Posted 7:35 a.m. March 4
In the March 3 Democratic primary for the Travis County Commissioners Court, Precinct 2 incumbent Brigid Shea has been reelected. George Morales III and Susanna Ledesma-Woody will head to a runoff election for Precinct 4 in May, unofficial voting results show.
A closer look
For Precinct 2, Shea won with 57.47% of the vote, or 27,643 votes, followed by Amanda Marzullo with 30.72% of the vote, or 14,776 votes. Rick Astray-Caneda III received 6.35% of the vote, or 3,056 votes, and Reese Ricci Armstrong received 5.46% of the vote, or 2,627 votes.
Morales lead by a narrow margin with 36.90% of the vote, or 14,487 votes, followed closely by Ledesma-Woody with 35.70% of the vote, or 14,019 votes. Ofelia Maldonado Zapata received 21.02% of the vote with 8,255 votes and Gavino Fernandez Jr. received 6.37% of the vote with 2,503 votes.
Morales and Ledesma-Woody will compete for the Precinct 4 seat in a runoff election May 26, according to county and state information.
No Republican candidates filed in the Republican primary for either seat.
Posted 11:22 p.m. March 3
Precinct 2 incumbent Brigid Shea is leading by a wide margin in the Democratic primary for the Travis County Commissioners Court, unofficial voting results show.
George Morales III is narrowly leading the Democratic race for Precinct 4.
The details
According to preliminary voting results from the March 3 Democratic primary, Shea has 59.85% of the vote with 23,147 votes for Precinct 2 followed by Amanda Marzullo with 28.97% of the vote, or 11,203 votes. Rick Astray-Caneda III has 6.04% of the vote, or 2,336 votes, followed by Reese Ricci Armstrong with 5.15% of the vote, or 1,990 votes.
For Precinct 4, George Morales III is narrowly leading with 39.13% of the vote, or 10,618 votes, followed closely by Susanna Ledesma-Woody with 35.38% of the vote, or 9,601 votes. Ofelia Maldonado Zapata has 19.32% of the vote, or 5,242 votes, and Gavino Fernandez Jr. with 6.18% of the vote, or 1,676 votes.
No candidates filed in the Republican race for Precinct 2 or Precinct 4.
Stay tuned
Community Impact will update this article as more election day vote totals are released. All results are unofficial until canvassed.
Posted 10:15 p.m.
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.
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.
Visit https://communityimpact.com/voter-guide to see results from all contested local and state elections in your community.
