ELECTION NIGHT: Results in Texas
THIS POST WILL BE UPDATED AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE ON ELECTION NIGHT Newly-elected Texas state Rep. Venton Jones (David Taffet/Dallas Voice) Democrat Venton Jones looks to be a shoe-in for the District 100 seat in the Texas House of Representativesm, with 87 percent of the early votes tallying up in his favor, over Libertarian Joe Roberts.
If Election Day balloting follows the same trend, as is expected, Jones, who is openly gay, will become the first person with HIV/AIDS elected to the Texas Legislature.
Newly-elected U.S. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, center, celebrates her victory on Election Night (David Taffet/Dallas Voice) By 7:40 p.m., Emily’s List had sent out an email congratulating Democrat Jasmine Crockett for her victory in the race to replace beloved Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson in representing Texas’ 30th Congressional District.
Crockett, who ran with Johnson endorsement, was cruising to victory with 77 percent of the early vote, over Republican James Rodger with 19 percent, Libertarian Phil Gray with 0.81 percent and Independent Zachariah Manning with 2.3 percent.
