Voters will decide the fate of two seats on the Travis County Commissioners Court this November, and candidates vied for the chance to run in that election by participating in Democratic and Republican primary elections March 1.
Precinct 1
Two Democratic candidates—Jeff Travillion and Arthur Sampson—are slated to head for a runoff before the November election for the Precinct 1 seat on the Commissioners Court. Five candidates ran in the Democratic primary for the Precinct 1 seat, and Republican Pat McCord ran unopposed.
Unofficial voting results showed Travillion in the lead for the Democratic nomination with 41.67 percent of the vote, or 9,940 votes. He has served on campus advisory committees, been named a Sloan Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz School of Public Affairs and studied at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Sampson, a former police officer, had 18.50 percent of the vote, or 4,413 votes. He has more than 30 years of experience as a project coordinator, inspector and plan reviewer and has been a liaison for the Downtown Austin Alliance, he said.
Attorney James Nortey had 4,275 votes, or 17.92 percent, followed by Richard Franklin III with 11.40 percent, or 2,720 votes; and Marc Hoskins with 10.50 percent, or 2,505 votes.
Franklin has served as a Del Valle ISD board trustee and precinct chairman, past president of the Black Austin Democrats and vice chairman of membership for the Texas Coalition of Black Democrats.
Hoskins, an Austin business owner, is a former Texas Senate staffer and lobbyist and former Galveston City Council member.
Nortey is a member of the Austin Planning Commission, a Zero Waste Advisory Commission member and past president of the Black Austin Democrats.
Current Commissioner Ron Davis said he plans to retire. McCord ran unopposed in the Republican primary and received 7,516 total votes, according to unofficial results.
Precinct 3
Incumbent Gerald Daugherty and challenger Jason Nassour faced off in the Republican primary election for the Commissioners Court Precinct 3 seat.
According to unofficial voting results, Daugherty won the Republican nomination with 70.83 percent of the vote, or 20,698 votes. Nassour had 29.17 percent of the vote, or 8,524 total votes.
Daugherty, who has been the Precinct 3 commissioner for 10 of the past 14 years and serves as a member of Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, said he was “delighted” that his constituents came out to the polls and voted for him again.
“I’ve always felt like the people knew that I worked hard,” he said.
Daugherty added he is proud of the kind of race he had with Nassour, who has been a business owner for almost 20 years and has represented, litigated and mediated resolutions in business throughout his career.
“I think that we were respectful of each other; I think that we talked about what we felt like were issues that really needed to take place not just in Precinct 3 but in Travis County,” Daugherty said. “I think people want you to tell them what it is that you stand for and what you’re willing to do, and when push comes to shove that’s really what it’s all about,” he said.
Nassour has been a business owner/operator for almost 20 years. He said he has also represented, litigated and mediated resolutions in business throughout his career and has litigated against county government.
David Holmes ran unopposed in the Democratic primary and will face Daugherty in November. He received 27,599 votes.
All results are unofficial until canvassed.
Posted at 7:35 p.m. March 1
Voters will decide the fate of two seats on the Travis County Commissioners Court this November, and candidates vied for the chance to run in that election by participating in Democratic and Republican primary elections March 1.
Precinct 1
Democratic candidate Jeff Travillion may face Republican Pat McCord in the November election for the Precinct 1 seat on the Commissioners Court. Five candidates ran in the Democratic primary for the Precinct 1 seat.
Unofficial early voting results showed Travillion in the lead for the Democratic nomination with 44.56 percent of the vote, or 4,440 votes. Jeff Travillion has served on campus advisory committees, been named a Sloan Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz School of Public Affairs and studied at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Attorney James Nortey had the second most votes with 1,945, or 19.52 percent, followed by former police officer Arthur Sampson with 17.16 percent of the vote, or 1,710 votes; Richard Franklin III with 10.08 percent, or 1,004 votes; and Marc Hoskins with 8.68 percent, or 865 votes.
Franklin has served as a Del Valle ISD board trustee and precinct chairman, past president of the Black Austin Democrats and vice chairman of membership for the Texas Coalition of Black Democrats.
Hoskins, an Austin business owner, is a former Texas Senate staffer and lobbyist and former Galveston City Council member.
Nortey is a member of the Austin Planning Commission, a Zero Waste Advisory Commission member and past president of the Black Austin Democrats.
Sampson has more than 30 years of experience as a project coordinator, inspector and plan reviewer and has been a liaison for the Downtown Austin Alliance, he said.
Current Commissioner Ron Davis said he plans to retire. McCord ran unopposed in the Republican primary and received 2,588 early votes.
Precinct 3
Incumbent Gerald Daugherty and challenger Jason Nassour faced off in the Republican primary election for the Commissioners Court Precinct 3 seat. Unofficial early voting results showed Daugherty was in the lead with 74.18 percent of the vote, or 9,153 votes. Nassour had 25.82 percent of the vote, or 3,186 votes.
Daugherty has been the Precinct 3 commissioner for 10 of the past 14 years and serves as a member of Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization.
Nassour has been a business owner/operator for almost 20 years. He said he has also represented, litigated and mediated resolutions in business throughout his career and has litigated against county government.
David Holmes ran unopposed in the Democratic primary and will face the top Republican candidate in November. He received 12,615 early votes.
All results are unofficial until canvassed.
