Texas Incumbent Bops ‘Sheriff Mack’

In preliminary voting results, U.S. House of Representatives incumbent Lamar Smith , who has served in Congress since 1987, clinched the Republican nomination for the District 21 race with 76.5 percent of the vote. He will face Candace Duval , who beat Daniel Boone for the Democratic nomination with 61 percent of the vote. “I am very happy with the results and very appreciative of the support I received from voters of the 21st district,” Smith said. “It is very reassuring to have voters’ approval.” Richard Mack , known as Sheriff Mack, received 15 percent of the Republican vote, and Richard Morgan got 8.5 percent of the vote/Sara Behunick, Community Impact. More here. (Wikipedia photo)

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Question: So, Richard Mack loses by 62% in his Texas congressional district; yet, he wins a disputed vote of the Kootenai County GOP Central Committee to speak at the local Lincoln Day? Thoughts?