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Story last updated at 4:36 a.m. Saturday, March 4, 2006 Early voting wraps up, draws 'strong turnout' BY ELLIOTT BLACKBURN AVALANCHE-JOURNAL Turnout for Lubbock County early voting was higher than normal but not record-setting, according to numbers released Friday night. Just under 12,000 voters had cast ballots at early election polling stations before voting ended at 7 p.m. Friday. That accounts for less than 8 percent of the 155,000 registered voters in Lubbock County. Those were good numbers, Lubbock County Republican Party Chairman Robert Pratt said. "It's a good, strong turnout," Pratt said. "But it's not a record for the...

County Demos select Jones as new chairman BY d. LANCE LUNSFORD AVALANCHE-JOURNAL Local Democrats picked a new leader Tuesday night to fill the void left behind by the January death of Lubbock County Democratic Party Chairman Irma Guerrero. Johnnie Jones won the position over Charlie Dunn as both laid out their plans to invigorate the local party's effort. " I'm proud to be a Democrat when we're on top of the world, and I'm on top of the world when we have bad day in the White House," Jones told Lubbock County Democrats. Dunn, a local attorney, offered a three-point...