Updated 11:03 p.m. CST
According to unofficial results, incumbent Jason Isaac has won the race for House District 45.
Isaac finished the night with 53.64 percent of votes while Adams and Duke finished with 42.38 percent and 4 percent, respectively, with 100 percent of precincts reporting in Hays and Blanco counties.
"I think it's just people saying they've had enough," Isaac said. "I think people feel that the government has enough of our money. We just need to do a better job with how we spend it. I've got two months and two days until swearing in and I look forward to getting back to work."
Adams said the election day results were impressive but that they were not able to offset the early voting totals and the lead his opponent built up early.
"We're disappointed with the results, but we're very happy with the campaign we ran," Adams said.
Duke could not be reached for comment.
Updated 10:45 p.m. CST
Isaac conitnues to maintain a lead over Adams and Duke in the HD 45 race. With 37 of 57 precincts reporting, Isaac has gotten 54.89 percent of the votes, compared to Adams' 41.51 percent and Duke's 3.58 percent.
Updated 9:04 p.m. CST
With 4 of 57 precincts reporting, Isaac's lead has grown to 14 points. Isaac now holds 55.87 percent of the votes compared to Adams' 41.05 percent and Duke's 3.06 percent.
In Hays County, Isaac has gotten 21,540 votes, Adams has gotten 16,570 and Duke has collected 1,197 votes with 1 of 50 precincts reporting. In Blanco County, Isaac has gotten 2019 votes while Adams and Duke have gotten 738 and 96, respectively. Three of seven precincts are reporting in Blanco County.
Posted 8:24 p.m. CST
According to unofficial results from Blanco, Caldwell and Hays counties, Republican incumbent Jason Isaac is leading in the race for state House District 45 with 23,328 votes and 2 of 57 precincts reporting. Isaac is running against John Adams, the Democratic challenger, who has 17,202 votes, and Jim Duke, the Libertarian challenger, who garnered 1,278 votes.
"I think the early voters have sent a pretty clear message here," Isaac said. "We'll see how things work out over the next few hours."
Isaac ran on a platform of decreased spending, lower taxes, tightened immigration laws and education reform. He was first elected to the office, which oversees most of Buda, Kyle and San Marcos, as well as Blanco, Dripping Springs, Johnson City and Wimberley, in 2010.
"We've got to do a better job of being good stewards with our tax dollars," Isaac said.
Adams spent six years on the Dripping Springs ISD board of trustees, and much of his campaign focused on education spending.
"We've seen the early returns and I don't think there are any surprises," Adams said. "We know that Republicans tend to vote better in early voting and they tend to vote straight ticket so we haven't seen any surprises there yet."
Like Isaac, Duke proposed large spending cuts in education in an effort to balance the state's $172 billion budget. This was Duke's first foray into politics and he said he entered the race because he felt it was his "duty as a citizen."
All results are unofficial until canvassed.