Bandera County Democrats supported the same two candidates who won runoff races statewide on July 14 for the Democratic nomination to a U.S. Senate seat and a Texas Railroad Commission post, according to unofficial results from the Bandera County Elections office. Runoff totals from Bandera County showed Mary “MJ” Hegar, a former U.S. Air Force officer who received a Purple Heart during her one of her tours of duty, outpolled state Sen. Royce West in the race for the U.S. Senate nomination by a count of 314 to 91. Statewide, with all of the state’s precincts counted, Hegar prevailed with 498,175 votes,