Cutler, Villalobos advance in sheriff’s race; State Rep. District 45 headed to runoff

Hays County Sheriff Gary Cutler won the Republican Primary on Tuesday, staving off challenger Dave Graham. 

Cutler received 11,304 votes to Graham’s 3,347. The incumbent advances to face Democratic challenger Alex Villalobos, who won his primary with 74.32% of the vote. Villalobos tallied 15,319 votes in the Democratic Primary, while Dickey Haverda amassed 5,294 votes. 

With all votes counted, according to the Hays County Elections website, 40,907 of the county’s 141,395 registered voters, 28.93%, cast their ballot during the primaries. In the Republican Primary, 15,558 went to the polls or voted by mail. On the Democratic side, 25,349 voters turned out for the primary.