According to unofficial polling results, incumbent Republican candidate Rep. Paul Workman came out on top in the race for the District 47 state House of Representatives seat. With 58.09 percent of the vote, Workman received a total of 49,025 votes with all 41 precincts reporting.
Democrat Chris Frandsen ended the night with 31,175 votes (36.94 percent) and Libertarian Nick Tanner had 4,201 votes (4.98 percent). All results are unofficial until canvassed.
Updated 11:50 p.m. CST
According to unofficial polling results, incumbent Republican candidate Rep. Paul Workman is still leading the race for District 47 state House of Representatives seat.
With 20 of 41 precincts reporting, Workman has 40,035 votes, while Democrat Chris Frandsen has 25,093 votes and Libertarian Nick Tanner has 3,019.
Workman told Community Impact Newspaper last week that he felt confident about his campaign.
"My major accomplishment has been learning more about the needs of District 47, and as I go forward I'll be able to have a greater impact on that," he said.
Frandsen said he spent most of the day meeting with voters out at the polls, but ultimately that effort wasn't enough to garner the votes he needed to win the election.
"This is the first time I've ever run for office, so I made a lot of mistakes and I started late," he said. "The only way we were going to win was to break that straight-party ticket, and we weren't able to do that."
Posted: 8:40 p.m. CST
According to unofficial early voting results, incumbent Republican candidate Rep. Paul Workman is leading the race for the District 47 state House of Representatives seat, followed by opponents Democrat Chris Frandsen and Libertarian Nick Tanner.
Workman has 32,932 votes, compared with Frandsen's 19,529 and Tanner's 2,033 votes. All results are unofficial until canvassed.The elected candidate will serve a two-year term.
Workman's campaign focused on his goals of building SH 45 SW and improving the Y at Oak Hill. He said he hoped to continue his work in the House to support career technology education and increase the state's water supply. Workman is the founder of Workman Commercial Construction Services and beat attorney Ryan Downton in the May 29 primary. He was first elected in 2010.
Frandsen ran unopposed in the primary. A Vietnam veteran, Frandsen said he entered the race because he wants to revamp the state's education budget process to bring more funds into schools and increase transparency. His other priorities include closing unnecessary tax loopholes and eliminating wasteful spending, he said.
Tanner said his two main goals if elected would be to strengthen opportunities for small businesses and to ify "Obamacare" because he said it will negatively affect business owners. He works three jobs and was elected to the steering committee of the Texans for Accountable Government political action committee earlier this year.
District 47 covers the south and southwest part of Travis County, including Bee Cave, Briarcliff, Lakeway, Oak Hill, Onion Creek, San Leanna, Shady Hollow, Sunset Valley, The Hills and part of Austin.