March 4 Election Results
The latest primary news
By Brandon Watson, 8:45PM, Tue. Mar. 4, 2014
A late start after last night's thundersleet may make for a long night in the Travis County races. Although polling locations will be open until nine, ballots cast between 7 and 9 will be considered provisional per state law. A review will be expedited, but the totals from those ballots will not be released until Thursday evening.
That's bad news for local Democrats, who are looking forward to November after a particularly contentious primary season. Newsdesk will have full coverage of the election online and in this week's issue.
Meanwhile, much is at stake the state races. Rick Perry's decision not to run again made for a packed Republican ballot. Six races became battlegrounds, with the Lite Guv race likely headed to a run-off.
On the Democratic side, few candidates are running with a challenger. Those frontrunners who did draw some competition, like Sen. Wendy Davis, are expected to be popping champagne corks early.
We will be updating the below totals throughout the night as the races are called. Projected winners will be bolded; run-off candidates will be marked with an asterisk. Travis County totals for the national and statewide races will be updated with the final reports tomorrow morning. Only contested races are shown.
County
Democratic Primary| County Judge | Total |
|---|---|
| Sarah Eckhardt | 24,274 (55%) |
| Andy Brown | 19,952 (45%) |
| County Court at Law 3 | Total |
| John Lipscombe | 26,995 (72%) |
| Paul Evans | 10, 410 (28%) |
| County Treasurer | Total | >
| Ramey Ko | 18,611 (46%) |
| Dolores Ortega Carter | 22,103 (54%) |
| County Commissioner Pct. 2 | Total |
| Garry Brown | 2,075 (15%) |
| Brigid Shea | 9,369 (66%) |
| Richard Jung | 2,730 (19%) |
| County Commissioner Pct. 4 | Total |
| Margaret J. Gómez | 5,867 (73%) |
| Darla Wegner | 2,208 (27%) |
| Justice of the Peace Pct. 5 | Total |
| Herb Evans | 6,943 (82%) |
| James Braxton Forrest | 1,509 (18%) |
National/ State
Democratic Primary| U.S. Senate | Travis County | Total | Pcts. Reporting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxey Marie Scherr | 14,654 (36%) | 89,731 (18%) | 100% |
| Harry Kim | 3,042 (8%) | 45,322 (9%) | 100% |
| Kesha Rogers* | 4,640 (11%) | 110,154 (22%) | 100% |
| Michael "Fjet" Fjetland | 1,851 (5%) | 110,154 (4%) | 100% |
| David M. Alameel* | 16,206 (40%) | 238,599 (47%) | 100% |
| U.S. Rep. District 25 | Travis County | Total | Pcts. Reporting |
| Marco Montoya | 8,545 (79%) | 11,294 (75%) | 100% |
| Stuart Gourd | 2,274 (21%) | 3,770 (25%) | 100% |
| Governor | Travis County | Total | Pcts. Reporting |
| Reynaldo "Ray" Madrigal | 1,927 (4%) | 114,455 (21%) | 100% |
| Wendy R. Davis | 42,414 (96%) | 432,025 (79%) | 100% |
| Agriculture Commissioner | Travis County | Total | Pcts. Reporting |
| Richard "Kinky" Friedman* | 15,703 (38%) | 184,971 (38%) | 99% |
| Jim Hogan* | 10,901 (26%) | 190,200 (39%) | 99 |
| Hugh Asa Fitzsimons III | 14,796 (36%) | 114,945 (23%) | 99% |
| Railroad Commissioner | Travis County | Total | Pcts. Reporting |
| Dale Henry | 12,418 (33%) | 168,108 (36%) | 99% |
| Steve Brown | 25,095 (67%) | 297,873 (64%) | 99% |
Republican Primary
| U.S. Senate | Travis County | Total | Pcts. Reporting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linda Vega | 1,494 (5%) | 50,063 (4%) | 100% |
| Reid Reasor | 494 (2%) | 20,552 (2%) | 100% |
| John Cornyn | 21,297 (65%) | 778,912 (59%) | 100% |
| Dwayne Stovall | 2,068 (6%) | 140,403 (11%) | 100% |
| Steve Stockman | 6,258 (19%) | 250,746 (19%) | 100% |
