Politics & Government

2018 Texas Primary Election Results: Dallas And Surrounding Areas

Polls closed Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. Scroll down to see how elections played out in North Texas.

Polls closed across Texas at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, and election results have been rolling in since. Some candidates have been named party nominees while others are moving toward runoffs before November's general election.

Read below for our coverage on U.S. House Representative races in North Texas as well as Texas State Senate positions. Scroll to the very bottom for a roundup of Patch's coverage of this election.

U.S. House Representative Elections We're Watching

District 3 - Incumbent Sam Johnson (R)
(100% of precincts reporting)

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  • Democrats
    • Lorie Burch — 49.6%
    • Sam Johnson — 28.7%
    • Adam P. Bell — 18.0%
    • Medrick Yhap — 3.8 %
  • Republicans
    • Van Taylor — 84.7% — Projected winner
    • David Niederkorn — 9.4%
    • Alex Donkervoet — 5.9%

District 4 - Incumbent John Ratcliffe (R)
(100% of precincts reporting)

  • Democrats
    • Catherine Krantz — 68.7% — Projected winner
    • Lander Bethel — 31.3%
  • Republicans
    • John Ratcliffe - Incumbent — 85.4% — Projected winner
    • John Cooper — 14.6% — Projected winner

District 5 - Jeb Hensarling not seeking reelection (R)
(100% of precincts reporting)

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  • Democrats
    • Dan Wood — Uncontested
  • Republicans
    • Lance Gooden - State Rep. — 29.9% — Projected runoff
    • Bunni Pounds — 22.0% — Projected runoff
    • Sam Deen — 17.2%
    • Jason Wright — 12.0%
    • Kenneth Sheets - Former state Rep. — 11.4%
    • Danny Campbell — 3.0%
    • David Williams — 2.7%
    • Charles Lingerfelt — 1.7%

District 6 - Candidates to replace retiring Rep. Joe Barton
(100% of precincts reporting)

  • Democrats
    • Jana Lynne Sanchez — 36.9% — Projected winner
    • Ruby Faye Woolridge — 36.9% — Projected winner
    • John Duncan — 13.5%
    • Justin Snider — 6.9%
    • Levii Shocklee — 5.8%
  • Republicans
    • Ron Wright — 45.1% — Projected runoff
    • J.K. "Jake" Ellzey — 21.7% — Projected runoff
    • Ken Cope — 7.7%
    • Shannon Dubberly — 6.3%
    • Mark Mitchell — 4.7%
    • Troy Ratterree — 4.0%
    • Kevin Harrison — 3.9%
    • Deborah Gagliardi — 3.7%
    • Thomas Dillingham — 1.2%
    • Shawn Dandridge — 1.1%
    • Mel Hassell — 0.6%
    • Adrian Mizher0 — 0.0%
    • Craig Walker0 — 0.0%

District 26 - Incumbent Michael Burgess (R)
(100% of precincts reporting)

  • Democrats
    • Will Fisher — 52.7% — Projected winner
    • Linsey Fagan — 47.3%
  • Republicans
    • Michael Burgess — Incumbent — 76.9% — Projected winner
    • Veronica Birkenstock — 23.1%

District 30 - Incumbent Eddie Bernice Johnson (D)
(100% of precincts reporting)

  • Republicans
    • No Republican challengers
  • Democrats
    • Eddie Bernice Johnson - Incumbent — 63.6% — Projected winner
    • Barbara Mallory Caraway — 22.8%
    • Eric Williams — 13.6%

District 32 - Incumbent Pete Sessions (R)
(100% of precincts reporting)

  • Democrats
    • Colin Allred— 38.5%
    • Lillian Salerno — 18.3%
    • Brett Shipp — 16.3%
    • Ed Meier — 13.7%
    • George Rodriguez — 7.6%
    • Ron Marshall — 3.2%
    • Todd Maternowski — 2.4%
  • Republicans
    • Pete Sessions - Incumbent — 79.3% — Projected winner
    • Paul Brown — 20.7%

District 33 - Marc Veasey (D) incumbent
(100% of precincts reporting)

  • Democrats
    • Marc Veasey - Incumbent — 70.6% — Projected winner
    • Carlos Quintanilla — 29.4%
  • Republicans
    • Willie Billups — Uncontested

State Senate Race

District 2
(100% of precincts reporting)

  • Democrats
    • Kendall Scudder (Uncontested)
  • Republicans
    • Rob Hall — Incumbent — 53.2% — Projected winner
    • Cindy Burkett — 46.8%

District 8
(100% of precincts reporting)

  • Republicans
    • Angela Paxton — 54.4% — Projected winner
    • Phillip Huffines 45.6%
  • Democrats
    • Mark Phariss 50.9% — Projected winner
    • Brian Chaput 49.1%

District 9

  • Republican
    • Kelly Hancock (Uncontested incumbent)
  • Democrats
    • Gwenn Burud (Uncontested)

District 10
(100% of precincts reporting)

  • Republican
    • Konni Burton (Uncontested incumbent)
  • Democrat
    • Beverly Powell — 61.6% — projected winner
    • Allison Campolo — 38.4 %

District 16
(100% of precincts reporting)

  • Republican
    • Don Huffines (Uncontested incumbent)
  • Democrat
    • Nathan Johnson — 69.6% — Projected winner
    • Joe Bogen — 30.4%

District 23

  • Royce West (Uncontested incumbent)
  • No Republican candidate

District 30
(100% of precincts reporting)

  • Republican
    • Pat Fallon — 62.0% — Projected winner
    • Craig Estes (Incumbent) — 22.6%
    • Craig Carter — 15.4%
  • Democrat
    • Kevin Lopez (Uncontested)

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