Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) was projected to secure the Republican nomination to run for another term Tuesday night, while it appeared his Democratic challenger would likely be determined in a runoff.
The 2018 nominee Mike Collier led state Rep. Michelle Beckley (D-Carrollton) and Carla Brailey, but no candidate had the necessary 50% to avoid a runoff.
According to two polls conducted this month, Republican primary voters overwhelmingly supported Patrick. In a Texas Politics Project poll, he garnered 82% of respondents, and in The Dallas Morning News/University of Texas at Tyler poll, he received 54%, but that poll had a "don't know" option, which the former poll did not have.
The next two Republican candidates in the Texas Politics Project poll were technology consultant Daniel Miller and retired Marine Zach Vance, who received 6% and 4%, respectively.
The 2018 Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, Collier, led state Rep. Michelle Beckley (D-Carrollton) and former vice-chair of the Texas Democratic Party Carla Brailey, in both polls. Collier is a former CFO at PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
The DMN/UT-Tyler poll showed Collier at 21%, Beckley at 18%, Brailey at 15% and 40% were "not sure." The Texas Politics Project poll showed Collier at 46%, Beckley at 27% and Brailey at 23%. It did not have a "not sure" option.
In Texas, if no candidate receives at least 50.1% of the vote, the race goes to a runoff between the top two finishers.
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