{"id":310449,"date":"2026-05-27T07:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T07:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/310449\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T07:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T07:52:11","slug":"see-unofficial-results-for-central-texas-state-national-races-in-may-26-runoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/310449\/","title":{"rendered":"See unofficial results for Central Texas state, national races in May 26 runoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUpdated at 10:40 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Pending an official canvass of unofficial election results, voters in Central Texas may now have a better picture of the November general election ballot.<\/p>\n<p>The results <\/p>\n<p>U.S. House District 17<\/p>\n<p>Voting data shows Casey Shepard wins the runoff, with 59.57% of votes. Opponent Milah Flores garnered 40.43% of votes cast.U.S. House District 35 (Democratic primary)Voting data shows Johnny C. Garcia wins the runoff, with 60.5% of votes. Opponent Maureen Galindo drew 39.5% of ballots cast.U.S. House District 35 (Republican primary)Voting data shows Carlos De La Cruz wins the runoff, with 57.68% of ballots cast. Opponent John Lujan garnered 42.32% of votes.U.S. House District 37Voting data shows Lauren B. Pe\u00f1a wins the runoff, with 58.17% of ballots cast. Opponent Ge&#8217;Nell Gary drew 41.83% of votes cast.Texas House District 49Voting data shows Montserrat Garibay wins the runoff, with 59% of ballots cast, while opponent Kathie Tovo garnered 41% of votes.State Board of Education District 5Voting data shows Allison Bush wins the runoff, with 60% of votes. Opponent Stephanie Limon Bazan drew 40% of ballots cast.Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge, Place 3Voting data shows Thomas Smith wins the runoff, with 58.2% of votes. Opponent Alison Fox garnered 41.8% of ballots cast.Updated at 9:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>At the polls<\/p>\n<p>Unofficial voting data was released just after 7 p.m. May 26, representing ballots cast May 18-22 during early voting and on election day.<\/p>\n<p>The results <\/p>\n<p>U.S. House District 17<\/p>\n<p>Voting data shows Milah Flores with 40.43% of votes, opposite Casey Shepard with 59.57% of votes.U.S. House District 35 (Democratic primary)Voting data shows Maureen Galindo with 39.31% of ballots cast, while Johnny C. Garcia garnered 60.69% of votes.U.S. House District 35 (Republican primary)Voting data shows Carlos De La Cruz with 62.89% of ballots cast, while John Lujan garnered 37.11% of votes.U.S. House District 37Voting data shows Ge&#8217;Nell Gary with 41.63% of votes, opposite Lauren B. Pe\u00f1a with 58.37% of votes.Texas House District 49Voting data shows Montserrat Garibay with 59% of ballots cast, while Kathie Tovo garnered 41% of votes.State Board of Education District 5Voting data shows Stephanie Limon Bazan with 38% of votes, opposite Allison Bush with 62% of votes.Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge, Place 3Voting data shows Alison Fox with 41.88% of ballots cast, while Thomas Smith garnered 58.12% of votes.Posted at 8:05 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>Austin-area voters cast their ballots in the May 26 runoff to determine who will appear on the ballot in November.<\/p>\n<p>At the polls<\/p>\n<p>Unofficial early voting data was released just after 7 p.m. May 26, representing ballots cast May 18-22 during early voting.<\/p>\n<p>What you need to know <\/p>\n<p>Runoff winners will move on to the Nov. 3 general election. The following results are for contested races only.<\/p>\n<p>The results <\/p>\n<p>U.S. House District 17<\/p>\n<p>Voting data shows Milah Flores with 38% of votes, opposite Casey Shepard with 62% of votes.U.S. House District 35 (Democratic primary)Voting data shows Maureen Galindo with 29.73% of ballots cast, while Johnny C. Garcia garnered 70.27% of votes.U.S. House District 35 (Republican primary)Voting data shows Carlos De La Cruz with 54.7% of ballots cast, while John Lujan garnered 45.3% of votes.U.S. House District 37Voting data shows Ge&#8217;Nell Gary with 41.63% of votes, opposite Lauren B. Pe\u00f1a with 58.37% of votes.Texas House District 49Voting data shows Montserrat Garibay with 59.24% of ballots cast, while Kathie Tovo garnered 40.76% of votes.State Board of Education District 5Voting data shows Stephanie Limon Bazan with 43% of votes, opposite Allison Bush with 57% of votes.Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge, Place 3Voting data shows Alison Fox with 42.89% of ballots cast, while Thomas Smith garnered 57.11% of votes.What else? <\/p>\n<p>Community Impact will update this article as more election day vote totals are released. All results are unofficial until canvassed.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a cmp-ltrk=\"Article Links\" cmp-ltrk-idx=\"3\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/voter-guide\" href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/voter-guide\" mrfobservableid=\"c42aa8b8-e776-4fa8-bd79-70a4c5d2eb9f\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">communityimpact.com\/voter-guide<\/a> to see results from all local and state elections in your community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated at 10:40 p.m. Pending an official canvass of unofficial election results, voters in Central Texas may now&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,16705,111977,60802],"class_list":["post-310449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-texas-congressional-districts","tag-us-congressional-districts","tag-us-house-district-37"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}