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On March 2, 2010, Frullo, with 4,992 votes (43 percent), trailed Mark Griffin (born July 27, 1954) in a three-candidate field with 5,652 votes (48.7 percent). A third candidate, former county commissioner Ysidro Gutierrez, a former [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], polled a critical 952 votes (8 percent). Turnout on primary day was so small that the majority of the ballots was cast during early voting.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 2, 2010.</ref> In the runoff election held on April 13, Frullo, who carried the endorsement of Isett, the [[Tea Party movement]], and Gutierrez, defeated Griffin, a former regent of Texas Tech<ref>[[Governor]] [[Rick Perry]] appointed Debbie Montford of [[San Antonio]], wife of a former district attorney and state senator, John Montford, to succeed Griffin on the Texas Tech board.</ref> and the favorite of the party "establishment," including then state Senator [[Robert Duncan]] of Lubbock, later a Texas Tech chancellor.<ref name=lubbock>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.lubbockonline.com/election2/2010/04/14/anatomy-of-perry%e2%80%99s-victory-over-jones-could-hold-key-to-party%e2%80%99s-direction/
On March 2, 2010, Frullo, with 4,992 votes (43 percent), trailed Mark Griffin (born July 27, 1954) in a three-candidate field with 5,652 votes (48.7 percent). A third candidate, former county commissioner Ysidro Gutierrez, a former [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], polled a critical 952 votes (8 percent). Turnout on primary day was so small that the majority of the ballots was cast during early voting.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 2, 2010.</ref> In the runoff election held on April 13, Frullo, who carried the endorsement of Isett, the [[Tea Party movement]], and Gutierrez, defeated Griffin, a former regent of Texas Tech<ref>[[Governor]] [[Rick Perry]] appointed Debbie Montford of [[San Antonio]], wife of a former district attorney and state senator, John Montford, to succeed Griffin on the Texas Tech board.</ref> and the favorite of the party "establishment," including then state Senator [[Robert Duncan]] of Lubbock, later a Texas Tech chancellor.<ref name=lubbock>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.lubbockonline.com/election2/2010/04/14/anatomy-of-perry%e2%80%99s-victory-over-jones-could-hold-key-to-party%e2%80%99s-direction/
|title=Anatomy of Perry's victory over Jones could hold key to party's direction|publisher=blogs.lubbockonline.com|accessdate=April 16, 2010}}</ref> Turnout declined further in the runoff, as Frullo polled 4,219 votes (53.2 percent) to Griffin's 3,717 (46.8 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns, April 13, 2010.</ref>
|title=Anatomy of Perry's victory over Jones could hold key to party's direction|publisher=blogs.lubbockonline.com|accessdate=April 16, 2010; no longer accessible on-line}}</ref> Turnout declined further in the runoff, as Frullo polled 4,219 votes (53.2 percent) to Griffin's 3,717 (46.8 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns, April 13, 2010.</ref>
In the [[general election]] on November 2 and the [[special election]] for the two months remaining in Isett's final term, Frullo defeated the Democratic nominee, Carol Morgan, a retired educator from Lubbock, 15,494 votes (68.2 percent) to 7,208 (31.8 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 2, 2010.</ref>
In the [[general election]] on November 2 and the [[special election]] for the two months remaining in Isett's final term, Frullo defeated the Democratic nominee, Carol Morgan, a retired educator from Lubbock, 15,494 votes (68.2 percent) to 7,208 (31.8 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 2, 2010.</ref>