Former county district Judge Peter Sakai and state Rep. Ina Minjarez appeared set for a runoff election based on early voting results Tuesday. Story by viviris
Early voting results for the Democratic primary for Bexar County judge indicate Peter Sakai, left, and Ina Minjarez will head to a May 24 runoff.Former county district Judge Peter Sakai and state Rep. Ina Minjarez appeared set for a runoff election, according to early vote totals Tuesday in the Democratic primary to replace Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff as the county’s chief executive.Ivalis Meza Gonzalez, Mayor Ron Nirenberg’s former chief of staff, received 18.
Since none of the candidates will receive more than 50% of the vote, the top two will head to a May 24Republican Trish DeBerry, who served as Precinct 3’s county commissioner until stepping down to run for county judge, had an unsurprising, commanding lead — 65.6%Wolff, a Democrat, will retire next year after more than 20 years as county judge. Only one Republican has ever been elected Bexar County judge, Wolff’s predecessor, Cyndi Taylor Krier.
That challenger will likely be local attorney Marc LaHood, who received 61.6% of the early vote to 38.4% for former prosecutor Meredith Chacon. LaHood is the brother of former district attorney Nico LaHood, whom Gonzales defeated in the 2018 Democratic primary.
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