SPECIAL ELECTION LIVE RETURNS ARCHIVE
January 6, 2015
10:05 p.m.
This will be our final update of the night. All three races are headed to runoffs. 100% of precincts have reported.
SD26: Martinez Fischer 43, Menendez 25, Jackson 20, Pedrotti 8, Suarez 3
HD17: Cyrier 46, Golemon 24, Curtis 14, McDonald 12, Cartier 4
HD123: Bernal 47, Previtera 21, Aguillon 18, Martinez 11, Gary 1, Igmundson 1
The HD13 special election is next Tuesday. Early voting is underway.
Have a good night!
9:15 p.m.
SD26 (95% reporting):
Martinez Fischer 44%
Menendez 25%
Jackson 20%
Pedrotti 7%
Suarez 3%
HD17 (100% reporting):
Cyrier 46%
Golemon 24%
Curtis 14%
McDonald 12%
Cartier 4%
After receiving 69% of the Caldwell Co. early vote, Cyrier received 54% of the Election Day vote. Barring any reporting errors, that drop-off sealed the runoff for Golemon. Independent Linda Curtis took 12% of Election Day vote after taking just 3% of EV.
HD123 (100% reporting):
Bernal 47%
Previtera 21%
Aguillon 18%
Martinez 11%
Gary 1%
Ingmundson 1%
8:50 p.m.
SD26: With 83% reporting, Martinez Fischer (44%) and Menendez (26%) headed to runoff. The two Republicans combined are pulling 27%.
HD123: With 91% reporting, Bernal (47%) and Previtera (21%) appear headed to runoff.
HD17: With Caldwell Co. still out, Cyrier (45% — though likely to approach 49%) and Golemon (25%) appear headed to runoff.
8:30 p.m.
As of this moment, it appears that we will have runoffs in SD26, HD123 and HD17.
SD26 (51% reporting):
Martinez Fischer 44
Menendez 25
Jackson 20
Pedrotti 7
Suarez 4
Had there been only 1 Republican in the race, Menendez might be looking at a third-place finish. As it is, he is comfortably in run-off position.
HD123 (51% reporting):
Bernal 47.6
Previtera 21
Aguillon 18
Martinez 11
Minor Parties 2
Looks like a Republican will make this runoff. Aguillon trails Previtera by 174 votes.
HD17 (54% reporting):
Cyrier 45.0
Goleman 25
Curtis 14
McDonald 12
Cartier 3
Cyrier’s home county of Caldwell is the only one out. He received 69% of the vote there in early voting. He is currently 337 votes short of an outright majority. In early voting, he received 127 votes above a majority. He would need a significant final election day boost to receive the 337 he needs (The 127 does not count toward that 337 – he is starting from zero).
8 p.m.
With some precincts beginning to report Election Day results:
SD26
With 10% of precincts reporting:
Martinez Fischer 44
Menendez 25
Jackson 20
Pedrotti 7
Suarez 3
HD123
With 9% of precincts reporting:
Bernal 46
Previtera 22
Aguillon 19 (108-vote gap)
Martinez 11
Gary 1
Igmundson 1
HD17
Cyrier is at 49.95% with all EV and four Gonzales Co. precincts reporting. He is over 60% in every county except Bastrop Co.:
- Bastrop Co.: 35% of early votes
- Caldwell Co.: 69% of early votes
- Gonzales Co.: 67% of early votes, 69% of ED votes (4/6 precincts reporting)
- Karnes Co.: 65% of early votes, and
- Lee Co.: 60% of early votes
Bastrop Co. accounted for 54% of all early votes cast. If that percentage holds, and his 35% there holds, he would need to receive just over 68% of the vote in the other four counties to avoid a runoff. He is currently at 68%.
7:20 p.m.
HD17
All counties’ EV is in:
Cyrier 49
Golemon 26
McDonald 13
Curtis 8
Cartier 4
Cyrier is 41 votes below the 50%-plus-1 needed to avoid a runoff.
Cyrier received 69% of the vote in his home base of Caldwell Co. in early voting.
7:05 p.m.
BEXAR CO. EARLY VOTE
SD26
Martinez Fischer 44
Menendez 25
Jackson 20
Pedrotti 7
Suarez 3
HD123
Bernal 46
Previtera 20.6
Aguillon 19.2 (45-vote gap)
Martinez 11
Gary 1
Ingmundson 1
BASTROP CO. EARLY VOTE
HD17
Cyrier 35
Golemon 33
McDonald 16
Curtis 10
Cartier 4
