Posted 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7Posted 7:15 p.m. Jan. 31
The final day of the runoff election in Senate District 9 will determine the winner between Taylor Rehmet and Leigh Wambsganss.
After early voting results were released by the Tarrant County Election Administration Jan. 31, Rehmet leads with 25,667 votes, or 56.23%.
Wambsganss has garnered 19,979 votes, or 43.77%.
According to the county website, the voter turnout is at 7.39% with 45,669 votes cast out of 617,753 registered voters. All results are unofficial until canvassed.
Wait times at election day voting sites were between 15 and 45 minutes around 5 p.m., according to the county website.
Senate District 9 includes Southlake, Westlake, Keller, Hurst, North Richland Hills, Watauga, Haltom City, Richland Hills, Haslet, Fort Worth, Saginaw, Blue Mound, Lake Worth, Azle, Benbrook, Bedford, Pelican Bay, Euless, Haltom City, Lake Worth, White Settlement, Sansom Park, Westover Hills and River Oaks.
During the Nov. 4 election, neither candidate garnered more than 50% of the vote needed to win the race and fill the spot vacated this past summer by Sen. Kelly Hancock.
The background
Rehmet, a Democrat, got 56,506 votes, or 47.56%, during the Nov. 4 election, according to previous reporting.
Two Republicans split votes during the race. Wambsganss got 47,712 votes, or 35.59%, while former Southlake Mayor John Huffman received 19,591 votes, or 16.49%.
The details
Rehmet is an Air Force veteran and now an aircraft mechanic, according to previous reporting. Wambsganss is the chief communications officer for Patriot Mobile and a former owner of a real estate company.