Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins held a wide lead in the bid for another term early Wednesday, and the district attorney's office will change hands, with only one candidate on the ballot for the job, unofficial election night returns show.
At the county's results update posted about 2:24 a.m., with 732 of 914 precincts counted countywide, Jenkins, a Democrat, had 538,581 votes (70.13%) to 229,416 (29.87%) for Republican Mike Immler.
District attorney
Democrat Amber Givens was the only name on the ballot for criminal district attorney and had 592,428 votes, with 28,026 write-in votes cast in the race. The county's website still lists John Creuzot as district attorney. Creuzot was not on the ballot.
Commissioners Court
In Commissioners Court District 2, Commissioner Andy Sommerman, a Democrat, had 138,318 votes (59.59%) to 93,792 (40.41%) for Republican Barry Wernick, with 200 of the district's 231 precincts in. Commissioner Elba Garcia was unopposed in District 4 and had 122,455 votes with 185 of 223 precincts counted.
Other countywide offices
Democrats also led the other countywide races on the ballot by similar margins at the same update:
