We emailed these live reports and updates throughout Tuesday night to our subscribers and friends.
General Election Update – 9:40 p.m.
CD23: Hurd doing surprisingly well in Val Verde Co., down just 700 votes despite 1,300-vote straight-ticket disadvantage there. Gallego carried the county with 60% of the vote in 2014. Has 52% now. Overall, Hurd up 50-45.
Dallas Co.
HD102: Koop 55-45 (85% reporting)
HD105: Anderson 51-49 — 984-vote lead (54%) — Meza leading among Election Day voters
HD107: Neave 50.7-49.3 — 684-vote lead (54%)
HD113: Burkett 55-45 (58%)
HD115: Rinaldi 51-49 1,392-vote lead (55%)
Harris Co.
HD134: Davis 54-43 (76%)
HD144: Perez 59-41 (60%)
Bexar Co.
HD117: Cortez 51-48 — 1,526-vote lead (61%)
HD118: Uresti 55-45 (37%)
HD120: Gervin-Hawkins 77-23 (35%)
HD23: Faircloth narrowly winning Galveston Co. No results yet from heavily Republican Chambers Co.
General Election Update – 10 p.m.
Trump 52-44
RRC: Christian 53-39 | Libertarian Miller at 4.99%
Five House incumbents — Galindo, Lujan, Peña, Sheets and L. Thompson — continue to trail. R. Anderson continues to hold a narrow lead.
Statewide Democrat CCA judge Meyers is trailing.
Hurd continues to lead. All other Congressional races easily being won by incumbents or open seat candidate of incumbent’s party.
Hidalgo Co.
HD40: Canales 74-26 (76% reporting)
HD41: Guerra 57-43 (59%)
Health Dist. Prop: No 72-28
Bexar Co.
HD117: Cortez 51-49 — 1,171 vote lead (78%)
HD118: Uresti 55-45 (52%)
Dallas Co.
HD105: Anderson 50.7-49.3 — 633 vote lead (74%)
HD107: Neave 50.9-49.1 — 881 vote lead (77%)
HD115: Rinaldi 51-49 — 1,177 vote lead (77%)
Harris Co.
HD144: Perez 59-41 (73%)
General Election Update – 10:15 p.m.
HD23: Faircloth 58-42 thanks to 85-15 margin in Chambers Co. early vote. Faircloth leads Galveston Co. by 418 votes.
HD105: Anderson has 128-vote advantage in early vote in precincts not yet reporting, leads Meza by 633 votes.
HD107: Sheets has 461-vote advantage in early vote in precincts not yet reporting, but trails Neave by 881 votes.
General Election Update – 10:30 p.m.
Trump’s lead has stretched to 9 points, 52.6-43.5, with 50% of precincts reporting.
Libertarian RRC candidate Mark Miller at 5.04% with 50% of precincts reporting. Needs 5% to give party automatic access to 2018 ballot. He will not fare as well in the more rural counties, some of which have not reported any results yet.
Bexar Co.
HD117: Cortez 51-49 — 1,171 vote lead (78% reporting)
HD118: Uresti 55-45 (52%)
HD120: Gervin-Hawkins 77-23 (52%)
Fort Bend Co.
Straight-party: Democratic 50.0-48.6
PRES: Clinton 50.4-46
HD26: Miller 59-41 (98% reporting)
HD27: Reynolds 68-32 (83%)
HD85: Stephenson 53-47 (96%)
Williamson Co.
HD136: Dale 55-45 — unclear how many PCTs are out
General Election Update – 10:45 p.m.
Dallas Co.
HD102: Koop 55-45 (1 box out)
HD105: Anderson 50.3-49.7 — 258 vote lead (9 boxes out)
HD107: Neave defeats Sheets, 50.8-49.2 — 852-vote margin
HD115: Rinaldi 51-49 — 1,240 vote lead (1 box out)
Bexar Co.
HD117: Cortez 51-49 — 1,223 vote lead (5 boxes out)
HD118: Uresti 55-45 (19 boxes out)
Harris Co.
HD134: Davis 54-43 (6 boxes out)
HD144: Perez 60-40 (3 boxes out)
CD23
Hurd holding on to just shy of 5 point lead
General Election Update – 11:15 p.m.
HD105: Rodney Anderson leads Terry Meza by 27 votes with 1 box out, but it’s a precinct he won by 485 votes in early voting.
HD115: Matt Rinaldi defeats Dorotha Ocker, 51-49, a closer race than expected.
General Election Results – 11:35 p.m.
Jim Wells Co.
Trump has 48% of the vote. Romney got 41% in 2012. Population is 80% Hispanic/Latino. Obama won the county by 1,900 votes in 2012. Clinton leads it by 154 votes with 14 precincts out. In HD43, Lozano leads Garcia-Utley, 60%-40%, in the county. In 2012, he lost the county, 58%-42%.
Dallas Co.
HD102: Koop 55-45 with 1 box out
HD105: Anderson by 27 votes with 1 friendly box out
HD107: Neave wins 51-49 — Democratic pick-up
HD112: Button wins 57-43
HD113: Burkett wins 55-45
HD114: Villalba wins 56-41
HD115: Rinaldi wins 51-49
No changes in the other races.
