LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) -
Tea Party favorite Ted Cruz took the GOP Senate nomination from Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst Tuesday night, after winning only 33% of the vote in the May 29 primary.
Dewhurst won 45% of the vote on May 29, but trailed Cruz by more than 10 points in the runoff.
Cruz will be facing off against Democrat Paul Sadler who won his own runoff with 65% of the vote.
But Cruz was just the first in a series of upset victories Tuesday night.
Gilbert Flores led Lorenzo "Bubba" Sedeno 48% to 27% in the May 29 primary, but lost to him in an extremely tight runoff. The final results show Sedeno with 50.86% of the vote and Flores with 49.14%.
Ken King
defeated an incumbent who had received endorsements from several top Republicans, including Gov. Rick Perry and state Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples. Although the Associated Press reminds us that Landtroop's district had been "
drastically redrawn."
But the biggest drama of the night comes from Hockley County, where Paul Scarborough tells us R.C. Cheek has won the Sheriff's seat by just 2 votes.
Scarborough says there are still some provisional ballots out there and he will be asking for a recount.
| U.S. Senate |
Early Returns |
|
Final |
| Ted Cruz |
52.87% |
|
56.80% |
| David Dewhurst |
47.12% |
|
43.19% |
| 100% reporting |
| |
|
Lubbock County Commissioner - Precinct 3
|
Early Returns |
Election Returns |
Final |
| Lorenzo "Bubba" Sedeno |
51.86%
|
48.94% |
50.86% |
| Gilbert A. Flores |
48.14%
|
51.06% |
49.14% |
| 20 of 20 locations reporting |
| |
|
Texas House Representative District 88
|
Early Returns |
|
Final |
Ken King
|
50.03%
|
|
53.99%
|
Jim Landtroop
|
49.96%
|
|
46.00%
|
123 of 123 precincts reporting
|
| |
|
Hockley County Sheriff
|
Early Returns |
Election Returns |
Final |
Paul Scarborough
|
772
|
308 |
1,080 |
R.C. Cheek
|
731
|
351 |
1,082 |
Official Lubbock County election results are available here.
Official State of Texas election results are available here.