Politics in 78146 Pettus, TX are dominated by the Republican Party. The local representatives at the state level are Senator Bob Hall and Representative Kyle Biedermann, both of whom are Republicans. At the county level, the County Judge is Richard Gaskamp and the county commissioners are Edward O’Connor (Precinct 1), LaRue Steger (Precinct 2) and Agustin Garcia (Precinct 3). All of these positions have been held by Republicans since their election in 2018. In addition to state and county representation, the Mayor of Pettus is Kenneth Hosek, a Republican. In recent years, there have been no major changes in local politics as all representatives remain members of the same party. However, with increasing population growth in 78146 Pettus, TX may see some shifts in political power in future elections.
The political climate in Zip 78146 (Pettus, TX) is strongly conservative.
Bee County, TX is strongly conservative. In Bee County, TX 34.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.7% to 34.9%.
Bee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78146 (Pettus, TX) is strongly conservative.
Pettus, Texas is strongly conservative.
Bee County, Texas is strongly conservative.
Beeville Metro Area is strongly conservative.
Texas is leaning conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Pettus, Texas: r R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 78146 (Pettus)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $735 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)