Harris County voters trickled into the Memorial Parkway Junior High polling location in Katy on election day March 1. (Emily Lincke/Community Impact Newspaper)
Updated at 10:45 p.m. March 1
Lesley Briones and Benjamin Chou have maintained their positions as the top two vote-getters for the Harris County Precinct 4 commissioner Democratic nomination with only six Harris County polling locations reporting as of 10:45 p.m. March 1.
However, early voting counts were included in the calculations, and Briones earned 35.63% of the votes counted so far, or 5,647 votes, while Chou racked up 23.32%, or 3,696 votes.
Voting counts for the five other candidates were 2,251 for Ann Williams, 1,790 for Clarence Miller, 1,312 for Gina Calanni, 832 for Sandra Pelmore and 321 for Jeff Stauber.
All election results are unofficial until canvassed.
Posted at 8:26 p.m. March 1
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In the Democratic primary for the Harris County Precinct 4 commissioner position, Lesley Briones takes an early lead, grabbing more than one third of early votes as of March 1, according to the Harris County elections administrator website.
Briones earned 35.63% of early votes, with zero polling locations reporting election day results. The next highest vote holder is Benjamin “Ben” Chou at 23.28%. If no candidate receives 50% of the vote, the candidates with the two most votes will head to a runoff.
Briones–who resigned from her position as judge for the Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 4 to run for commissioner but is serving in the position until county leaders find a replacement–holds 5,604 votes. Chou, a lawyer, has 3,661 early voting ballots.
Other early vote totals for the Democratic candidates are Ann Williams at 2,236, Clarence Miller at 1,780 votes, Gina Calanni at 1,302, Sandra Pelmore at 825 and Jeff Stauber at 319.
Seven total Democrats are vying for the Precinct 4 commissioner position. The winner of the Democratic primary will ultimately face off against Republican incumbent Jack Cagle in November.
Cagle ran unopposed in the 2022 Republican primary.
It is unclear if voting results on Harris County’s elections website represent all early votes cast. The secretary of state’s office reported Harris County would not be able to count and report all primary election votes by the March 2 deadline due to damage to physical ballot sheets.
All election results are unofficial until canvassed.
