Update, 11:35: With all precincts reporting, Jose "Chito" Vela and Sheryl Cole will face each other in a May 22 runoff election for the 2018 Democratic primary election for Texas State Rep. District 46 after receiving the top two vote totals in today's race. Vela received 6,209 votes, or 40 percent of all votes, while Cole received 6,000 votes, or 38 percent of all votes. Incumbent Dawnna Dukes received 1,595 votes, which represents 10 percent of all votes. Because neither Vela nor Cole lead with more than 50 percent of the votes, the two will face each other in a May 22 runoff election. Original post: Early returns from voting precincts show Jose "Chito" Vela with 3,412 votes, only 50 votes more than the next closest candidate, Sheryl Cole, in the 2018 Democratic primary election for Texas State Rep. District 46. Cole trails with 3,361 votes. All precincts closed at 7 p.m. tonight and more polling stations have yet to return official results.