Continued updates at Burnt Orange Report and then here.

This is the 2nd Special Election for a moderate Republican House seat in Texas in the last month. We picked up the Austin area seat with Democrat Donna Howard last time and we are hoping to see a second pickup tonight if we can. More info on Democrat Katy Hubener is below.

Let's see how the numbers pan out:
Dallas County Election site. SOS website will have numbers, too. If you'd like to see a map of the district with precinct numbers, check this one out in pdf format.

Early Vote In with 3.6% turnout of 67,620 eligible voters.


(D) Katy Hubener 960  39.39% 
(L) Gene Freeman 18  0.74% 
(R) Kirk England 1,459  59.87%
(-) TOTAL  2,437  100.00%

8:54: No new numbers, but I called Byron in Dallas and he said Katy had over 100 people on the ground today and there was no Republican groundwork to be seen. They are waiting just like us down here.

Updates on the half hour or as available to be posted here.

9:20 From Ken Molberg on the ground in Dallas...

Returns in from all but one precinct.  I show us down by just under 400 votes, subject to correction.

And I need to add that this is a tought district for many reasons.  What this tells me, however, is that we can win it in November.

Everyone who worked this was tremendous.

If that's true, that means Katy did win the Election Day votes as it would narrow her margain. No actual numbers as of yet.

9:30 Final Results

 
(D) Katy Hubener  2,438  46.23%
(L) Gene Freeman 48  0.91%
(R) Kirk England  2,788  52.86%
(-) TOTAL  5,274  100.00%

Katy actually won the Election Day vote 1478 to 1328.  Congrats to everyone who helped on the ground, we will win this in November!  (There are report of 55 mail ballots still to be counted, but it's not enough to close the margin.)

Today's the day where we all see if Democrats can go two for two. Katy Hubener vs. Kirk "Empty-Nest" England in the Special Election for HD 106. Anyone who wants a last minute review about the race, read here:

Get to Know Katy Hubener: a biography of the Candidate
Get to Know HD 106: learn about the district she is trying to win
An Interview with Katy Hubener: Q&A with the candidate
Op-ed by Katy Hubener:"We Must Say Yes to Our Future"

We look forward to hearing from some of our friends in Grand Prairie about how the race is going. Predictions on today's race can be found in the comments section below.