Election results have finally been counted for Waller County.
The new Criminal District Attorney for Waller County is William E. “Bill” Parham, who defeated Prairie View City Council member Sylvia Cedillo by more than 2,000 votes. Cedillo, the Democratic nominee and a civil rights attorney, is the director of the P.E.A.C.E. Project, a domestic violence program, at Prairie View A&M University. She has been on leave from her position since her nomination.
Parham became interim district attorney for Waller County in September after the former district attorney, Oliver Kitzman, resigned. Kitzman, who cited family reasons for his August 27 decision to resign, had been under fire since he made comments earlier this year stating that Prairie View A&M University students would not be able to vote in Waller County because they were not considered residents of the county.
The race for County Sheriff was a virtual landslide victory for Republican Randy Smith, who topped his opponent Kenneth Enlow by capturing about 90 percent of the votes.
In other precinct races, Democratic candidate Milton Whiting defeated his Republican opponent, Simeon L. Queen, in the race for Waller County Commissioner of Precinct 3. Republican Ellen C. Shelburne defeatedDemocratic candidate Jamie Anzaldua for County Tax Assessor -Collector. And in the race for Constable of Precinct 3, Republican candidate Duke Shariff-Bey defeated Democratic candidate John Allen Rogers.