Sakai, Moody, Gonzales lead Bexar County races after early voting

Posted 8:20 p.m.

As of 8 p.m. Election Day Nov. 8, former District Judge Peter Sakai is leading the race for Bexar County judge where he and former Pct. 3 Commissioner Trish DeBerry and Libertarian Edgar Coyle are vying to succeed longtime County Judge Nelson Wolff.

According to the Bexar County Elections Department, Sakai, a Democrat, had 59.1% of the early vote compared with 38.1% for DeBerry, a Republican. Coyle has 2.7% of the vote.

Also in Bexar County, Republican Grant Moody, a Valero Energy Corp. executive, leads the two-way contest for the open Precinct 3 county commissioners post with 52.6% of the early vote.

Democrat Susan Korbel, a small business owner, so far had collected 47.3%. The victor in this race will fill Trish DeBerry’s remaining term, which ends in 2024.

Democratic incumbent Joe Gonzales had 57.4% of the early vote in his campaign for a second term as Bexar County’s criminal district attorney. Republican Marc LaHood had 42.5%.

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