{"id":310657,"date":"2026-05-27T11:31:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/310657\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T11:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:31:21","slug":"live-results-may-2026-primary-runoff-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/310657\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Results: May 2026 Primary Runoff Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE (May 27, 1:13 a.m.) &#8212; With 100% of precincts reporting, Attorney General Ken Paxton has defeated the incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican runoff for U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton led with 64% (887,435) of total votes while Cornyn trailed behind with 36% (502,118).<\/p>\n<p>Paxton will face Democratic state Rep. James Talarico in November.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE (9:53 p.m.) &#8212; With 97% of precincts reporting, Denise Butterworth leads in the Democratic runoff for justice of the peace for Precinct 1 with 52% of votes (1,507). Octavio Dominguez closely trails behind with 1,368 votes.<\/p>\n<p>For 90% of precincts reporting for the Democratic runoff for justice of the peace for Precinct 2, Democrat Christie Saiz leads with 56% (963) of votes. Incumbent Brian J. Haggerty has 764 votes right now.<\/p>\n<p>For more live election results, click <a href=\"https:\/\/kvia.com\/full-election-results\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE (8:50 p.m.) &#8212; With 62% of precincts reporting, ABC-7 projects Adam Buman as the projected republican nominee for U.S. Representative for District 16. <\/p>\n<p>Bauman holds a 69% lead over Manuel J. Barraza, who holds 31% of votes right now.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE (8:43 p.m.) &#8212; Just after polls in El Paso County closed, Texas State Representative James Talarico thanked Sen. John Cornyn for his time representing Texas. <\/p>\n<p>His social media post came in the same hour ABC-7 projected Attorney General Ken Paxton as the winner of the Republican runoff for U.S. Senator.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t agree on everything, but we both still believe in public service,&#8221; Talarico wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>Talarico is the Democratic nominee running for the U.S. Senate in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE (8:31 p.m.) &#8212; ABC-7 projects Nathan Johnson will defeat Joe Jaworski in the Democratic runoff for Attorney General. <\/p>\n<p>With 68% of precincts reporting results, Johnson leads at 59 percent.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE (8:24 p.m.) &#8212; In the Democratic runoff for Lieutenant Governor, ABC-7 projects Vikki Goodwin will defeat Marcos Isaias Velez. Goodwin is ahead with 68% of votes.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, 67% of precincts reported their results.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE (8:17 p.m.) &#8212; ABC-7 projects Mayes Middleton will defeat U.S. Rep. Chip Roy in the Republican race for Attorney General.<\/p>\n<p>Middleton leads with 56% (594,378 votes) while Rep. Roy trails behind at 44% (471,070). Eighty-four percent of precincts have reported their results.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE (7:49 p.m.) &#8212; With 70% of reported votes, ABC-7 projects Attorney General Ken Paxton will defeat the incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican runoff for U.S. Senate. <\/p>\n<p>Paxton leads with 63% (598,396) of total votes so far while Cornyn trails behind with 37% (348,498).<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE (7:41 p.m.) &#8212; The Associated Press projected Attorney General Ken Paxton will defeat incumbent John Cornyn for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE (7:25 p.m.) &#8212; The Associated Press projected Nathan Johnson will defeat Joe Jaworski in the Democrat runoff for Attorney General. The AP reported an estimated 55.53% of votes have come in.<\/p>\n<p>The AP also projected Vikki Goodwin will win the democratic race for the Democrat runoff for Lieutenant Governor. She holds the lead at 69% against Marcos Isaias Velez.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE (7:03 p.m.) &#8212; CNN projects Attorney General Ken Paxton will defeat Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican runoff for U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Polls in El Paso County closed at 7 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>In the Republican runoff for U.S. Representative for District 16, Adam Bauman leads with an estimated 70% of votes against Manuel J. Barraza. Fifty-nine percent of precincts&#8217; results have been reported. Whoever wins will face U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar in the November election.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE (6:48 p.m.) &#8212; With an estimated 54% of early votes in, Ken Paxton holds the lead (63%) against the incumbent John Cornyn (37%).<\/p>\n<p>Mayes Middleton also keeps his lead (57%) against U.S. Rep. Chip Roy (43%) for the Republican Texas Attorney General runoff. Fifty-eight percent of those votes have come in.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE (6:16 p.m.) &#8212; Thirty percent of early votes for the U.S. Senator runoff race have come in. Ken Paxton is leading with 61% of those votes (250,957) while the incumbent John Cornyn has 39% (157,998).<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Mayes Middleton is leading the Republican Texas Attorney General with 310,136 votes against Chip Roy. Forty-two percent of those votes have come in for 100 precincts.<\/p>\n<p>For the Democratic Attorney General race, Nathan Johnson leads with 61% of votes against Joe Jaworski. Thirty-four percent of those votes have come in.<\/p>\n<p>Find full live results <a href=\"https:\/\/kvia.com\/full-election-results\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) &#8212; Voters have been heading to the polls Tuesday to vote in the Primary Runoff Election. <\/p>\n<p>Results will determine who will move on to the November general election. Ballots feature candidates from races in the March primary where no one received a majority of their party&#8217;s vote.<\/p>\n<p>Polls close at 7 p.m. Under Texas law, voters in line by 7 p.m. are entitled to vote.<\/p>\n<p>You can find sample ballots and voter requirements <a href=\"https:\/\/kvia.com\/your-voice-your-vote\/2026\/05\/25\/voter-guide-may-26-primary-runoffs-in-el-paso-county\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ABC-7 will have live results on air and online in this article and on our <a href=\"https:\/\/kvia.com\/full-election-results\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">elections results page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UPDATE (May 27, 1:13 a.m.) &#8212; With 100% of precincts reporting, Attorney General Ken Paxton has defeated the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-310657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310657","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=310657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}