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Election Results (UPDATE — 12:33 a.m., Wednesday): Hays County voters head to polls on Super Tuesday

2020 Elections
Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Editor’s note: The results listed in this story are as of 12:33 a.m. on Wednesday. According to the Hays County Elections website, all polling places have been counted.

Hays County voters went to the polls for primary voting on Super Tuesday. 

Voters in the Democratic and Republic primaries had a chance to vote for candidates in county, state and federal elections. 

As of 12:33 a.m. on Wednesday all polling places in Hays County have been counted. A total of 40,907 voters in the county casted their ballot with all polling places counted. In the Republican Primary, 15,558 votes were counted. In the Democratic Primary, 25,349 votes were tallied with all polling places reporting.  

Here are the results (as of 12:33 a.m. on Wednesday):

County 
District Judge, 22nd Judicial District 
Republican incumbent R. Bruce Boyer was the lone candidate on the ballot. 

District Judge, 453rd Judicial District 
Republican Incumbent David Junkin and Democratic challenger Sherri Tibbe ran unopposed in their respective primaries. 

Judge, County Court-at-Law No. 3  
Democrat Millie Thompson advanced to the general election to face Republican incumbent Tacie Zelhart, who ran unopposed. 

Thompson tallied 16,180 votes, 77.87%, while Tony Fusco amassed 4,599 votes, 22.13%.

Sheriff
Republican incumbent Gary Cutler held off challenger Dave Graham with 11,304 votes, 77.06%. Cutler will face Democratic challenger Alex Villalobos, who defeated Dickey Haverda with 15,319 votes to 5,294, in November's general election

Tax Assessor-Collector 
Tax Assessor-Collector was uncontested in both primaries with Republican incumbent Jenifer O'Kane and Democratic challenger Daphne Tenorio in the race. 

Commissioner, Precinct 1 
Hays County Commissioner Precinct 1 was an uncontested race with only Democratic incumbent Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe on the ballot. 

Commissioner, Precinct 3
Hays County Commissioner Precinct 3 was an uncontested race in each primary with Republican incumbent Lon Shell and Democratic challenger Lisa Prewitt headed to the general election. 

Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 1 
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 1 was an uncontested race with Democratic incumbent Joanne Prado in the running. 

Constable, Precinct 1 
Democratic incumbent David L. Peterson outlasted Cody Cheatham with 3,711 votes to his challenger's 3,402. Peterson will face Republican Eliseo Galarza, who ran unopposed in Tuesday's election, in November. 

Constable, Precinct 2
Constable, Precinct 2 was an uncontested race on both sides of the primary with Steve Avalos running in the Republican side and Michael Torres in the Democratic race. 

Constable, Precinct 3
Constable, Precinct 3 only had candidates on the Republican side. Incumbent Ray Helm received 2,543 votes — 83.65% —while challenger Jessica Deatherage tallied 497 votes — 16.35%.

Constable, Precinct 4
Constable, Precinct 4 only had one candidate in the election — Republican incumbent Ron E. Hood. 

Constable, Precinct 5
Only one candidate was on the ballot for Constable, Precinct 5 — Republican incumbent John Ellen. 

State

State Representative, District 45
Democratic incumbent Erin Zwiener held off challenger Liliana Posada. Zwiener tallied 15,300 votes to Posada's 6,906.       

The Republican primary will head to a runoff between Carrie Isaac and Kent "Bud" Wymore. Issac amassed 6,995 votes in Hays County, while Wymore secured 6,301 votes. Austin Talley didn't advance to the runoff election after he only tallied 1,623 votes.       

State Senator, District  21
Democratic incumbent Judith Zaffirini will face Republican challenger Frank Pomeroy in November's general election. Both candidates ran unopposed in their respective primaries. 

Federal 
President Donald J. Trump won the Republican Primary with 1,679,780 votes in Texas, with 76% of precincts in the state reporting. In Hays County, Trump received 5,431 votes — 91.62%.

On the Democratic side, the Associated Press projected Joe Biden will win Texas. The former vice president rode a wave of momentum after winning the South Carolina Primary on Saturday. Biden received 475,512 votes in Texas, with 75% of precincts in the state reporting. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders was close behind with 437,167 votes, while former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg was in a distant third with 242,536 votes. 

In Hays County, Sanders earned the most votes with 9,772. Biden had the second most votes in the county at 7,028, while Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren finished in third with 3,852 votes. 

State and federal election results will be updated throughout Wednesday morning.

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