Enlarge

Rep. Betty Brown, R-Terrell, is 121 votes behind Lance Gooden — a former aide — with two precincts left to count.

With all precincts reporting, Rep. Delwin Jones, R-Lubbock, has 39 percent of the vote — a plurality, but not enough to win the District 83 GOP primary. He'll face Charles Perry in next month's runoff.

State Sen. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, appears to have beaten challenger Ben Bius quite badly after an ugly campaign.

Tim Tuggey conceded the race for the GOP nomination to incumbent Ken Mercer in State Board of Education District 5.

Waco state Sen. Kip Averitt, who doesn't want to serve another term and didn't lift a finger or spend a dime to win the Republican primary, is nevertheless leading in incomplete returns. His challenger, Darren Yancy of Burleson, was lagging by almost two-to-one with well over half of the precincts counted.

"Do not give up hope."

With 60 percent of precincts counted, Dallas attorney Eric Johnson has a more than 40 percentage point lead over incumbent Rep. Terri Hodge in the District 100 Democratic primary. Hodge pled guilty last month in a citywide corruption scandal. Because there is no Republican or Libertarian running for the seat in the general election, Johnson doesn't have to wait until November to claim victory.

Hector Uribe is just slightly ahead in the Democratic primary.

HD-43 incumbent Rep. Tara Rios Ybarra is in a close fight in her bid to return to the Legislature next year.

Griffin holds an early lead in his bid to replace Lubbock County's Carl Isett.

Rep. Vicki Truitt, R-Southlake, was holding off three primary challengers in early returns, trying to stay out of a runoff as she defends a seat she's held since 1999.

Early returns show the four-way scrum for the Texas House seat of outgoing state Rep. Dan Gattis, R-Georgetown, isn't as close as some had predicted. Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Charles Schwertner is way up.

Hank Gilbert maintains a sizable lead over Kinky Friedman with nearly half of votes counted.

Chuck Hopson is leading two challengers in a very closely watched Republican primary in HD-11. In early returns, Hopson was over the critical 50 percent mark, with Allan Cain and Michael Banks tied somewhere behind.

After early returns, Sergio Muñoz Jr. leads opponent Sandra Rodriguez in his bid to replace embattled state Rep. Ismael "Kino" Flores in HD-36.