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Voices at Dean Highland: Michelle Obama ‘a tough cookie’
As of 12:15 p.m. 100 voters cast ballots in the Democratic primary and 39 voted Republican at Dean Highland Elementary, 1800 N. 33rd St.
Adrienne Haliburton, 29, works at the Texas Youth Commission in Mart. She voted for Barack Obama because she likes what he stands for, she said. Haliburton said she also likes Obama’s wife, Michelle, because she’s “a tough cookie.”
Her main issues are the economy and the war in Iraq. She said she would tell whoever is president to “Be true to what he said while he was campaigning.”
She said she will not be able to attend the caucus because she’s working tonight.
Paul Blankenstein, 82, of Waco voted to Hillary Clinton. He said he mainly voted Democratic because it’s time for a change.
Blankenstein said if he could, he would tell the next president: “Try to get good health care and keep jobs instead of (going overseas).”
Rebecca Carroll, 25, a state employee, said she came to the polls to vote for Jonathan Sibley in his District 56 state representative race against Charles “Doc” Anderson.
She cast her presidential ballot for Huckabee, she said.
The main issues for her are immigration and taxes. She said she would ask, “Where our money is going and why is it not being spent on more productive things?”
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