RUNOFF FINALE
The Runoff results are in!
REPUBLICANS
In CD22: Pete Olson 68.5%, Shelley Sekula Gibbs 31.5% - Olson wins in a cakewalk.
In HD144: Ken Legler nudges past Fred Roberts, albeit by just over three percent.
In Harris (D.A.'s race): Pat Lykos wins over Kelly Siegler, 52.6% to 47.4% - just what I wanted to hear. Now we can get REAL change in that office.
And here in Fort Bend: Greg Ordeneaux is leading Tom Stavinoha, 55.3% to 44.7% in the battle for County Commish in Precinct 1. They haven't called this yet, but it appears Stavinoha is out.
DEMOCRATS
In Fort Bend: As for the Democrat in the commish race in Precinct 1, Richard Morrison won handily over Sharon Wallingford. Will his activism (the Grand Parkway issue in the west, the landfill in the east) and one-time run against Tom DeLay sway some GOP voters his way?
RRC (2014): Mark Thompson wins easily over Dale Henry. Next stop: incumbent Michael Williams.
OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD
CD32: Pete Sessions' Democrat challenger will be Eric Roberson, who won handily tonight over Steve Love.
HD52 GOP: Bryan Daniel will be the nominee. He defeated Dee Hobbs, 53.6% to 46.4%. The Democrat in the race for this seat (which covers Round Rock, Georgetown and other north Austin suburbs) is Diana Maldonado. This is a top-tier race.
HD55: Ralph Sheffield defeats Martha Tyroch, 63.5% to 36.5%. This is the Temple-area seat left open by Dianne White Delisi.
HD81: Tryon Lewis wins in a walk, 3 to 1, over Buddy West in the Odessa area, right next to Tom Craddick's Midland base.
HD112: Angie Chen Button wins the race for this seat in the Richardson area north of Dallas. She defeated Randy Dunning, 53.2% to 46.8%. Button is the mainstream candidate, Dunning was wacky enough to get burned since he reminded me of Dale Gribble. The Democrat in this race is Sandra Phuong VuLe, which means that there will be at least one Asian-American serving in Austin.
That is it for tonight. See you around!