State Rep. Lance Gooden bests rival in primary election




Cedar Creek Lake area mailboxes overflowed in the weeks leading up to the 2012 Republican Primary Election with contentious campaign materials from candidates in the race for the District 4 State Representative seat. A last minute flurry of mailings from incumbent Rep. Lance Gooden, of Terrell, apparently paid off. In the final count, Gooden, with 6,385 votes, topped challenger Dr. Stuart Spitzer of Kaufman, who had 5,545 votes, according to the Secretary of State's Election Night Returns report. Gooden had 53.52 percent of the vote, and Spitzer took 46.47 percent. It will be Gooden's second term in office. In the District 3 State Senate race, incumbent Sen. Robert Nichols easily held on to the seat with 57,337 votes, compared to challenger Tammy Blair's 19,486 votes. Nichols had 74.63 percent of the vote, compared to Blair's 25.36 percent. There are no Democratic Party challengers in the November general election for the two seats, which represent Cedar Creek Lake area residents. Pictured below is Rep. Lance Gooden.




Tell us what you think!

Beacon Hill at Cedar Creek Lake

Cedar Creek Lake Email Updates


 

Visit our Cedar Creek Lake Sponsors!

Cedar Creek Lake on Social Media

 
       

Cedar Creek Lake Current Weather Alerts

There are no active watches, warnings or advisories.

 

Cedar Creek Lake Weather Forecast

Sunday

Slight Chance Thunderstorms

Hi: 80

Sunday Night

Chance Thunderstorms

Lo: 53

Monday

Mostly Sunny

Hi: 80

Monday Night

Mostly Clear

Lo: 57

Tuesday

Mostly Sunny

Hi: 87

Tuesday Night

Chance Thunderstorms

Lo: 62

Wednesday

Slight Chance Thunderstorms

Hi: 82

Wednesday Night

Mostly Cloudy

Lo: 62


Cedar Creek Lake Water Level (last 30 days)


Water Level on 3/24: 321.87 (-0.13)



Cedar Creek Lake

Fishing Report from TPWD (Mar. 19)

FAIR. stained; 58 degrees; 0.03 feet below pool. The deadstick bite for hybrid and white bass will be here for a few more weeks. White bass and hybrids will be making the annual run into the creek arms and will settle in along shallow points and shallower water to lay eggs for spawning. Use 1/2 ounce to 1-1/2 ounce jigs with 4-5 inch plastic flukes depending on what the winds are and drift long lengths of the lake in 22-36 feet of water. Drift at speeds of .2-.6 mph using your drift mode on your trolling motor or using drift socks. If the winds are not too bad you can just drift with the wind. Thumping on the bottom of your boat will attract fish and group them up underneath as you drift. Utilizing a splasher also works well with thumping. Try smaller sized plastics as the bite will be smaller sized baits. Look for Birds and Loons early mornings on shallow flats as the fish will come up to follow the bait and feed early especially on cloudier and colder days. The crappie bite is on docks and in creeks with minnows or jigs. Report by Brent Herbeck, Herbeck’s Lonestar Fishing Guide Service. Still shallow around creek mouths and also drifting random depths 10-40 feet of water with cut shad or rough fish. Water is stained and surface temperatures are in the mid to high 50s. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.

More Fishing Reports