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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1972
Page
1
The readable text resembles a chaotic tally sheet or OCR dump with numerous alphanumeric marks, precinct codes, and disjoint fragments. It lacks coherent sentences, clear events, or identifiable people or organizations to report.
In Bexar County the District 21 senatorial runoff voting faced machine omissions of several candidate names. About 40 voters were allowed to cast ballots as corrections were made at precincts including 340, Sal, and Alamo Heights. Simpson’s name confusion drew criticism while Carrillo could not be reached to object. Republican turnout in the Saturday runoff was described as smooth with a few reported problems.
The unreadable text piles a jumble of district numbers, contact codes, and alphanumeric fragments. It mentions state senate district 26 and various abbreviations, likely OCR noise without coherent events or individuals to report.
Nelson W. Wolff won the state Senate seat for the 26th District, defeating Bernal 31 088 to 29 481. Wolff led early and held on as Bernal conceded, promising continued work for the West Side and the district.
Albert A. Pena Jr. loses his county commissioner seat to Albert G. Bustamante by 16 511 to 13 101 after a hard fought Precinct 3 race. Bustamante vows to improve Precinct 3 recreational facilities as Pena calls for civil service safeguards and issues about political dismissals.
Republican George Richey 38 basks in victory after a lopsided primary win over Patrick McDonald in Legislative District 57 and expresses elation and confidence.
Raza Unida Party gubernatorial hopefuls Ram s ay Moniz and Richey press for votes as Frances Farentholt's defeat shapes Texas races. Moniz calls for party unity and a tougher stance against Democrats while Richey predicts the GOP can win several legislative districts with national ticket excitement.
The 27 year old Mullins defeated Manion 12 266 to 9 4779 with 630 votes in the county race. Mullins credited voters for choosing a different approach after a campaign criticized as misaligned with county needs. His campaign headquarters cited broad dissatisfaction with the prior administration and pledged ongoing effort toward final victory.
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