Updated March 7 11:30 a.m.
The Travis County Elections Division released its final vote count for the March 4 primary election to include provisional ballots cast between 7–9 p.m. during extended voting hours.
An additional 754 ballots were cast in the Democratic primary during that time for the Travis County Commissioner Precinct 2 race. Brigid Shea finished the night with 9,903 votes or 66.25 percent.
Opponents Garry Brown and Richard Jung earned 14.47 percent and 19.28 percent of the votes, respectively. A total of 14,948 ballots were cast in that race.
All results are unofficial until canvassed, which will be posted to the elections division website March 13.
Shea will go on to face the lone Republican candidate, Raymond Frank, in the Nov. 4 general election.
Updated March 5 9 a.m.
Brigid Shea won the Democratic primary election for the Travis County Commissioner Precinct 2 race with more than 66 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results.
Her opponents Garry Brown and Richard Jung received almost 15 percent and 19 percent of the votes, respectively. More than 14,000 votes were counted for this race, not including any ballots cast between 7–9 p.m. March 4 during extended voting hours. Those figures might not be available until Thursday.
Updated March 4 11:35 p.m.
With 71 percent of voting locations reporting, Brigid Shea still maintains a strong lead with 65.65 percent of the votes in the Democratic primary election for the Travis County Commissioner Precinct 2 race.
Shea has earned 7,266 votes of the reported 11,068 total votes as of 11:35 p.m. Opponents Garry Brown received 1,627 votes or 14.7 percent, and Richard Jung earned 2,175 votes or 19.65 percent, according to unofficial results.
These results do not include ballots cast between 7–9 p.m. March 4.
Earlier in the day, District Court Judge Lora Livingston extended polling hours until 9 p.m. because inclement weather delayed the opening of vote center. Any ballots cast between 7–9 p.m. are considered provisional ballots. Results are unofficial until canvassed, and final election results will be available March 13.
Posted March 4 9:20 p.m. CST
Brigid Shea has garnered nearly 65 percent of early votes for the Travis County Commissioner Precinct 2 seat in the March 4 Democratic primary election.
Shea received about 4,658 votes out of the total 7,173 votes cast during early voting, according to the Travis County Elections Office. Her opponents, Garry Brown and Richard Jung, earned about 15.5 percent and 19.6 percent, respectively.
Shea said she and her staff are ecstatic with the early voting results. She also spoke with David Butts, a campaign consultant with more than 40 years of experience, who told her an early voting margin this strong typically means the race is over.
"If we win the early vote, we're doing very well," she said.
Shea attributed her success to her campaign, family, friends and volunteers who have been making phone calls and walking the precinct.
"We've had a remarkable group of canvassers from [The University of Texas] and the community and an army of volunteers we call Brigid's Brigade," she said.
Only one Republican—Raymond Frank, a former Travis County Sheriff—ran uncontested in the Republican primary.
A total of 40,245 of the county's 623,009 registered voters, or 6.46 percent, cast ballots during early voting Feb. 18–28.
In May 2013, former Travis County Commissioner Sarah Eckhardt stepped down from the Precinct 2 position to run for county judge. Former Austin Mayor Bruce Todd is representing Precinct 2 until voters choose a new commissioner Nov. 4.
Precinct 2 covers portions of Northwest, North and West Austin north of Lady Bird Lake as well as parts of Pflugerville and Northeast Austin.