Early voting results for Montgomery County

THE WOODLANDS, TX – With polls closed and Election Day votes being counted, the Montgomery County Elections Commission has released the results of early voting for the runoff election for the GOP and Democratic Party primaries.

On the Republican Party ticket, for the race for United States Senator, Ken Paxton is leading John Cornyn with 21,821 early, absentee, and mail-in votes over Cornyn’s 7,133 votes, leaving Paxton with 71.5% of these votes. For Attorney General, Mayes Middleton currently holds a 9,000-vote lead over Chip Roy, leaving him with 65.3% of the vote. For Railroad Commissioner, the race is closer with Bo French leading Jim Wright with 57.6% of the vote. For Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3, Thomas Smith is leading Alison Fox with 57.8% of the vote.

On the Democratic Party ticket, for the race for Lieutenant Governor, Vikki Goodwin is leading Marcos Isaias Velez 2,334 early, absentee, and mail-in votes over 530, or 81.5% of the vote. For Attorney General, Nathan Johnson is holding a 350-vote lead over Joe Jaworski with 56.3% of the vote.

Stay tuned to Woodlands Online for results as precincts report in and those totals are combined statewide to determine the winners who will face off in the November general election.