Here's who won in Texas' statewide office races
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Texas voters cast primary ballots for Republican and Democratic candidates in eight non-judicial statewide races. In races where no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, the top two finishers will advance to a May 26 runoff.
Here are the results of each race, per AP and unofficial vote tallies:
U.S. Senate
Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D-Austin) defeated U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Dallas) in the Democratic primary.
- On the Republican side, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are headed to a runoff.
Governor
Gov. Greg Abbott and state Rep. Gina Hinojosa (D-Austin) will face off in November after each cruised to primary victories. Abbott is seeking a fourth term.
Lieutenant governor
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick easily won the Republican nomination to seek a fourth term.
- Meanwhile, state Rep. Vikki Goodwin (D-Austin) had 48.1% of the votes and was leading against Marcos Isaias Vélez (31.6%) for the Democratic nomination as of 5:30am.
Attorney general
State Sen. Mayes Middleton of Galveston and U.S. Rep. Chip Roy from outside Austin are headed for a runoff in the Republican race.
- On the Democratic side, state Sen. Nathan Johnson (D-Dallas) was headed to a runoff as of 5:30am with either former Galveston Mayor Joe Jaworski or Dallas attorney Tony Box.
Comptroller
Former state Sen. Don Huffines (R-Dallas) won the Republican nomination, easily beating acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock and two others.
- He faces state Sen. Sarah Eckhardt (D-Austin) in the general election.
Land commissioner
Benjamin Flores won the Democratic nomination for land commissioner. Incumbent Republican Dawn Buckingham ran unopposed.
Agriculture commissioner
Rancher Nate Sheets was leading Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, who was seeking a fourth term, and declared victory late Tuesday in the Republican primary.
- Clayton Tucker ran unopposed on the Democratic side.
Railroad commissioner
Former chair of the Tarrant County Republican party Bo French and incumbent Jim Wright are headed for a runoff in the Republican primary.
- State Rep. Jon Rosenthal (D-Houston) ran unopposed on the Democratic side.