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Updated May 29 at 7:20 a.m.
With all voting centers reporting election day results in Harris County, Charlene Ward Johnson has won the Texas House District 139 Democratic primary runoff.
She earned 2,511 votes, or 51.94% of votes, compared to her opponent Angie Thibodeaux's 2,323 votes, or 48.06%.
All results are unofficial until canvassed.
Updated May 28 at 10 p.m.
As of 10 p.m., 77 of 313 voting centers are reporting election day results in Harris County.
Charlene Ward Johnson maintains her lead with 1,652 votes, or 51.66%, over Angie Thibodeaux, who has earned 1,546, or 48.34%.
Community Impact will update this story as more results are available.
Posted 7:10 p.m. May 28
Harris County has released early voting totals for May 28 primary runoffs, which included two Democratic candidates in the Texas House District 139 race.
The results
Early voting results show Charlene Ward Johnson is in the lead over her opponent, Angie Thibodeaux.
In addition to Thibodeaux and Ward Johnson, Jerry Ford, Mo Jenkins and Rosalind Caesar ran in the March 5 primary race. Since no candidate earned a majority of votes, the top two vote-getters went to the primary runoff.
Thibodeaux earned 33.29% of votes in March, and Ward Johnson had 24.06% of votes.
State Rep. Jarvis Johnson, D-Houston, has represented District 139 position since May 2016, but he is now campaigning for the Texas Senate District 15 seat, Community Impact previously reported.
What’s next?
No Republicans ran in the Texas House District 139 primary, so the runoff winner will be the sole candidate on the race’s ballot in November.
Community Impact will update this article as more election day results 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.
