What Went Down At Biden’s State Of The Union And Texas’s Primary Election
Rep. Tony Gonzalez is likely getting the nomination in the Texas’s 23rd Congressional District (he currently has 78.7 percent of the vote, according to the New York Times, and the Associated Press has called the race for him). But Big Lie proponent and actual insurrection participant Alma Arredondo-Lynch had a not-insignificant showing: She currently has 14.8 percent of the vote, according to the Times.
Now let’s check in on Trump’s chosen candidates. So far, all of them have either won their race or are leading, though a good share — 7 out of 19 — ran unopposed. If this trend continues, all of Trump’s endorsees will win by a large enough margin to avoid a primary runoff, though it’s hard to say whether Trump’s endorsement was decisive, or if they would have gotten such a large share of the vote anyway.
How Trump’s endorsees are doing tonight
House and governor candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump and their results in Texas’s
Republican primaries, as of 11 p.m. Eastern
| Candidate | Office | % Reporting | Vote Share | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Fallon* | TX-04 | 60% | 60% | Leading |
| Lance Gooden* | TX-05 | 100 | — | ✓ Won |
| Jake Ellzey* | TX-06 | 48 | 71 | ✓ Won |
| Michael McCaul* | TX-10 | 100 | — | ✓ Won |
| August Pfluger* | TX-11 | 100 | — | ✓ Won |
| Kay Granger* | TX-12 | 57 | 77 | ✓ Won |
| Ronny Jackson* | TX-13 | 100 | — | ✓ Won |
| Randy Weber* | TX-14 | 75 | 89 | ✓ Won |
| Monica De La Cruz | TX-15 | 72 | 57 | Leading |
| Jodey Arrington* | TX-19 | 100 | — | ✓ Won |
| Troy Nehls | TX-22 | 69 | 87 | ✓ Won |
| Beth Van Duyne* | TX-24 | 58 | 87 | ✓ Won |
| Roger Williams* | TX-25 | 100 | — | ✓ Won |
| Michael C. Burgess* | TX-26 | 8 | 68 | Leading |
| Michael Cloud* | TX-27 | 73 | 73 | Leading |
| John Carter* | TX-31 | 57 | 69 | Leading |
| Brian Babin* | TX-36 | 100 | — | ✓ Won |
| Wesley Hunt | TX-38 | 57 | 56 | Leading |
| Greg Abbott* | TX Gov. | 68 | 68 | ✓ Won |
We forgot to mention this earlier, but incumbent Dan Patrick easily won the Republican nomination for Texas lieutenant governor with 75 percent of precincts reporting, per the New York Times.