GRANBURY — On the last day of early voting, Hood County Republican Party Chairman Greg Harrell and Mark Lowery, the Republican nominee for Hood County judge, appeared in a video outside Hood County Annex 1 urging Republicans to vote before the polls close tonight or on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3.

The roughly two-minute video was filmed Friday in light rain in front of the county Republican Party's tent and campaign signs. It was provided to Hood County Express.

"Big turnout right now at the Hood County Annex," Harrell said. "We really need to get the voters out."

Lowery called the early numbers "tremendous" and said turnout is "probably gonna break records." Harrell said, "Right now we're running about 30% higher statewide than we did the last midterm."

WHAT THE NUMBERS SHOW

Texas Secretary of State figures, as compiled by the tracker TexPolls, show 17,965 early votes in Hood County through Thursday, Oct. 29, the 11th of 12 early voting days. That is 33.2% of the county's 54,192 registered voters.

In-person early votes were about 18% higher than at the same point in the 2022 midterm, 17,937 compared with 15,154. As a share of registered voters, turnout was about even with 2022, 33.2% compared with 33.1%.

WHAT THEY SAID

"If you're sitting at home right now, you still have time before the polls close tonight," Lowery said. "On Tuesday, get out and vote."

"Every Republican that lives in Hood County. We need you down here," Harrell said.

Lowery urged viewers to "vote like I'm on the ballot." He said that "if we get the wrong Senate, the wrong Congress, we're gonna come to a screeching halt and they're gonna do nothing but try to impeach him." The video does not say whom he meant. That is Lowery's view.

Harrell said, "I like the fact that we're over here now, not way up on people's space," and invited voters to "stop by the Republican Party's tent." He did not say more about the first remark.

The calls to vote are Harrell's and Lowery's.

HOW TO VOTE

Early voting ends today, Friday, Oct. 30. The Hood County Annex 1 meeting room, 1410 W. Pearl St. in Granbury, is open until 7 p.m., according to Hood County Elections Administration.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and registered Hood County voters may vote at any of the county's 10 vote centers.

Hood County Express — Est’d 1/26

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