Changes

Complicating Edwards' prospects were two other intra-party candidates, former Commissioner Jerry Patterson and [[Rick Range|Richard Lynn "Rick" Range]], a retired educator and firefighter from Garland in Dallas County, who has spent twenty years in research on The Alamo and is writing a book on the topic. Range also opposes Bush's "re-imagine" campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/texas/articles/2017-11-01/alamo-activist-challenging-bush-in-land-commissioners-race|title=Alamo activist challenging Bush in Land Commissioner's race|date=November 1, 2017|publisher=Usnews.com|accessdate=December 10, 2017}}</ref>  

Complicating Edwards' prospects were two other intra-party candidates, former Commissioner Jerry Patterson and [[Rick Range|Richard Lynn "Rick" Range]], a retired educator and firefighter from Garland in Dallas County, who has spent twenty years in research on The Alamo and is writing a book on the topic. Range also opposes Bush's "re-imagine" campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/texas/articles/2017-11-01/alamo-activist-challenging-bush-in-land-commissioners-race|title=Alamo activist challenging Bush in Land Commissioner's race|date=November 1, 2017|publisher=Usnews.com|accessdate=December 10, 2017}}</ref>  

Early returns showed Edwards with barely 7 percent of the primary vote, compared to nearly 57 percent for Bush and nearly 31 percent for Patterson. The winner of the Republican nomination is expected to face the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] choice, Miguel Suazo, an energy-industry lawyer who led in his primary race as well. Like Edwards and Range, Patterson indicated that he too considers the status of the Alamo the centerpiece of his campaign.

Edwards finished the race with 101,071 votes (6.8 percent), to 58 percent for Bush, nearly 30 percent for Patterson, and 5 percent for Range. Bush is now expected to face the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] choice, Miguel Suazo, an energy-industry lawyer who led in his primary race as well. Like Edwards and Range, Patterson indicated that he too considers the status of the Alamo the centerpiece of his campaign.

Edwards and his wife, the former Sonja Suzann South (born 1972), who married while both were TAMU students, actually reside in rural Alvord, eleven miles northwest of Decatur, where Edwards was reared. The couple has three sons, the oldest of whom, Ryan, is adopted and is a student of marine biology at the Texas A&M campus in Galveston.<ref name=facebook/>  

Edwards and his wife, the former Sonja Suzann South (born 1972), who married while both were TAMU students, actually reside in rural Alvord, eleven miles northwest of Decatur, where Edwards was reared. The couple has three sons, the oldest of whom, Ryan, is adopted and is a student of marine biology at the Texas A&M campus in Galveston.<ref name=facebook/>