Lubbock County voters turned out in record numbers for the 2024 elections, and surprise, surprise — they gave Donald Trump an even bigger win than in 2020. The twice-impeached, freshly convicted, hush-money-porn-star-payer is headed back to the White House, and Lubbock is thrilled. Kamala Harris barely cracked 30% here, because of course she didn’t.
Locally, Ted Cruz and Jodey Arrington kept their cushy seats, Dustin Burrows ran unopposed because why not, and Carl Tepper easily won. The only shocker came when Republican Cary Shaw knocked off longtime Democratic Commissioner Gilbert Flores in Pct. 3, ending nearly three decades of east-side Democratic representation. Translation: one more blue dot bites the dust.
Meanwhile, voters greenlit a $103 million street bond, including $16 million to repave Broadway’s bricks with “modern brick pavers.” Because when your city is struggling with healthcare access, food deserts, and teen pregnancy rates through the roof, what you really need is artisanal road décor downtown. Frenship ISD also scored big, with voters approving $199.5 million for new schools, tech upgrades, and raises for teachers — apparently the one sector in Lubbock where people still believe in investing.
City leaders are already predicting 500,000 residents in Lubbock by 2040. Which sounds impressive until you realize east Lubbock still has exactly one grocery store and no ER. But hey, southwest Lubbock’s cul-de-sacs will be paved smooth as butter, so priorities, right?
Lubbock: where voting “for the future” means a shinier downtown street, a Trump encore, and maybe, just maybe, someone finally putting a second grocery store east of I-27.
https://radio.kttz.org/2024-11-06/population-growth-school-support-and-voters-voices-lubbock-talks-2024-elections
