Incumbent Mark Henry wins in Galveston County judge primary race, unofficial results show

Updated 7:15 a.m. March 4

With all precincts reporting as of 10:55 p.m., incumbent Mark Henry has won the Republican primary seat for Galveston County judge against Chris Kinard with 20,520 votes, or 65.34%, to 10,883 votes, or 34.66%, according to unofficial results from Galveston County.

Henry will now face lone Democratic candidate Albert Al Smith in the general Nov. 3 election for the Galveston County judge seat.

All results are unofficial until canvassed at a later date.

Updated 9:50 p.m. March 3

As of 9:50 p.m., incumbent Mark Henry is leading Chris Kinard with 17,942 votes, or 66.04%, to 9,226 votes, or 33.96%, according to unofficial results from Galveston County.

Posted 7:40 p.m.

As of 7:30 p.m., unofficial results from Galveston County show incumbent Mark Henry is leading Chris Kinard with 14,628 votes, or 67.43%, to 7,067 votes, or 32.57%, for Galveston County judge.

Diving in deeper

In a Q&A with Community Impact, Henry said if elected, his priority is to focus on taxpayers by lowering the tax rate and to invest in law enforcement.

Kinard did not respond to the questionnaire by press time.

To read the Q&A, click here.

What’s next?

Community Impact will update this article as more election day vote totals are released. All results are unofficial until canvassed.

Visit communityimpact.com/voter-guide/election-results to see results from all local elections in your community.