Texas Voters Send Multiple Candidates Into Runoffs

Dallas TX

02 May, 2021

8:30 AM

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DALLAS— The officials results in the 2021 Texas election are in, showing who won each race on the ballot in the May 1 contest. US House Of Representatives, District 6 In the race to fill the US House seat of the late Ron Wright, who died of COVID-19 and cancer-related causes in February, Wright's widow took an early lead and saw it expand over the course of the evening. She is now, with 19 percent of the vote, her name recognition and an endorsement from ex-president Donald Trump, set to take on state Rep. Jake Ellzey in the runoff on June 5. Sign up to support local journalism and you may receive coupons valued at up to $100 or more every month for use at local Dallas, TX businesses. Ellzey, who ended the night with 14 percent of the talley, is not unknown to Texas voters, since he lost to Wright's late husband in the 2018 election. And while Wright basked in Trump's support, Ellzey relied on native son Rick Perry as a campaign booster. Third place went to Democratic challenger Jana Lynne Sachez, who won 13 percent of the votes cast. Although the district has been a GOP stronghold for decades, Republican margins of victory have been shrinking over the last three election cycles. In all, it was a fairly typical Texas election day, except for a macabre 11th hour element of political theater. Yesterday Wright revealed that she and her staff have approached law enforcement about investigating a series of anonymous robocalls earlier in the week that claimed the candidate had "murdered" her late husband. Over the course of a minute, the unidentified female voice claimed that Wright had taken out a million-dollar life insurance policy on her husband and then intentionally contracted COVID-19. Rep. Ron Wright died in February from coronavirus complications, although he had also been suffering from cancer. Dallas City Council Among the 56 candidates jockeying for a spot on the Dallas City Council, incumbents met with mixed results. Based on tabulations close to 1 a.m., runoffs could be in store for nearly half of the candidates in the race. Of the 11 incumbents, seven seem on the verge of reclaiming their seats, if the current trajectory continues through the final vote count. In several districts without incumbents on the ballot — 2, 11 and 13, for example, the races remain tight. And for those who were defending their seats, Carolyn King Arnold, Adam Bazaldua, David Blewett and Jaimie Resendez, all might well be headed into runoffs. For the moment, it appears that Tennell Atkins, Paula Blackmon, Adam McGough, Cara Mendelsohn, Omar Narvaez, Casey Thomas and Chad West will retain their council seats. Runoffs are required when no single candidate is able to get past 50 percent threshold of votes. The next term, in which the winners of today's election will be seated, begins June 14. Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson was not on Saturday's ballot because a mayor's term as chief city executive is four years rather than the council's two, and Johnson was elected in 2019. Here are the vote tallies as of Sunday, May 2 at 7:30 a.m.: These are unofficial Results, according to the Texas Secretary of State's website and the Official Website of the Dallas County Elections Department. Results US House of Representatives, District 6 TAMMY ALLISON (D) — 4,238 MICHAEL BALLANTINE (R) —2,224 LYDIA BEAN (D) —2,920 JOHN ANTHONY CASTRO (R) —4,321 DARYL J. EDDINGS SR. (D) — 1,652MIKE EGAN (R) — 1,543JAKE ELLZEY (R) —10,851 PHIL GRAY (L) —265BRIAN HARRISON (R) —8,476MATT HINTERLONG (D) —252 SERY KIM (R) —888 SHAWN LASSITER (D) —6,964ADRIAN MIZHER (I) —351PATRICK MOSES (D) — 1,189 TRAVIS RODERMUND (R) —460 DAN RODIMER (R) — 2,086MANUEL RICHARD SALAZAR III (D) —1,119JANA LYNNE SANCHEZ (D) —1o,497JENNY GARCIA SHARON (R) —150BRIAN K. STEPHENSON (D) — 271CHRIS SUPRUN (D) —1o2MICHAEL WOOD (R) —2,503SUSAN WRIGHT (R) —15,052 Dallas City Council DISTRICT 1 Chad West (incumbent) —2,087Stephani A. "Skyle" Kyle —263Gerardo Sanchez —69Giovanni Valderas —1,590 DISTRICT 2 Raha Assadi —503Jennifer Cortez —390Michael Fetzer —369Jesse Moreno —1,345Sana Syed —846 DISTRICT 3 Casey Thomas II (incumbent) —2,530Irby Foster —551 DISTRICT 4 Carolyn King Arnold (incumbent) —1,578Johnny Aguinaga —182Matt Canto —282Maxie Johnson —1,257Lelani Russell —90 DISTRICT 5 Jaime Resendez (incumbent) —1,095Terry Perkins —466Ruth Torres —151Yolanda "Faye" Williams —404 DISTRICT 6 Omar Navarez (incumbent) —1,264Monica Alonzo —438Tony Carrillo —29Wendi Macon —423Earl D. Thomas —97 DISTRICT 7 Adam Bazaldua (incumbent) —1,472Tramonica Brown —285Kevin Felder —576Walter "Changa" Higgins —102Calvin D. Johnson —276Donald Parish —551James "JT" Turknett —47Israel Varela —426 DISTRICT 8 Tennell Atkins (incumbent) —1,981Subrina Brenham —463Lakolya London —94Devante "Shawt" Peters —155 DISTRICT 9 Paula Blackmon (incumbent) —4,380John Botefuhr —1,149Judy Kumar —1,413 DISTRICT 10 Adam McGough (incumbent) —5,815Sirrano Baldeo —583 DISTRICT 11 Candy Evans —486 Jaynie Schultz —2,889Barry Wernick —3,038Hosanna Yemiru —1,564 DISTRICT 12 Cara Mendelsohn (incumbent) —2,606Elva Curl —594 DISTRICT 13 Da'On Boulanger-Chatman —325Leland Burk —4,133Gay Donnell Willis —4,019Ryan M. Moore —406Mac Smith —720 DISTRICT 14 David Blewett (incumbent) —2,866Paul Ridley —4,076Elizabeth Viney —1,987 Looking for more Dallas news? Subscribe.