With nearly all precincts reporting, Fred Flickinger has won the race for Houston City Council District E.
Flickinger has 14,883 votes, or 56.95% of the total. Challenger Martina Lemond Dixon garnered 11,249 votes, or 43.05% of the total.
Update at 10:40 p.m. Nov. 7
Still only 150 of 701 Harris County precincts are reporting. Flickinger maintains his lead.
Community Impact will continue covering the race and provide an update in the morning.
Update at 10 p.m. Nov. 7
With 150 of 701 Harris County precincts and 37 of 57 of Montgomery County precincts reporting, Fred Flickinger maintains a strong lead over Martina Lemond Dixon for Houston City Council District E.
Flickinger has 9,969 votes, or 58% of the total. Dixon has 7,219, or 42%.
Original story
With early votes for Harris and Montgomery counties in as of 7:15 p.m., Fred Flickinger is showing a lead over Martina Lemond Dixon for Houston City Council District E.
The big picture
Flickinger has 8,892 votes, or 57.92% of the total.
Dixon has 6,460 votes, or 42.08%.
Zooming in
In his Q&A with Community Impact, Flickinger said, “Hiring additional police officers and firefighters, implementing more community policing programs, increasing police presence, additional funding for forensic processing, and ensuring first responders have the resources to do their jobs are of the utmost priority.”
The backstory
District E council member Dave Martin has reached his term limit and can’t run for re-election. He is running for city controller.
Results are unofficial until canvassed.
