Millionaire stockbroker turned island castaway David Glasheen, 78, has been living on Restoration Island off the coast of Far North Queensland since 1997 after he lost all of his wealth in a market crash.
In the land commissioner runoff, stalwart physician advocate Sen. Dawn Buckingham, MD (R-Lakeway), defeated Tim Westley in the Republican land commissioner runoff, 69%-31%. She will face Democrat Jay Kleberg in November. If elected, Senator Buckingham (above) would be the first physician elected to statewide public office, a significant victory for medicine.