Dexter L. McCoy wins Democratic runoff for Fort Bend County judge

Posted 10:25 p.m. May 26

Fort Bend County has begun to release election day results, although some precincts remain unreported.

By the numbers

As of 10:15 p.m., Dexter L. McCoy has maintained his lead with 19,676 votes over Rachelle Carter with 6,635 votes, per data from the county.

Looking ahead

Community Impact will update this story in the morning with election results. All results are unofficial until canvassed.

Posted 7:40 p.m. May 26

Fort Bend County has released May 26 primary election runoff early voting totals for multiple races, including the Democratic county judge runoff.

What you need to know

The Democratic race for Fort Bend County judge is one of several county contests that advanced to May runoffs after no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the March 3 primary election.

Dexter L. McCoy and Rachelle Carter were the two highest-performing candidates in the five-way primary race, with McCoy securing 40.45% of the vote to Carter's 18.91%.

Unofficial early voting results show McCoy leads the Democratic runoff race with 14,097 votes, followed by Carter with 4,659 votes.

The winner of the runoff will face Republican Daniel Wong in the Nov. 3 election, with early voting from Oct. 19-30.

At the polls

A total of 44,233 Fort Bend County voters cast their ballots during early voting, representing approximately 7.78% of the county’s 568,331 registered voters, according to early voting statistics.

Polls closed at 7 p.m., despite a countywide polling check-in outage earlier in the afternoon. However, voters who were in line before closing will still be able to make their voices heard.

Stay tuned

Community Impact will update this article as more election day totals are released. All results are unofficial until canvassed.

Visit communityimpact.com/voter-guide to see results from all local and state runoff elections in your community.

Hannah Brol contributed to this article.