Incumbent Brigid Shea and George Morales III are leading for precincts 2 and 4, respectively, on the Travis County Commissioners Court, early voting results show.

What you need to know

Two of the four seats on the Travis County Commissioners Court were on the ballot for county voters in the March 3 election. In the Democratic primary race, four candidates filed for Precinct 2, and four candidates ran for Precinct 4. No Republican candidates filed for either race.

For Precinct 2, Shea, who has served on the court since 2014, faced consultant and researcher Reese Ricci Armstrong and Rick Astray-Caneda III, a student organizer and nonprofit unionist, and Amanda Marzullo. According to early voting results, Shea is leading with 61.05% of the vote, or 19,791 votes, followed by Marzullo with 28.15% of the vote, or 9,126 votes. Astray-Caneda III has 5.83% of the vote with 1,890 votes while Armstrong has 4.96% of the vote, or 1,609 votes.

For Precinct 4, former Precinct 4 Chief of Staff Gavino Fernandez Jr. ran against Morales, a constable deputy, Susanna Ledesma-Woody, a project manager and Del Valle ISD trustee, and Ofelia Maldonado Zapata, who has a social justice ministry.

Morales is leading with 40.17% of the vote, or 9,445 votes, followed by Ledesma-Woody with 35.18% of the vote, or 8,273 votes. Maldonado Zapata has 18.75% of the vote with 4,409 votes while Fernandez has 5.9% of the vote with 1,387 votes.

No candidates filed in the Republican primary for either race.

What else?

The race for Travis County judge was uncontested. Current County Judge Andy Brown filed for reelection in the Democratic primary.

Something to note

The release of early voting was delayed until around 9 p.m. The Travis County Republican Party requested that all early voting ballots be counted on election day March 3 instead of after the early voting period ended Feb. 27, a Travis County spokesperson said.

More than 500 voters were in line to cast their ballots at 7 p.m. when polls closed on election day, according to a post on X from the Travis County Clerk‘s office.

Zooming out

In Travis County, 172,292 ballots were cast during the early voting period from February 17-27, representing 18.73% of the county’s eligible registered voters for the March 3 election, according to the Travis County data.

Voting totals from election day on March 3 have not yet been released as polls were open until 7 p.m., or until those in line cast their vote.

What’s next?

Community Impact will update this article as more election day vote totals are released. All results are unofficial until canvassed.

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