Susan Junker defeated Dennis Fitzgerald in the Republican primary runoff for Bandera County judge on Tuesday, giving her the inside track to become the county’s next judge.
With all 10 precincts reporting unofficial results, Junker received 2,535 votes, or 62.52%, compared with 1,519 votes, or 37.48%, for Fitzgerald.
Junker carried every method of voting and built her advantage before Election Day. In absentee voting, she received 86 votes, or 57.72%, while Fitzgerald received 63 votes, or 42.28%.
During early voting, Junker widened the gap, earning 1,638 votes, or 58.63%, to Fitzgerald’s 1,156 votes, or 41.37%.
On Election Day, Junker expanded her lead further, receiving 811 votes, or 73.00%, compared with Fitzgerald’s 300 votes, or 27.00%.
Junker entered Election Day with a 505-vote advantage from absentee and early voting combined and added another 511 votes to her margin at the polls to finish with a countywide lead of 1,016 votes.
Overall turnout in the Bandera County primary runoff was 4,141 voters out of 19,247 registered voters, for a turnout rate of 21.52%.
Junker is unopposed on the Democratic side in the November election.
She will replace Bandera County Judge Richard Evans, who first took office in November 1998 and is retiring at the end of his current term.
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