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What Went Down At Biden’s State Of The Union And Texas’s Primary Election
Filed under Politics
We’re wrapping up the live blog shortly, so let’s take a final look at how Black candidates for House and governor fared tonight. Although many races still aren’t called, we know that at least five Black Democrats have won their primaries, while at least two Black Republicans and two Black Democrats have lost theirs.
How Black candidates are doing tonight
Black candidates for House and governor in Texas and their results in Democratic and Republican primaries, as of 12:20 a.m. Eastern
| CANDIDATE | OFFICE | PARTY | % REPORTING | VOTE SHARE | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor D. Dunn | TX-01 | D | 92% | 28% | Trailing |
| Jrmar (JJ) Jefferson | TX-01 | D | 92 | 46 | Leading |
| Martin Etwop | TX-02 | R | 80 | 5 | ✗ Lost |
| Doc Shelby | TX-03 | D | 71 | 39 | Trailing |
| Iro Omere | TX-04 | D | 100 | — | ✓ Won |
| Tartisha Hill | TX-05 | D | 62 | 50 | Leading |
| Benson Gitau | TX-07 | R | 50 | 2 | Trailing |
| Al Green* | TX-09 | D | 100 | — | ✓ Won |
| Trey J. Hunt | TX-12 | D | 100 | — | ✓ Won |
| Eugene Howard | TX-14 | D | 76 | 50 | Trailing |
| Sheila Jackson Lee* | TX-18 | D | 100 | — | ✓ Won |
| David Anderson Jr. | TX-21 | D | 68 | 9 | Trailing |
| Raven Harrison | TX-26 | R | 73 | 5 | Trailing |
| Lulite Ejigu | TX-29 | R | 45 | 3 | Trailing |
| Jasmine Crockett | TX-30 | D | 64 | 47 | Leading |
| Arthur Dixon | TX-30 | D | 64 | 1 | Trailing |
| Jane Hope Hamilton | TX-30 | D | 64 | 19 | Trailing |
| Vonciel Jones Hill | TX-30 | D | 64 | 4 | Trailing |
| Keisha Williams-Lankford | TX-30 | D | 64 | 8 | Trailing |
| Barbara Mallory Caraway | TX-30 | D | 64 | 8 | Trailing |
| Jessica Mason | TX-30 | D | 64 | 3 | Trailing |
| Abel Mulugheta | TX-30 | D | 64 | 6 | Trailing |
| Roy Williams Jr. | TX-30 | D | 64 | 5 | Trailing |
| James “J. Frank” Harris | TX-30 | R | 57 | 33 | Leading |
| Dakinya “Kinya” Jefferson | TX-30 | R | 57 | 5 | Trailing |
| Colin Allred* | TX-32 | D | 100 | — | ✓ Won |
| EE Okpa | TX-32 | R | 57 | 5 | Trailing |
| Marc Veasey* | TX-33 | D | 54 | 73 | Leading |
| Carla-Joy Sisco | TX-35 | D | 84 | 7 | ✗ Lost |
| Marilyn Jackson | TX-35 | R | 71 | 11 | Trailing |
| Centrell Reed | TX-38 | D | 46 | 16 | Trailing |
| Jerry Ford | TX-38 | R | 56 | 2 | Trailing |
| Wesley Hunt | TX-38 | R | 56 | 56 | Leading |
| Michael Cooper | TX Gov. | D | 74 | 3 | ✗ Lost |
| Allen B. West | TX Gov. | R | 83 | 12 | ✗ Lost |