Election results coming in for March 3 primaries; Holland reelected as JP, Albers as DA, Prather to be new county treasurer

FINAL TALLY

Angela Albers earns the Republican nod for reelection as district attorney in Wood County, beating Sarah Bailey King in Tuesday's primary 4,994-3,995. She has no Democratic opponent in November.

Matthew Prather will be the new county treasurer, winning the nomination over Kari Perkins 4,561-3,930. He is also unopposed in November.

Prec. 3 Justice of the Peace Jerry Parker narrowly avoided a runoff, polling 50.51% of the votes (996) to retain his seat.

Prec. 4 County Commissioner Russell Acker easily won the GOP nomination with 63.5% of the votes and will face Democrat Passionique Taylor in November.

There will be one other contested race in November as Carlist Brinkley filed as a Democrat and will face Republican Jerry Gaskill, son of outgoing commissioner Jerry Gaskill, in Prec. 2.

Wood County voters agreed with state and district results, giving State Rep. Cole Hefner a big win over Dewey Collier.

Statewide GOP races heading for runoffs include John Cornyn and Ken Paxton for the U.S. Senate Republican nod and Mayes Middleton and Chip Roy to replace Paxton as attorney general.

Jace Yarbrough's bid to win the Republican nomination for the 32nd Congressional District was flirting with the 50% mark to avoid a runoff in a nine-way race. Ryan Brinkley would also make the runoff if Yarbrough fails below 50%.

Don Huffines appeared to avoid a runoff for state comptroller in a four-way race.

Bo French and Jim Wright were runoff bound for a state railroad commission seat.

Nate Sheets' bid to oust incumbent Texas  commissioner Sid Miller appeared to be a success, though Miller carried Wood County.

Kason Huddleston appeared on his way to representing Wood County on the State Board of Education without a runoff.

On the Democratic side, James Talarico held a narrow lead over Jasmine Crockett to face Cornyn or Paxton in the general election, with just over half the state's precincts yet to report. 

UPDATE:

With all the votes in Wood County Prec. Two counted, Justice of the Peace Janae Holland has earned reelection with more than 71% of the votes for the Republican nomination and has no Democratic opposition in November.

For the unexpired term as Prec. Two constable, appointee Jeremy Ragsdale received 1,124 votes to 1,105 for Scott Melvin.

With several precincts still to report, Angela Albers holds a 14-point lead for reelection as district attorney over Sarah Bailey King, while Matthew Prather holds a six-point lead over Kari Perkins to be the new county treasurer.

In a three-way race for Prec. Three justice of the peace, Jerry Parker holds just over 50% of the votes for reelection, which would avoid a runoff.

ORIGINAL STORY

Election results are coming in from the March 3 party primaries. As of 9:30 p.m., results are as follows (early voting totals only for Wood County):

In Republican federal races, John Cornyn leads the race for US Senator with 44.39% (354,499) of votes cast statewide. Ken Paxton is second at 38.64% (308,550). Jace Yarbrough has the Republican nomination for U.S. Representative District 32 by a good grip, at 51.49% (19,963 votes across the district) as compared to various percentages less than 25%.

In Democratic federal races, Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico are tied at 49.39%. Talarico has 440,502 votes, while Crockett has 440,491. The remaining 1.21% belongs to Ahmad R. Hassan. Dan Barrios is ahead in the race for Democratic U.S. Representative District 32 at 59.41% (5,563) of the vote.

In the Republican statewide races, Greg Abbott leads the nomination for governor by a landslide, garnering 83.68% of the vote (586,837). The closest contender is Pete “Doc” Chambers at 9.97% (69,924). Dan Patrick is also winning his race for lieutenant governor by a landslide at 85.62% (586,408).

In the Democratic race, 58.87% of the vote is going to Gina Hinojosa for governor. The race for lieutenant governor has 48.04% (409,829) for Vikki Goodwin, 31.52% (268,925) for Marcos Isaias Velez, and 20.44% (174,409) for Courtney Head.

Bryan Hughes is unopposed for State Senator District 1 in the Republican race. Cole Hefner is winning in Wood County for state Representative District 5 at 76.01% (3,806).

Democratic candidate Laticia Ambroz is unopposed for State Senator District 1, as are Democratic candidates for State Representative District 5 Hector Garza, for County Commissioner Precinct 2 Carlist R Brinkley, County Commissioner Precinct 4 P. Taylor, and County Chair Kelly Wishart.

In the Republican Wood County primary, Angela Albers is winning the race for criminal district attorney, with 59.20% (2,916) of the vote as compared to Sarah Bailey King’s 40.80% (2,010). Matthew Prather is ahead of Kari Perkins for county treasurer. Prather has 51.95% (2,433) of the vote, and Perkins has 48.05% (2,250). Russell Acker is winning the nomination for county commissioner Precinct 4 with 63.21% (646). Janae Holland is winning for justice of the peace Precinct 2 with 72.01% (975). Jerry E. Parker is winning justice of the peace Precinct 3 at 52.99% (363). Jeremy Ragsdale is winning 52.42% (694) for constable Precinct 2, unexpired term, to 630 for Scott Melvin.