Staff Report
HAYS COUNTY — Voters took to the polls to cast their vote in the 2026 March primary election. These are the unofficial election results as of 9:38 p.m. March 3, with 25 of 35 election day locations reporting.
Democratic race
According to the Hays County elections website, 30,087 out of 192,945, or 15.59%, Democratic voters cast a ballot.
District Judge, 428th District
Cassie Benoit-Templeton: 17,814 (66.07%)
Joe Pool: 6,319 (23.43%)
Bill Henry: 2,831 (10.50%)
Criminal District Attorney
Alfonso Salazar: 14,304 (53.58%)
Landon Bryan Campbell: 12,392 (46.42%)
County Judge
Michelle Gutierrez Cohen: 12,576 (44.51%)
Joel W. Martin: 1,477 (5.23%)
Ruben Becerra: 14,202 (50.26%)
County Court-at-Law #1
Jimmy Alan Hall: 25,927 (100%)
County Court-at-Law #2
Chris Johnson: 12,125 (47.41%)
W. David Friesenhahn: 4,221 (16.50%)
Thomas Just: 9,229 (36.09%)
District Clerk
Amanda K. Calvert: 26,125 (100%)
County Clerk
Cynthia A. Millonzi: 12,635 (47.49%)
DeeDee Rodgers: 5,514 (20.72%)
Nicholas “Nico” Costilla: 8,458 (31.79%)
County Treasurer
Daphne Sanchez Tenorio: 26,051 (100%)
County Commissioner, Precinct 2
Johnny Flores: 4,500 (72.55%)
Bryan Escobar: 1,703 (27.45%)
County Commissioner, Precinct 4
Angie Unger: 3,402 (49.90%)
Laurie Brown: 3,415 (50.10%)
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 2
Maggie Hernandez Moreno: 6,571 (75.79%)
Elizabeth Trevino Amaya: 2,099 (24.21%)
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2, Place 1
Beth Smith: 5,637 (100%)
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 5
Sandra Bryant: 5,719 (100%)
Republican race
According to the Hays County elections website, 16,575 out of 192,945, or 8.59%, Republican voters cast a ballot, with 25 of 35 election day locations reporting.
District Judge, 207th District
Tracie Wright Reneau: 13,424 (100%)
District Judge, 274th District
Gary L. Steel: 13,474 (100%)
District Judge, 428th District
Paul Still: 13,406 (100%)
County Judge
Geoffrey Tahuahua: 13,734 (100%)
County Court-at-Law #2
Charmaine Wilde: 13,529 (100%)
County Commissioner, Precinct 2
Abby Gibson: 1,818 (100%)
County Commissioner, Precinct 4
Rob McClelland: 3,802 (67.29%)
Wm. Travis Crow: 1,848 (32.71%)
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2, Place 1
Janie Flores: 2,063 (100%)
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3
Joseph Jamieson: 2,431 (100%)
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4
John Burns: 3,807 (100%)
*All results remain unofficial until canvassed
