Texas Voters Send Multiple Candidates Into Runoffs

DALLAS— The officials results in the 2021 Texas election are in, showing who won each race on the ballot in the May 1 contest.

US House Of Representatives, District 6

In the race to fill the US House seat of the late Ron Wright, who died of COVID-19 and cancer-related causes in February, Wright's widow took an early lead and saw it expand over the course of the evening. She is now, with 19 percent of the vote, her name recognition and an endorsement from ex-president Donald Trump, set to take on state Rep. Jake Ellzey in the runoff on June 5.

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Ellzey, who ended the night with 14 percent of the talley, is not unknown to Texas voters, since he lost to Wright's late husband in the 2018 election. And while Wright basked in Trump's support, Ellzey relied on native son Rick Perry as a campaign booster.

Third place went to Democratic challenger Jana Lynne Sachez, who won 13 percent of the votes cast. Although the district has been a GOP stronghold for decades, Republican margins of victory have been shrinking over the last three election cycles.

In all, it was a fairly typical Texas election day, except for a macabre 11th hour element of political theater. Yesterday Wright revealed that she and her staff have approached law enforcement about investigating a series of anonymous robocalls earlier in the week that claimed the candidate had "murdered" her late husband.

Over the course of a minute, the unidentified female voice claimed that Wright had taken out a million-dollar life insurance policy on her husband and then intentionally contracted COVID-19. Rep. Ron Wright died in February from coronavirus complications, although he had also been suffering from cancer.

Dallas City Council

Among the 56 candidates jockeying for a spot on the Dallas City Council, incumbents met with mixed results. Based on tabulations close to 1 a.m., runoffs could be in store for nearly half of the candidates in the race. Of the 11 incumbents, seven seem on the verge of reclaiming their seats, if the current trajectory continues through the final vote count.

In several districts without incumbents on the ballot — 2, 11 and 13, for example, the races remain tight. And for those who were defending their seats, Carolyn King Arnold, Adam Bazaldua, David Blewett and Jaimie Resendez, all might well be headed into runoffs. For the moment, it appears that Tennell Atkins, Paula Blackmon, Adam McGough, Cara Mendelsohn, Omar Narvaez, Casey Thomas and Chad West will retain their council seats.

Runoffs are required when no single candidate is able to get past 50 percent threshold of votes. The next term, in which the winners of today's election will be seated, begins June 14. Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson was not on Saturday's ballot because a mayor's term as chief city executive is four years rather than the council's two, and Johnson was elected in 2019.

Here are the vote tallies as of Sunday, May 2 at 7:30 a.m.:

These are unofficial Results, according to the Texas Secretary of State's website and the Official Website of the Dallas County Elections Department.

Results

US House of Representatives, District 6

TAMMY ALLISON (D) — 4,238

MICHAEL BALLANTINE (R) —2,224

LYDIA BEAN (D) —2,920

JOHN ANTHONY CASTRO (R) —4,321

DARYL J. EDDINGS SR. (D) — 1,652
MIKE EGAN (R) — 1,543
JAKE ELLZEY (R) —10,851

PHIL GRAY (L) —265
BRIAN HARRISON (R) —8,476
MATT HINTERLONG (D) —252

SERY KIM (R) —888

SHAWN LASSITER (D) —6,964
ADRIAN MIZHER (I) —351
PATRICK MOSES (D) — 1,189

TRAVIS RODERMUND (R) —460

DAN RODIMER (R) — 2,086
MANUEL RICHARD SALAZAR III (D) —1,119
JANA LYNNE SANCHEZ (D) —1o,497
JENNY GARCIA SHARON (R) —150
BRIAN K. STEPHENSON (D) — 271
CHRIS SUPRUN (D) —1o2
MICHAEL WOOD (R) —2,503
SUSAN WRIGHT (R) —15,052

Dallas City Council

DISTRICT 1

Chad West (incumbent) —2,087
Stephani A. "Skyle" Kyle —263
Gerardo Sanchez —69
Giovanni Valderas —1,590

DISTRICT 2

Raha Assadi —503
Jennifer Cortez —390
Michael Fetzer —369
Jesse Moreno —1,345
Sana Syed —846

DISTRICT 3

Casey Thomas II (incumbent) —2,530
Irby Foster —551

DISTRICT 4

Carolyn King Arnold (incumbent) —1,578
Johnny Aguinaga —182
Matt Canto —282
Maxie Johnson —1,257
Lelani Russell —90

DISTRICT 5

Jaime Resendez (incumbent) —1,095
Terry Perkins —466
Ruth Torres —151
Yolanda "Faye" Williams —404

DISTRICT 6

Omar Navarez (incumbent) —1,264
Monica Alonzo —438
Tony Carrillo —29
Wendi Macon —423
Earl D. Thomas —97

DISTRICT 7

Adam Bazaldua (incumbent) —1,472
Tramonica Brown —285
Kevin Felder —576
Walter "Changa" Higgins —102
Calvin D. Johnson —276
Donald Parish —551
James "JT" Turknett —47
Israel Varela —426

DISTRICT 8

Tennell Atkins (incumbent) —1,981
Subrina Brenham —463
Lakolya London —94
Devante "Shawt" Peters —155

DISTRICT 9

Paula Blackmon (incumbent) —4,380
John Botefuhr —1,149
Judy Kumar —1,413

DISTRICT 10

Adam McGough (incumbent) —5,815
Sirrano Baldeo —583

DISTRICT 11

Candy Evans —486

Jaynie Schultz —2,889
Barry Wernick —3,038
Hosanna Yemiru —1,564

DISTRICT 12

Cara Mendelsohn (incumbent) —2,606
Elva Curl —594

DISTRICT 13

Da'On Boulanger-Chatman —325
Leland Burk —4,133
Gay Donnell Willis —4,019
Ryan M. Moore —406
Mac Smith —720

DISTRICT 14

David Blewett (incumbent) —2,866
Paul Ridley —4,076
Elizabeth Viney —1,987

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