2012 ELECTION COVERAGE

Updated 10:15 p.m. CST

With all 86 precincts in Montgomery County reporting, unofficial voting totals show Steve Toth winning the race for State House District 15 against Libertarian Sterling Russel. Toth received 86.64 precent of the vote.

All results are unofficial until canvassed.

Posted 9:45 p.m. CST

According to unofficial results, Republican candidate Steve Toth is poised to win against Libertarian Sterling Russell in the race for State House District 15 with 87.09 percent of the vote and 49 of 86 precincts reporting.

District 15 covers a portion on Montgomery County and includes Magnolia, The Woodlands, Pinehurst, Shenandoah, Stagecoach and a small part of Conroe.

Toth, who defeated incumbent Rob Eissler in the primary election with 57 percent of the vote, said he plans to bring a new voice to the state legislature.

"Texas is a strong Republican state, and if you look at where it's heading, you see that it's becoming more conservative," he said. "We have more clarity than ever and I'm excited to be a part of the legislature moving forward."

Toth's defeat of Eissler in the primaries was one of several instances across the state where a more moderate conservative fell to the hands of a Tea Party-backed challenger, including David Dewhurst's loss to Ted Cruz in the race for U.S. Senate. Toth earned the support of the Texas Patriots PAC—a nonpartisan Tea Party organization—by taking a strong stance against new taxes and demanding greater accountability for how money is spent.

"The last thing we should be looking at doing right now is raising taxes," he said.

I addition to his stance against tax increases, Toth said he would also like to see greater transparency in the overall tax process.

"When people vote on these certificates of obligation—these bonds—they have no idea what they're voting on," he said. "Politicians say one thing, but it's not always the full story. I would like to see more accountability on these politicians and I would like to see exactly, on a per capita basis, how these bonds impact families and the county."