Early voting results are in, and it’s looking pretty comfortable for House Democrats in Travis. The ony close result is House District 47, where Donna Keel (and all that Craddick-friendly money) has pulled in 47% to Rep. Valinda Bolton‘s 53%: A comfy margin for the incumbent, but there’s still all of today’s votes to be counted. That said, Keel woud have to take a monster share of election day ballots to take the race, but there’s 43 precincts to come in.
After that, the nearest local race is (not unexpectedly) Donna Howard in HD-48 who, at 56%, is 16 points clear of Pamela Waggoner. See below the break for early voting results, or visit our election page.
UPDATE: The must-watch race in Williamson County’s HD-52 is a knife-edge, with Democrat Diana Maldonado running 50% to GOPer Bryan Daniel’s 46%.
House District 46
Dawnna Dukes (DEM) 26,610; 88.02%
Allen Hacker (LIB) 3,623; 11.98%
Total Votes Counted in this Race: 30,233
House District 47
Donna Keel (REP) 32,668; 47.04%
Valinda Bolton (DEM) 36,785; 52.96%
Total Votes Counted in this Race: 69,453
House District 48
Pamela Waggoner (REP) 22,467; 40.07%
Donna Howard (DEM) 31,679; 56.50%
Ben Easton (LIB) 1,920; 3.42%
Total Votes Counted in this Race: 56,066
House District 49
Elliott Naishtat (DEM) 42,367; 100.00%
Total Votes Counted in this Race: 42,367
House District 50
Jerry J. Mikus, Jr. (REP) 15,872; 30.81%
Mark Strama (DEM) 33,896; 65.79%
Jerry Chandler (LIB) 1,753; 3.40%
Total Votes Counted in this Race: 51,521
House District 51
Eddie Rodriguez (DEM) 21,102; 90.55%
Arthur DiBianca (LIB) 2,203; 9.45%
Total Votes Counted in this Race: 23,305
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