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Municipal elections in Fort Bend County, Texas (2018)

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2018 Fort Bend County elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: December 11, 2017
Primary election: March 6, 2018
General election: November 6, 2018
Election stats
Offices up: County commissioner, District attorney, District clerk, County clerk, County treasurer, Constable, judicial
Total seats up: 7
Election type: Partisan
Other municipal elections
U.S. municipal elections, 2018
Fort Bend County, Texas, held general elections for county commissioner, district attorney, district clerk, county clerk, county treasurer, and constable on November 6, 2018. If a race had multiple candidates for a party nomination, a primary was held on March 6, 2018. The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was December 11, 2017.


In primary races where no candidate received a majority of the vote, a primary runoff between the top two candidates was held on May 22, 2018.

Elections

County commission

Judge

General election

General election candidates

Republican primary Republican Party

Robert E. Hebert (i)

Democratic primary Democratic Party

KP George

Precinct 2

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Grady Prestage (i)

Precinct 4

General election

General election candidates

Republican primary Republican Party

James Patterson (i)

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Ken Demerchant

County clerk

General election

General election candidates

Republican primary Republican Party

Laura Richard (i)

District clerk

General election

General election candidates

Republican primary Republican Party

Annie Elliott (i)

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Beverley McGrew Walker

District attorney

General election

General election candidates

Treasurer

General election

General election candidates

Republican primary runoff Republican Party

Tina Gibson
Bill Rickert

Republican primary Republican Party

RunoffArrow.jpg Tina Gibson
RunoffArrow.jpg Bill Rickert
Wes Vela

Constable

Precinct 2

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Gary Majors (i)
Daryl Smith

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Judicial

District Courts

240th District Court

General election candidates

268th District Court

General election candidates

328th District Court

General election candidates

458th District Court

General election candidates

Fort Bend County Court of Law

General election

Fort Bend County Court elections 2018

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Number 1

Green check mark transparent.pngChris Morales (i)

Number 2

Green check mark transparent.pngJeff McMeans (i)

Number 3

Green check mark transparent.pngJuli Mathew

Tricia Krenek

Number 4

Green check mark transparent.pngToni Wallace

Amy Mitchell

Number 5

Green check mark transparent.pngTeana Watson

Harold Kennedy

Number 6

Green check mark transparent.pngSherman Hatton Jr.

Dean Hrbacek

Note: The Fort Bend County Court at Law Texas No. 5 seat was up for special election following the death of Judge Ron Cohen. The candidates were nominated by the Democratic and Republican parties.[1]

Primary runoff

Fort Bend County Court elections 2018

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Number 3

Harold Kennedy
Green check mark transparent.pngTricia Krenek


Primary election

Fort Bend County Court elections 2018

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Number 1

Green check mark transparent.pngChris Morales (i)

Number 2

Green check mark transparent.pngJeff McMeans (i)

Number 3

Green check mark transparent.pngJuli Mathew

Jennifer Chiang
Runoff Arrow.jpgHarold Kennedy
Runoff Arrow.jpgTricia Krenek

Number 4

Green check mark transparent.pngToni Wallace

Green check mark transparent.pngAmy Mitchell

Number 5
Number 6

Green check mark transparent.pngSherman Hatton Jr.

Green check mark transparent.pngDean Hrbacek
Lewis White


Justice of the Peace Courts

Precinct 1, Place 2

General election

General election candidates

  • Mary Ward  (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔

Democratic primary Democratic Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Republican primary Republican Party

Atwood McAndrew
Mary Ward (i)

Precinct 2

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary runoff Democratic Party

Joel Clouser Sr. (i)
Tanisha Green

Democratic primary Democratic Party

RunoffArrow.jpg Joel Clouser Sr. (i)
Deirdre Dickson-Gilbert
RunoffArrow.jpg Tanisha Green

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Precinct 3

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Michael Antalan

Republican primary Republican Party

Jarret Nethery
Kelly Nicole Crow

Precinct 4

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Republican primary Republican Party

Justin Joyce (i)

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Texas elections, 2018

About the county

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Fort Bend County, Texas
Fort Bend County Texas
Population 585,375 25,145,561
Land area (sq mi) 861 261,266
Race and ethnicity**
White 51.7% 74%
Black/African American 20.5% 12.1%
Asian 20.2% 4.8%
Native American 0.3% 0.5%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.1%
Other (single race) 4.3% 5.8%
Multiple 2.8% 2.7%
Hispanic/Latino 24.5% 39.3%
Education
High school graduation rate 90.6% 83.7%
College graduation rate 46.2% 29.9%
Income
Median household income $97,743 $61,874
Persons below poverty level 7.4% 14.7%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

One of 254 Texas counties—0.4 percent—is a Pivot County. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Jefferson County, Texas 0.48% 1.61% 2.25%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Texas with 52.2 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 43.2 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Texas cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 66.7 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Texas supported Democratic candidates slightly more often than Republicans, 53.3 to 46.7 percent. The state, however, favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Texas. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[2][3]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 54 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 37.4 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 65 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.4 points. Clinton won 10 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 96 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.2 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 85 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 34.5 points.

See also

Fort Bend County, Texas Texas Municipal government Other local coverage
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External links

Footnotes