Record turnout in 2026 Texas primaries, several runoff races set for May

It's a close race for county judge in Montgomery County, with Republican Mark Keough expected to win.

The numbers show Keough has a very slim lead of just 1,500 votes over opponent Wayne Mack.

Meanwhile, in Harris County, Republican Orlando Sanchez leads that race, as does Democrat Annise Parker.

In Fort Bend County, it appears current Judge KP George will lose his seat, coming in last on the Republican ticket. Daniel Wong received 54% of the vote in a crowded race.

On the Democratic ticket, Dexter McCoy has the lead as we start looking ahead to the November midterms.

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State Rep. James Talarico topped Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett in Texas' closely watched Democratic Senate primary.

He'll face the winner of a May runoff for the Republican nomination between Texas Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton. Cornyn and Paxton were the top finishers in a three-way contest Tuesday with Rep. Wesley Hunt.

No GOP candidate hit the 50% vote threshold needed to win outright. Texas, along with North Carolina and Arkansas, on Tuesday kicked off midterm elections with control of Congress at stake and against the backdrop of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.

No Democrat has won a statewide race in the reliably Republican state in over 30 years, but in a statement after his victory, Talarico proclaimed, "We're about to take back Texas."

Crockett's campaign said she planned to sue over voting issues in Dallas, and she spoke only briefly on Tuesday night to warn that "people have been disenfranchised."

The showdown between Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico continues as voting numbers across the state, including Harris County, keep coming in.

The race for CD-2 has yet to be called, as Steve Toth leads incumbent Dan Crenshaw.

Click here for ABC13's live election results all night.

Jessica Steinmann has won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Texas' 8th Congressional District, AP projects.

She received 70% of the vote, defeating Brett Jensen by over 25,000 votes.

She will face Democratic candidate Laura Jones in the November election.