, Fore helped form South Texas Press Association. He was active-ly involved in STPA and TPA for the rest of his life.

Fore died at home in Floresville on Dec. 24, 1966.

Jeremy Halbreich

Jeremy Halbreich has been a lead-ing newspaper executive and industry visionary for more than 40 years.

Halbreich began his career with The Dallas Morning News following gradu-ation from Harvard University. He was

the first non-family member to complete the executive management training pro-gram at the Morning News and rose through the ranks to become president and general manager of the paper.

In 1998, after 24 years with the com-pany, Halbreich left the Morning News to form his own newspaper company, America Consolidated Media LP.

Halbreich and ACM were instru-mental in facilitating the continuation of local focus and leadership for many small daily and weekly newspaper mar-kets. ACM stepped in to help communi-ties, such as Hearne, Franklin, Calvert, Ballinger, Winters, Midlothian, Red Oak and Freer, along with several others.

In 2012, Halbreich formed AIM Media Texas LLC to purchase the print and online publishing assets in Texas from Freedom Communications.

Halbreich is a past president of TDNA and serves on the board of directors of

the Victoria Publishing Company and Texas Community Media.

Mary Henkel Judson

Texas Press Association’s 113th presi-dent, Mary Henkel Judson, is a trail-blazer in the Texas newspaper industry. More than 100 years after the founda-tion of Texas Press Association, Judson became the first woman to lead the orga-nization.

This January, she will become the second woman inducted in the TNF Hall of Fame, following TPA’s 118th presi-dent, Sarah L. Greene.

Judson is a lifetime achiever in jour-nalism. She grew up in the business. Her parents, “Cap” and “Kitty” Henkel, published the Refugio County Press.

She attended Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos and later trans-ferred to the University of Texas, where

she studied journalism and worked as a summer intern at the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. There she met her future husband, Murray Judson, a staff pho-tographer.

After marrying, the couple moved to Refugio where they assumed editor and publisher positions from her parents, who were retiring.

In January 1981, the Judsons pur-chased the Port Aransas South Jetty and the following September they bought the Refugio County Press.

The couple moved to Port Aransas in May 1983. In spring 1989, the Judsons and George Phenix purchased the Goliad Advance-Guard.

Judson served as president of South Texas Press Association (1980-81) and Texas Gulf Coast Press Association (1994-95). Mary and Murray are serving as co-presidents of TGCPA for 2012-13.

Willis Webb

During his 60-plus-year career, Willis Webb, 75, has been a syndicated col-umnist, a managing editor, advertising director, newspaper consultant and an award-winning editor/publisher. He served as the 126th president of Texas Press Association in 2003-04.

Webb began his career in the news-paper industry at age 10 by working as a carrier throwing the Waco Tribune-Herald on a bicycle route in his home-town of Teague from 1947-53.

In May 1991, after a lifetime of ser-vice in the Texas newspaper indus-try, Webb became editor/publisher of The Jasper Newsboy, a Hearst news-paper, and in 1997, Webb became the first weekly publisher to receive the Hearst Corporation’s Eagle Award for outstanding individual accomplishment in journalism.

In 2005, he, along with his wife Julie, who was contributing editor for The Jasper Newsboy, traveled to Long Beach California, where they received the national Youth Service America Harris Wofford Award for “outstand-ing service to the youth of Jasper, Texas.” And in 2010, he received the Lifetime Achievement in Print Media Award for alumni of the Sam Houston State University’s Communication Department.

Webb retired from The Newsboy in 2007, but he didn’t retire from newspa-pers. Currently, he writes a weekly col-umn, carried by 24 Texas newspapers. And, although he and Julie moved to Louisiana last summer to live closer to their son Weston, Webb remains a Texan at heart.

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