Cameron County election results

Democrat Eddie Treviño Jr. was re-elected Cameron County judge Tuesday night, unofficial results show.

With 98 percent of precincts reporting, Treviño received 42,823 votes, easily defeating Republican challenger and former county judge Carlos Cascos, who garnered 31,127.

Treviño, an attorney, has been county judge since 2016.

In the U.S. Senate race, incumbent Republican Ted Cruz defeated Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke and Libertarian Neal Dikeman. In Cameron County, Cruz received 28,476 votes, compared with 48,578 for O’Rourke and 567 for Dikeman.

Cruz has held the position since 2012.

In the race for District 34 U.S. representative, Democratic incumbent Filemon Vela was set to be re-elected. With 94.7 percent of district precincts reporting, Vela was leading with 85,442 votes, compared to 56,660 for Republican challenger Rey Gonzalez.

Vela has held the position since 2013.

State races

Incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbott won re-election, defeating Democrat Lupe Valdez and Libertarian Mark Jay Tippetts. As of 10:51 p.m., Abbott had 4,522,724 votes, while Valdez had 3,405,568 and Tippetts, 135,188.

Abbott has been the governor since 2015.

With 98 percent of precincts reporting in Cameron County, Valdez received 41,814 votes; Abbott, 34,297; and Tippetts, 1,108.

With 90.72 of statewide precincts reporting, Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who has been in office since 2015, was ahead of Democrat Mike Collier and Libertarian Kerry Douglas McKennon with 4,144,256 votes.

With 98 percent of precincts reporting in the county, Collier garnered 45,184 votes; Patrick, 28,513; and McKennon, 2,183.

Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican incumbent who has been in office since 2015, was in the lead with 92.17 percent of statewide precincts reporting. Paxton had 4,087,185 votes, compared with 3,763,490 for Democrat Justin Nelson and 194,602 for Libertarian Michael Ray Harris.

With 98 percent of precinct votes counted in Cameron County, Nelson received 46,763 votes; Paxton, 26,775; and Harris, 2,509.

In Brownsville Independent School District trustee races, Drue Ellen Brown received 8,399 votes for Position 1 with 98 percent of precincts reporting. Caty Presas-Garcia garnered 6,967 votes; Jose Valdez, 4,506; Mark Cortez, 5,582; and Tim Ramirez, 3,281.

For Position 2, Erasmo Castro received 10,681 votes, compared with 8,775 for Carlos Elizondo and 9,191 for Herman Otis Powers Jr.

In the Position 4 race, Prisci Roca Tipton was leading with 10,384 votes, compared with 4,207 votes for Randy Gonzales, 9,037 for Joe A. “Coach” Rodriguez  and 4,783 votes for Jorge Valdez.

Remi Garza, the Elections Administrator for the Cameron County Election Department, said voter turnout increased.

“I think a lot of people decided they wanted their voices heard during this time when you consider the issues that are going on on a national level and state level and the local level,” Garza said.

Garza said that compared to previous years and elections, there was more interest from new voters and the number of younger voters increased.

“We certainly hope this midterm is a sign of things to come,” Garza said. “If people are willing to take the opportunity to vote and go out on these types of races, when we think of upcoming constitutional races I hope they’ll tune in just as seriously.”

For complete results, visit www.co.cameron.tx.us/Elections/index.php/results/.