Republican Andy Eads will keep running Denton County government after a close race, unofficial results from the county elections office show.
Eads received 192,497 votes, or 50.77%, to 186,654, or 49.23%, for Democrat Nick Pappas, a margin of 5,843 votes out of more than 379,000 cast. The figures come from the Denton County Elections Administration's results page, last updated at 1:24 a.m. Wednesday.
The Denton Record-Chronicle described those numbers as final but unofficial and reported Eads as the winner, and the Cross Timbers Gazette reported that all ballots had been counted by early Wednesday.
Eads has been county judge since 2018 and chairs the Denton County Transportation Authority board, according to the Record-Chronicle. Pappas, a disabled Marine Corps veteran, entered the race after dropping a bid for governor, the paper reported.
Commissioners court
Two of the four commissioner seats on the court the county judge leads were also on the ballot:
- Precinct 2 (southeastern Denton County, including Carrollton and Corinth): Democrat Candace Valenzuela won 46,289 votes, or 52.58%, unseating Republican Commissioner Kevin Falconer, who had 41,753, or 47.42%.
- Precinct 4 (southwestern Denton County): Republican David Wylie won the open seat with 58,161 votes, or 55.35%, over Democrat Stephanie Draper's 46,919, or 44.65%.
