Harmon, Greenwell to have run-off

Following the tabulation of votes in last Tuesday’s primary election, the Lavaca County election administrator’s and the Texas State Secretary’s office released the unofficial count of votes. 
In this year’s election, out of the 14,081 registered Lavaca County voters, 39.36% turned out for the election that involved three contested races in the county as well as selecting each respective Party’s nominee for President of the United States.

County Offices

Regarding the three-candidate race for Lavaca County sheriff, incumbent Micah Harmon and challenger Steven Greenwell will face a run-off.
Harmon picked up 33.09% of the votes, while Greenwell collected 43.41% and Anthony Vaccaro got 23.50%. 
With no candidate receiving 50%, Harmon and Greenwell will square off on May 28 to determine the sheriff’s position. 
In the race for Lavaca County attorney, challenger James Reeves unseated incumbent Kyle Denney with 63.53% of the votes Denney’s got 36.47%.
The third contested county race saw incumbent Pct. 1 commissioner Edward Pustka maintain his chair on commissioners’ court defeating challenger Travis Henderson with 54.83% of the votes. 
With the Democrat Party having no candidates for the county positions, Pustka, Reeves, and the winner of the Harmon/Greenwell runoff will be unopposed in the November general election.

Federal Election

This year is a presidential election and eight candidates were listed on the Republican Party ballot. 
Former president Donald J. Trump picked up 87.73% of the county votes and 77.86% of the statewide votes to win the party’s nominee. 
Challenger Nikki Haley was a distant second with 8.43% from county voters and 17.43% across the state. 
On the Democrat Party ticket, incumbent President Joe Biden gathered 84.59% of the state votes to win his party’s nomination. Lavaca County Democrat Party voters also favored Biden with 82.82% of the votes. 
Marianne Williamson picked up 7.05% of state votes and 4.46% of county votes, while Dean Phillips received 6.71% state votes and 2.7% of the county votes.
In the race for U.S. Senator, incumbent Ted Cruz won the Republican Party nomination with 88.31% of statewide votes and Lavaca County also going with Cruz with 93.37%.
Cruz will face Democrat Party nominee Collin Allred, who picked up 58.84% of the state votes, while Lavaca County Democrat Party voters also favored Allred with 49.07%. 
In the race for U.S. Representative District 27, incumbent Michael Cloud collected 74.52% of the district votes and 86.34% of the county votes.
On the Democrat Party ballot for District 27 U.S. Representative Tanya Lloyd gathered 53.36% of the district votes and 69.35% of Lavaca County votes. 
Cloud and Lloyd will meet in November’s general election. 

Statewide Positions

Regarding the race the four-candidate race for the District 30 State Representative, Jeff Bauknight gathered 42.06% of the district votes to A.J. Louderback getting 40.47%.
Lavaca County went with Louderback (45.11%) to Bauknight (38.15%).
The other two candidates, Vanessa F. Hicks-Callaway received 10.9% district and 9.63% county votes, while Brett Baldwin got 7.37% district and 7.11% county votes.  
Regarding the contested race for Texas Railroad Commissioner, incumbent Christi Craddick received 50.42% of state votes to win the Republican Party nomination. 
Lavaca County voters favored Craddick with 48.22%. 
On the Democrat Party side, Katharine Culbert gained 62.67% of state votes and 68.78% Lavaca County votes. 
Craddick and Culbert will run against each other in November. 
In regards to the propositions listed on the Republican Party ballot, all 11 were approved by both the state and county voters. 
All votes are considered unofficial until they are canvassed in the near future.