With 99% of polling locations reporting to the Texas Secretary of State's Office as of publication, Morgan Luttrell is the apparent winner in the Republican primary election for U.S. Representative District 8, avoiding a runoff election. Despite 11 candidates competing in the race, Luttrell garnered more than 50% of the vote, which was needed to avoid heading to a runoff election.
Luttrell received 52.26% of votes, totaling 33,781 votes—nearly 20,000 more votes than any other candidate in the race received, according to unofficial election results from the Texas Secretary of State's Office.
Updated 7:41 a.m. March 2
Morgan Luttrell appears the likely winner of the Republican primary for the U.S. Representative District 8 seat, held by Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands, who did not seek re-election. Following the 2020 redistricting process, District 8 spans Polk, San Jacinto, Walker, Harris and Montgomery counties.
With 100% of counties reporting and 95% of polling locations reporting statewide—according to the Texas secretary of state's office—Luttrell appears to win the majority of the votes with 52.67% of ballots cast.
However, according to the secretary of state's office, results from Harris County are incomplete with 15 of 130 precincts reporting. All votes are in for the remaining four counties in the district.
Should one of the 11 candidates in the race not receive more than 50% of votes, the election would head to a runoff in late May.
Of the 62,156 ballots cast for the District 8 seat, 61% of votes were cast during the early voting period, according to the secretary of state's office.
Updated 11:02 p.m. March 1
In the race for U.S. Representative for District 8, Morgan Luttrell maintains the lead in the 11-candidate field with 53.72% of votes from Harris, Montgomery and Walker county election offices.
District 8 spans Polk, San Jacinto, Walker, Montgomery and Harris counties. Results as of publication are based on 2 of 375 Harris County vote centers reporting and 107 of 111 precincts reporting in Montgomery County while all votes are tallied for Walker County. Results were not available from Polk or San Jacinto counties as of publication.
According to the latest election results, Collins follows Luttrell with 21.45% of the vote. All other candidates have less than 15% of votes.
All results are unofficial until canvassed.
Posted 9:59 p.m. March 1
Eleven candidates are vying for the position of U.S. Representative for District 8 in the March 1 Republican primary after incumbent Rep. Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands, announced his retirement in April 2021.
Morgan Luttrell, former U.S. Navy SEAL and founder and CEO of Trexxler Energy Solutions, leads the race with 53.9% of the vote, according to initial voting results from Harris, Montgomery and Walker counties. The district spans five counties: Polk, San Jacinto, Walker, Montgomery and Harris counties, according to district maps following the 2020 redistricting process.
Early voting results from Harris County was reported as of publication, all votes were in from Walker County and 66 of 111 precincts were reporting in Montgomery County, collectively indicating Luttrell as leading. Vote totals from Polk and San Jacinto counties were not available as of publication.
Candidate Christian Collins, founder of Texas Youth Summit, has 21.87% of the vote, followed by candidate Jonathan Hullihan—an attorney—with 13.6% of the vote. The remaining eight candidates had garnered less than 2.5% of the vote each as of publication.
The Democratic primary is uncontested for the seat. The winners for each party in the March primaries will be on the ballot in the November general election.
Should no candidate receive more than 50% of the votes in the Republican primary, the race would head to a runoff election in late May, according to Texas election statutes.
All results are unofficial until canvassed.
