V. Hugh Lewis/Jefferson Jimplecute
Marion County voters chose to keep Leward LaFleur as their County Judge for the next four years. LaFleur defeated write-in candidate Dina Carroll 2,208-971.
Unofficial results were released at 10:33p Tuesday evening with near-record turnout across the County. There were 3,866 voters out of 7,913 registered voters cast their ballot during the election season. This amounted to a voter turnout of 46.4%. The majority of the ballots were cast during early voting, with 1,144 ballots cast on election day.
Jefferson ISD lost their request for the “golden pennies” from the Texas Education Agency 2,264 to 1,202. If it had passed, the request would have provided the District with approximately $650,000 in additional funding each year. As a result, the District will have to pull from reserve funds to balance their 2026-27 fiscal year.
State Representative for District 7 Jay Dean led in Marion County 2,777 to Fantasha Allen’s 1,003 votes. Across the district Dean retained his seat with 67.3% of the votes.
State Senator Bryan Hughes also led in Marion County 2,779 to Latica Ambroz’s 1,000 votes. Hughes retains his Texas Senate District 1 seat with 71.3% of the votes. As of press time, 92.91% of the votes had been counted.
Marion County remained solid Republican in support of candidates on the ballot.
The County supported Ken Paxton over James Talarico for U.S. Senator 68.9% to 27.5% (Talarico won the statewide race); Nathaniel Moran with 73.62% against Yolanda Prince’s 26.38% for U.S. Representative District 1; Greg Abbott received 71.32% against Gina Hinojosa’s 26.33% for Governor (Hinojosa won the statewide race); Dan Patrick received 71.36% of the County’s ballots to Vikki Goodwin’s 26.04% for Lieutenant Governor (Goodwin won the statewide race); Mayes Middleton received 70.97% to Nathan Johnson’s 26.64% for Attorney General (Johnson won the statewide race); Don Huffines had 71.66% to Sarah Eckhardt’s 26.28% for Comptroller (Eckhardt won the statewide race); Dawn Buckingham had 71.64% to Benjamin Flores’ 26.03% (Flores won the statewide race) for Land Commissioner; and Bo French received 71.33% to Jon Rosenthal’s 26.63% (Rosenthal won the statewide race); the remaineder of the results for Marion County can be found at https://bit.ly/3Wp6gY3