UVALDE, Texas – Republican John Yeackle won the race for Uvalde County judge on Tuesday, Nov. 3, defeating Democrat Lalo Diaz, according to final unofficial results posted by the Uvalde County Elections office.

Yeackle received 4,420 votes, or 52.5%, to 3,997 votes, or 47.5%, for Diaz, according to the cumulative results report, which showed all 27 precincts counted at 10:33 p.m. Tuesday. Diaz won the early mail ballots, but Yeackle led on Election Day 1,290 to 898, according to the report.

Turnout was 48.3%, with 8,545 of 17,676 registered voters casting ballots, according to the report.

Other county races

County Clerk: Donna M. Williams (R) 4,671, Priscilla V. Moreno (D) 3,678
County Treasurer: Joni DeOrsam (R) 4,331, Jaclyn Lara Gonzales (D) 3,989
Commissioner, Precinct 1, unexpired term: Sherman J. Mumme (R) 989, David Falcon (D) 850
Commissioner, Precinct 2: Simon E. Ortiz (D) 1,037, Beco Diaz (R) 698
Commissioner, Precinct 4: Aide Escamilla (D) 1,161, Wayne Everett (R) 968
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1: J.J. Suarez (R) 1,686, Michael Contreras (D) 986, Tina Ann Quintanilla (I) 132
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4: Ronald (Ronnie) Garza (D) 1,179, Joe Tom Haby (R) 978
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 6: Roland Sanchez (D) 1,143, Mario A. Valdez (R) 594

District Clerk Christina Juarez Ovalle and justices of the peace Cynthia Casburn and Ernest Moore were unopposed, according to the report.

City of Uvalde charter amendments

City voters decided three charter amendments, according to the results and the county’s sample ballot:

Proposition A, passed 2,436 to 1,715: lets the City Council set the cost for elected officers to join the city employee group health insurance plan instead of requiring them to pay the entire expense.
Proposition B, failed 1,736 to 2,425: would have let the city manager live outside the city at a location approved by the City Council.
Proposition C, passed 2,725 to 1,418: extends the deadline for the city to audit its financial records and publish its annual financial statement to the time required by state law.

City Council races

In City Council District 1, Ernest Santos received 360 votes to 324 for Sorayda Arellano Sanchez. In District 5, Jo-Anna Kruse received 371 votes, Vincent Salazar 353 and Mike Koury 178. Claudia Rodriguez was unopposed in District 3, according to the report.

How Uvalde County voted for state and federal offices

Uvalde County voters backed Republicans at the top of the ballot. Ken Paxton received 4,148 votes for U.S. Senate to 3,949 for James Talarico, Gov. Greg Abbott received 4,420 to 3,832 for Gina Hinojosa, and state Rep. Don McLaughlin, a former Uvalde mayor, carried the county 5,295 to 3,089, though he lost House District 80 overall, according to the county and state returns.

All results are unofficial until canvassed.

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Sources: Uvalde County Elections final unofficial cumulative report | Uvalde County Elections results page | Uvalde County sample ballots | Texas Secretary of State Election Night Returns