Democrats voted in primaries at twice the numbers as Republicans
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The election results came in Tuesday night and Texas Democrats went to the polls in twice the numbers as Republicans.
Statewide figures show that 2,856,813 Texans voted in the Democrat presidential primary compared to 1,380,908 for the Republicans.
With 1,452,776 ballots, Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton received more votes in Texas than all 11 Republican candidates combined.
Democrat presidential rival Barack Obama received 26,355 votes less than the Texas Republican total.
Other statewide races showed similar numbers.
Texas Secretary of State figures show that 2,163,477 people voted in the Democrat Primary for U.S. Senate compared to 1,216,732 ballots in the Republican Primary.
Democrat nominee Rick Noriega received 1,102,825 votes in the primary compared to 991,474 votes for incumbent John Cornyn in the Republican Primary.
Observers attributed the high Democrat turnout to the highly-publicized and contested presidential race, but were not sure if it would stay high in the November general election.
The Rio Grande Valley had record primary election turnout with Hidalgo and Cameron counties reporting among some of the highest rates in the state.
The Hidalgo County Elections Department reported that 92,012 people or 31.5 percent of 291,000 registered voters cast their ballots in the Democrat and Republican primaries.
Figures show that 86,241 Democrats came out to vote in Hidalgo County compared to 5,726 Republicans.
Cameron County officials reported that 53,244 people or 31.8 percent of 167,000 registered voters voted for a presidential candidate.
Elections results show that 48,465 people voted for a Democrat presidential candidate compared to 4,779 ballots cast for a Republican presidential candidate.
