Overview
- Unofficial results show Annise Parker at 46.62% and Letitia Plummer at 37.29% in the Democratic primary, sending both to a runoff.
- On the Republican side, Orlando Sanchez led with 26.46% and Warren Howell finished second with 20.79%, narrowly edging Marty Lancton at 20.57%.
- Early tallies had Parker leading Democrats and suggested a Sanchez–Lancton GOP runoff, but Election Day votes lifted Howell into second place.
- Democrats built an early turnout edge, with more than 86,000 ballots cast by Feb. 22 compared with just over 50,000 for Republicans, according to county records.
- Despite endorsements from Gov. Greg Abbott and a fundraising haul exceeding $500,000, Lancton failed to advance, underscoring the GOP field’s fragmentation.