| Curt Cleaver | 139 (.5%) | 12,351 (1%) | 100% |
| Chris Mapp | 261 (.5%) | 23,230 (2%) | 100% |
| Ken Cope | 676 (2%) | 34,006 (2%) | 100% |
| U.S. Rep. District 21 | Travis County | Total | Pcts. Reporting |
| Michael J. Smith | 570 (9%) | 3,772 (6%) | 100% |
| Matt McCall | 2,068 (34%) | 22,596 (34%) | 100% |
| Lamar Smith | 3,450 (57%) | 40,262 (60%) | 100% |
| Governor | Travis County | Total | Pcts. Reporting |
| Miriam Martinez | 1,278 (4%) | 35,416 (3%) | 100% |
| Greg Abbott | 28,307 (86%) | 1,219,831 (92%) | 100% |
| Lisa Fritsch | 2,627 (8%) | 58,742 (4%) | 100% |
| SECEDE Kilgore | 567 (2%) | 19,021 (1%) | 100% |
| Lt. Governor | Travis County | Total | Pcts. Reporting |
| Jerry Patterson | 7,620 (23%) | 165,777 (12%) | 99% |
| David Dewhurst* | 11,499 (35%) | 376,164 (28%) | 99% |
| Todd Staples | 4,900 (15%) | 235,972 (18%) | 99% |
| Dan Patrick* | 9,051 (27%) | 550,742 (41%) | 99% |
| Atty. General | Travis County | Total | Pcts. Reporting |
| Dan Branch* | 12,482 (39%) | 426,561 (33%) | 99% |
| Ken Paxton* | 10,963 (35%) | 566,080 (44%) | 99% |
| Barry Smitherman | 8,284 (26%) | 281,050 (22%) | 99% |
| Comptroller | Travis County | Total | Pcts. Reporting |
| Harvey Hilderbran | 8,099 (27%) | 317,703 (26%) | 99% |
| Raul Torres | 1,548 (5%) | 57,240 (5%) | 99% |
| Debra Medina | 6,387 (21%) | 235,699 (19%) | 99% |
| Glenn Hegar | 14,227 (47%) | 610,493 (50%) | 99% |
| Land Commissioner | Travis County | Total | Pcts. Reporting |
| David Watts | 10,177 (33%) | 345,550 (27%) | 67% |
| George P. Bush | 21,114 (67%) | 934,501 (73%) | 67% |
| Agriculture Commissioner | Travis County | Total | Pcts. Reporting |
| J. Allen Carnes | 4,626 (16%) | 147,599 (12%) | 99% |
| Tommy Merritt* | 6,050 (21%) | 248,568 (21%) | 99% |
| Joe Cotten | 3,865 (14%) | 173,380 (15%) | 99% |
| Eric Opiela | 5,040 ((18%) | 206,383 (17%) | 99% |
| Sid Miller* | 8,593 (31%) | 410,273 (35%) | 99% |
| Railroad Commissioner | Travis County | Total | Pcts. Reporting |
| Ryan Sitton* | 9,372 (33%) | 358,817 (31%) | 99% |
| Becky Berger | 5,923 (21%) | 197,791 (17%) | 99% |
| Wayne Christian* | 9,964 (35%) | 501,789 (43%) | 99% |
| Malachi Boyuls | 2,957 (11%) | 117,117 (9%) | 99% |
| Chief Justice Supreme Court | Travis County | Total | Pcts. Reporting |
| Nathan Hecht | 20,394 (70%) | 707,664 (60%) | 99% |
| Robert Talton | 8,560 (30%) | 462,247 (40%) | 99% |
| Supreme Court Place 6 | Travis County | Total | Pcts. Reporting |
| Joe Pool | 7,943 (30%) | 320,532 (28%) | 99% |
| Jeff Brown | 19,370 (70%) | 820,558 (72%) | 99% | Supreme Court Place 8 | Travis County | Total | Pcts. Reporting |
| Phil Johnson | 17,745 (64%) | 731,247 (64%) | 61% |
| Sharon McCally | 9,930 (36%) | 410,843 (36%) | 61% |
| Court of Crim. Appeals Place 3 | Travis County | Total | Pcts. Reporting |
| Bert Richardson | 16,379 (64%) | 666,572 (60%) | 99% |
| Barbara Walther | 9,337 (36%) | 437,374 (40%) | 99% |
| Court of Crim. Appeals Place 4 | Travis County | Total | Pcts. Reporting |
| Kevin Patrick Yeary | 14,737 (58%) | 598,203 (55%) | 99% |
| Jani Jo Wood | 5,279 (21%) | 189,835 (17%) | 99% |
| Richard Dean Davis | 5,550 (21%) | 305,960 (28%) | 99% |
| Court of Crim. Appeals Place 9 | Travis County | Total | Pcts. Reporting |
| W.C. "Bud" Kirkendall | 14,394 (57%) | 520,693 (48%) | 99% |
| David Newell | 10,717 (43%) | 570,319 (52%) | 99% |
| State Senate District 25 | Travis County | Total | Pcts. Reporting |
| Mike Novak | 629 (16%) | 14,942 (20%) | 100% |
| Elisa Chan | 923 (24%) | 17,887 (24%) | 100% |
| Donna Campbell | 2,369 (60%) | 40,767 (56%) | 100% |
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