Runoff Election Results

In today's Democratic primary runoff, all three races I voted in were won by women. Barbara Ann Radnofsky beat out name-rider Gene Kelly (not the famous one). And Valinda Bolton won against Jason Earle, son of Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle (of Tom DeLay prosecution fame) by a surprisingly large margin. The only candidate I officially endorsed who lost was Ben Grant, who lost the nomination for Lieutenant Governor to Maria Luisa Alvarado. Although I didn't vote for her, I fully intend to support her, and hope she defeats Lt. Gov. Dewhurst in November. Burnt Orange Report did better, getting victories for 5 out of 6 endorsed candidates. Congrats, BOR!

U. S. Senate: Barbara Ann Radnofosky 59.76% Gene Kelly 40.24% (99.88% of pcts)
Lt. Gov: Maria Luisa Alvarado 57.62% Ben Grant 42.38% (99.88% of pcts)
HD-047: Valinda Bolton 66.72% Jason Earle 34.85%

There were only a few other Democratic races in Texas. State Rep. Richard Raymond fended off a primary challenge in HD-42 from Mercurio Martinez Jr. And Borris Miles knocked off incumbent Rep. Al "Sexy Cheerleading" Edwards in HD-146 (congrats to Greg), causing Pink Dome to retire a hilarious photoshop. Ted Ankrum handily won the nomination for Congress in district 10, for a chance to oust Republican Rep. Michael McCaul.

CD-10: Ted Ankrum 70.80% Paul Foreman 29.20%
HD-042: Richard Raymond 57.76% Mercurio Martinez Jr. 42.24%
HD-146: Borris Miles 53.54% Al Edwards 46.46%

In the Republican primary runoff, there were a few more races to be decided. Of local interest, State Rep. Terry Keel, who retired from HD-47 to run for the Court of Criminal Appeals, failed to knock off incumbent Charles Holcomb. Meanwhile, back in HD-47, Bill Welch beat out Alex Castano to take on Valinda Bolton in November. My guess is that Republicans picked their best candidate, but, then again, I thought Rich Phillips was the guy to beat. Jeff Fleece beat out Don Zimmerman for the Republican nomination in HD-50, and will now be Rep. Mark Strama's opponent in November. Ken Mercer knocked off incumbent Dan Montgomery in State Board of Education district 5 from the right as well. And Will Wilson will be the Republican nominee for the 3rd Court of Appeals

Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 8: Charles Holcomb 53.78% Terry Keel 46.22% (99.6% pcts)
State Board of Education District 5: Ken Mercer 61.34% Dan Montgomery 38.66%
Third Court of Appeals, Place 3: Will Wilson 61.51% Bill Davidson 38.49% (98.75% pcts)
HD-047: Bill Welch 55.30% Alex Castano 44.70%
HD-050: Jeff Fleece 53.15% Don Zimmerman 46.85%

There were a bunch of other primary runoffs around the state for the Republicans. I've color coded Texas Parent PAC (anti- school vouchers) candidates green and Leininger-backed (pro- school vouchers) candidates purple. If I've missed any you know of, please note in the comments. It really looks like Texas Parent PAC is the winner of the night, winning 3 of 4 races, including knocking off incumbent Rep. Scott Campbell in HD-72. (Not to take anything away from the winning candidates themselves, of course.) And Wilson Aurbach won the right to take on Democratic U. S. Rep Eddie Bernice Johnson in Texas' 30th congressional district.

CD-30: Wilson Aurbach 60.70% Amir Omar 39.30%
HD-011: Larry K. Durrett 60.82% Brian Keith Walker 39.18%
HD-028: John Zerwas 53.13% David Melanson 46.87%
HD-054: Jimmie Don Aycock 57.87% Dale Hopkins 42.13%
HD-063: Tan Parker 50.38% Anne Lakusta 49.62%
HD-071: Susan King 50.50% Kevin Christian 49.50%
HD-072: Drew Darby 60.22% Scott Campbell 39.78%
HD-118: George Antuna 81.44% Steve Salyer 18.56%
HD-133: Jim Murphy 52.65% Michal Schofield 47.35%

Full Democratic results can be found here. Full Republican results can be found here.


Note: the pcts number in parentheses is the number of precincts reporting at blog time. If none listed, then there were 100% of precinct reporting.