STATE HOUSE, SENATE RACES IN CENTRAL TEXAS

Texas House Dist. 47

State Rep. Paul Workman, R-Austin, secured his party’s nomination with 59.5 percent of the GOP vote in state House District 47, which encompasses western Travis County. Business owner Jay Wiley had 31.2 percent of the vote, and Patty Vredevelt, a retired nurse, had 9.3 percent. Real estate broker Vikki Goodwin, who took 33.6 percent of vote in the District 47 Democratic primary, will face Elaina Fowler, who runs an employee retiree group and won 29.2 percent of vote, in a May 22 runoff. Nonprofit owner Sheri Soltes got 23.7 percent of the Democratic vote; nurse Candace Aylor, 7 percent; and company exec Will Simpson, 6 percent.

Texas House Dist. 52

With 60.8 percent of vote, social services case manager Cynthia Flores, who had the backing of Gov. Greg Abbott, won the Republican nomination in state House District 52, which encompasses portions of Williamson County. She bested Chris Ward, a clinical auditor, who had 16.8 percent of vote, and religious nonprofit president Jeremy Story, who had 22.4 percent of vote. Flores will face Democrat James Talarico, head of an education nonprofit, in the November general election. He ran unopposed Tuesday.

Texas House Dist. 45

Wimberley school board member Ken Strange won the GOP primary in House District 45, which encompasses Hays and Blanco counties. Strange took 54.7 percent of vote, and business owner Amber Pearce got 24.4 percent, followed by citizen activist Naomi Narvaiz (9.2 percent), Austin Talley (6.8 percent) and Amy Akers (4.9 percent). Texas State University professor Rebecca Bell-Metereau, who won 45.4 percent of the vote in the District 45 Democratic primary, will face Erin Zwiener, who got 30.7 percent of the vote, in a runoff. Les Carnes, a criminal analyst for Travis County constable Precinct 3, had 23.9 percent of the vote.

Senate District 25

With 73.7 percent of the Republican vote, state Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, an emergency room doctor, defeated Shannon McClendon, a gay lawyer motivated to run by the unsuccessful attempts to crack down on transgender-friendly bathrooms last year. In November, Campbell will face Democratic primary winner Steven Kling, a retired Army Reserve captain who works in information technology. Kling narrowly defeated Jack Guerra, a property investor and former city planner, with a 1-point margin.

Senate District 5

An orthopedic surgeon seeking a second term, state Sen. Charles Schwertner, R-Georgetown, beat Harold Ramm, a longtime superintendent for several Texas school districts, with 75.1 percent of the vote. Among Democrats, auditor Meg Walsh, who got 71.1 percent of the vote, trounced two challengers — management consultant Brian Cronin (16.9 percent) and Glenn “Grumpy” Williams, a former Child Protective Services lawyer (11.9 percent) — and will face Schwertner in November.