Editing Walker County, Texas (section)

==Government and infrastructure==
[[File:EllisUnitTX.jpg|thumb|[[Ellis Unit]], a prison in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] Walker County]]
The headquarters of the [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]] (TDCJ), the Texas agency that operates adult state correctional facilities, are in Huntsville.<ref name="NPR">"[https://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2001/sep/huntsville/010910.huntsville.html Huntsville Prison Blues]." ''[[National Public Radio]]''. September 10, 2001. Retrieved December 2, 2009.</ref><ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/announcements/announcement-livingston-exec-dir.htm LIVINGSTON NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF STATE’S CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125195339/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/announcements/announcement-livingston-exec-dir.htm |date=January 25, 2010 }}." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. July 28, 2005. Retrieved December 2, 2009.</ref>

Walker County has the highest number of state prisons and jails of all of the counties in Texas.<!-- Expand - how many employees of prisons and how many prisoners held here? --><ref name="Horswellhard">Horswell, Cindy. "[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1995_1283149 For hard-hit economy of Liberty County, crime officially pays]." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. June 29, 1995, A30, Retrieved July 23, 2010.</ref> Several TDCJ prisons for men, including the [[Byrd Unit]],<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/du.htm Byrd Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725200942/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/du.htm |date=July 25, 2010 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved May 10, 2010.</ref> the [[Goree Unit]],<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/gr.htm Goree Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201152/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/gr.htm |date=July 25, 2010 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved May 10, 2010.</ref> the [[Huntsville Unit]],<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/hv.htm Huntsville Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080330015208/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/hv.htm |date=March 30, 2008 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved May 10, 2010.</ref> and the [[Wynne Unit]], are in the Huntsville city limits.<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/wy.htm Wynne Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201511/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/wy.htm |date=July 25, 2010 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved May 10, 2010.</ref> The Holliday Unit, a transfer unit, is in Huntsville.<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/nf.htm Holliday Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201245/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/nf.htm |date=July 25, 2010 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved July 13, 2010.</ref> In addition the [[Ellis Unit]] and the [[Estelle Unit]] are in [[unincorporated area]]s of Walker County.<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/e.htm Ellis Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201128/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/e.htm |date=July 25, 2010 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved May 10, 2010.</ref><ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/e2.htm Estelle Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125212522/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/e2.htm |date=January 25, 2010 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved May 10, 2010.</ref> The Huntsville Unit houses the State of Texas execution chamber.<ref name="Drowfacts">"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/drowfacts.htm Death Row Facts] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105034336/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/drowfacts.htm |date=November 5, 2010 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved May 7, 2010.</ref>

===Politics===
Like most of Texas, Walker County was solidly Democratic for the first half of the 20th century. Before 1972, the only time a Republican carried the county was in 1956, and it became a Republican stronghold afterwards, with only one candidate carrying the county from that point forward.

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{{PresRow|2020|Republican|15,375|7,884|399|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|12,884|6,091|821|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|12,140|6,252|293|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|11,623|7,334|189|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|11,710|5,977|135|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|9,076|4,943|355|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|7,177|6,088|1,302|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|6,662|5,619|3,643|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|8,473|5,826|92|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|8,809|4,263|28|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|5,657|4,869|380|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|4,974|5,105|92|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|5,082|2,940|19|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|1,946|2,391|1,452|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,557|2,877|2|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,750|1,832|21|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|1,991|1,287|48|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|1,897|2,078|1|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|570|1,439|555|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|145|1,638|254|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|218|2,158|0|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|69|1,715|2|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|83|1,811|9|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|488|747|0|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|201|1,792|3|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|404|788|531|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|315|763|25|Texas}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|323|631|92|Texas}}