Subscribe Love

Primary runoff winners announced

by | Jul 16, 2020 | Latest

With the completion of Tuesday’s primary runoff elections, Texans can know what their ballots will look like in November.

Mary “MJ” Hegar is the Democratic nominee who will face GOP incumbent John Cornyn in the race for U.S. Senate. She bested opponent Royce West 498,180 votes to 457,555 votes throughout the state. In Collin County, she received 19,032 votes in comparison to West’s 17,863.

The other statewide Democratic runoff election was for Railroad Commissioner. Chrysta Castaneda, with 22,550 votes in Collin County, defeated opponent Roberto R. “Beto” Alonzo, who got 12,614 votes in the county.

Castaneda will face Republican Jim Wright on November ballots.

Princeton voters are part of Congressional District 3, currently represented by Republican Van Taylor. In the runoff to determine his Democratic challenger, Lulu Seikaly beat Sean McCaffity 20,490 votes to 13,260 votes.

Collin County’s lone Republican runoff was between George Flint and Sarah Fox for the nomination for judge of the 401st State Judicial District. Flint won with 10,550 total votes, as opposed to Fox’s 4,664.

He will face Democratic nominee Tonya Holt later this year.

A total of 52,543 Collin County residents voted in both the Democratic and Republican runoffs, or 8.52 percent of the 616,959 registered voters.

Statewide, 955,735 people, or 5.8 percent of registered voters, cast ballots in the Democratic runoffs. In comparison, only 2.9 percent showed up for the 2018 runoffs.

 

From Staff Reports • [email protected]

Subscribe Love

0 Comments

Subscribe Love

Related News

Police Special Response Team gets new ride

Police Special Response Team gets new ride

An armored Terradyne Gurkha Multi-Purpose Vehicle for the Princeton Police Special Response Team is displayed at the Pumpkin BooLooza. Courtesy Photo It’s definitely not your family SUV. The Princeton Police Special Response Team has taken delivery of a Gurkha...

read more
Thousands in Princeton area face food insecurity

Thousands in Princeton area face food insecurity

An estimated 4,220 people in the Princeton area face food insecurity, according to new data from the North Texas Food Bank, highlighting the challenges some families face in consistently putting food on the table. The figure represents 12.4% of residents in the...

read more
A fairy tale comes to life

A fairy tale comes to life

Characters celebrate receiving invitations to the royal ball during a rehearsal of Princeton Senior High School’s Troupe 177 production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella.” Performances are set for 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Nov. 12-13, and 2 p.m. Saturday,...

read more
Officials review requests, fees and access concerns

Officials review requests, fees and access concerns

The city received 492 Public Information Requests (PIRs) in the first nine months of the year and completed 421 of them, says Records Clerk Maria Palmer. At the request of Councilmember Cristina Todd, the office of City Secretary Amber Anderson detailed how the...

read more
Outer Loop plans move forward

Outer Loop plans move forward

With the latest public meeting completed, Collin County’s study of two southeastern segments of the proposed Outer Loop is nearing completion, moving the project closer to finalizing its schematic design and environmental review before right-of-way acquisition can...

read more
Election Results for Nov. 3, 2026

Election Results for Nov. 3, 2026

Complete, unofficial totals include early voting, ballots by mail and election day balloting U.S. House District 3 Complete, Unofficial 3rd District Totals from all counties: Keith Self (Rep) — 169,243 (52.74%) Evan Hunt (Dem) — 151,667 (47.26%) STATE REPRESENTATIVE...

read more
Voter turnout could hit 70% for this election

Voter turnout could hit 70% for this election

Campaign signs greet voters at the Deffibaugh Community Center, 416 N. 4th St., where early voting runs through Friday, Oct. 30. The center will also be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Voters may cast their ballots at any location in Collin...

read more
Recycled plastic could find new life as roadway

Recycled plastic could find new life as roadway

The Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability at the University of Texas at Arlington recycles plastic by processing it into pellets mixed with asphalt for road repair. Photo Courtesy SWIS/UTA Princeton could become one of the first cities in Collin County to pave a...

read more
Photos online