Heather Jefts leads Steve Snell in early vote count for Williamson County judge

Heather Jefts, the Democratic candidate for Williamson County judge, leads Republican incumbent Steve Snell in the early vote tally. As of 7:09 p.m. on Nov. 3, Jefts had received 128,805 early ballots, accounting for 56.77% of the total. Snell trailed with 98,100 early ballots, or 43.23%.

Voters in the county also chose candidates for other key offices during the early voting period, which ran from Oct. 19 to Oct. 30. In the race for county clerk, Democrat Erin Block is leading in unofficial results. Democrat Eric Hanke is ahead in the contest for tax assessor-collector. Republican Carole Callahan is running unopposed for county treasurer.

Precinct 4, which includes most of Hutto, Taylor, Jarrell, and Weir, as well as eastern parts of Georgetown and Round Rock, held a separate race for county commissioner. Democrat Harmon Rhea leads Republican incumbent Russ Boles in this contest. Rhea accumulated 31,814 early votes, while Boles received 24,010. Write-in candidate Tish Flores received 361 votes.

A total of 234,299 ballots were cast during the early voting window. This figure represents 49.68% of the 471,602 registered voters in Williamson County, according to county documents. Election Day totals cast on Nov. 3 have not yet been released to the public.

All current figures are unofficial until the canvassing process is complete. The county will finalize the numbers after counting all ballots from the Nov. 3 election day.