Voting ended at 7pm on Saturday. It will feature the Lubbock mayoral race, a special effort to decriminalize marijuana in Lubbock with city council seats at stake, and numerous city commission and school board seats in Lubbock communities across the South Plains.
Avalanche-Journal will post updates overnight below.
District 2 council election could head to runoff | 9:25 p.m.
Gordon Harris said he is optimistic about his chances in the 2nd District Council runoff, but remains hopeful that he will win the race. Harris led the three-person race with 43.7% of the vote, well short of the 50% plus one vote needed to avoid a runoff. Ana Menjarez received 38% of early votes, but the total number of votes cast on election day has not yet been announced.
– Adam D. Young
As a result of early voting, Mr. McBrayer and Mr. Massengale are leading in the mayoral race.Prop A Rejected | 7:45 PM
Mark McBrayer jumped to an early lead in the six-person Lubbock mayoral race, garnering about 38.3% of the total early votes, compared to Steve Massengale with about 29.4% and Adam Massengale with about 29.4%. Mr. Hernandez had about 19%. If no candidate receives at least 50% plus one vote, the mayoral race will head to a runoff. Other candidates received 6.8% of early voting votes, Antonio “Tony” Renteria received 5.6%, and Colton Bacon received 1%.
Proposition A, which would have decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana, appears to have been rejected by voters, with early voting showing 66.1% opposed and 33.9% in favor.
For the District 2 City Council seat, early voting resulted in Gordon Harris getting 43.7% of the vote, Ana Menjarez getting 38%, and Michael Restas Mitchell getting 18.3%.
— Adam D. Young
2024 Election Day Voter Turnout Rise | 7:25 p.m.
Nearly 15,000 more people in Lubbock County voted in May during this election cycle than in 2022, according to early voting and Election Day turnout statistics from the county elections office.
On Election Day, 9,113 voters cast ballots in the county. A total of 26,103 people voted early over the nine-day period. A total of 35,216 people headed to the polls in Lubbock County for the May 4 municipal and school elections. This was the highest turnout for a mayoral and city council election in May since at least 2006.
In 2022, 21,893 people voted in the May local elections.
— Alex Driggers