Election Day 2022 Final Results: Prop A Passes, Collin and Dallas County Judges Re-Elected

Dallas Election Day 2022 Live Updates

5 a.m. The final results are in from Dallas County. With 623,306 ballots counted and all 464 vote centers reporting, Proposition A passed, with 186,338 votes or 67.68 percent. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins was re-elected with 384,581 votes or 62.49 percent. About 43.81 percent of Dallas County’s registered voters cast ballots in the midterm election. See the totals below.

1:14 a.m. The unofficial results are in from Dallas County. With 620,148 ballots counted and all 464 vote centers reporting, Proposition A passed, with 184,965 votes or 67.67 percent. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins was re-elected with 382,486 votes or 62.46 percent. About 43 percent of Dallas County’s registered voters cast ballots in the midterm election. See the totals below.

12:40 a.m. With 498,755 ballots counted and 457 out of 464 vote centers reporting, officials have called the election in favor of Proposition A, with 153,463 votes or 68.64 percent. It’s also been reported that Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins has been re-elected with 311,043 votes or 63.68 percent. With all precincts reporting in Collin County, Judge Chris Hill earned more votes (57.07 percent) than challenger Joshua Murray. See the totals below.

11:15 p.m. With 458,480 ballots counted and 428 out of 464 vote centers reporting, officials continue to predict that Proposition A has passed with 141,338 votes or 69.52 percent, and Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins has been re-elected with 286,723 votes or 63.29 percent. See the totals below.

10:15 p.m. With 421,456 ballots counted and 106 out of 464 vote centers reporting, supporters of Proposition A are reporting the measure has passed with 131,183 votes or 70.03 percent. Clay Jenkins has likely won re-election with 266,537 votes or 63.98 percent.

9:40 p.m. Multiple news outlets are calling the Texas governor’s race, projecting incumbent Republican Greg Abbott to win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.

9:15 p.m. With 412,602 ballots counted and 21 out of 464 vote centers reporting, not much has changed in Dallas County since our last update. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins leads with 261,562 or 64 percent. Prop A is passing with 127,258 or 70.24 percent of the vote.

7:09 p.m. With 407,637 Dallas County residents casting early ballots, the early voting totals are in, and Proposition A, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, and gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke all have strong leads locally.  

4:20 p.m. Voter turnout is high at Oak Lawn Branch Library, where 1,669 votes had been cast as of 1:50 p.m., the latest data available.

4:05 p.m. A small handful of polling locations were reporting 30-minute wait times a few hours ago, including Janie Stark Elementary School, Pleasant Grove Ctr-Dallas College, Nueva Vida New Life Assembly Church, San Jacinto Elementary School, and Oak Cliff Government Center. The majority of polling locations, however, report zero wait time to vote.

3:43 p.m. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins reports more than 130,000 Dallas County voters have cast their ballot so far.

3:25 p.m. Little to no wait times found at most Dallas County polling locations, as of 3:25 p.m. Find detailed wait times at Dallas County polling locations on the elections page.

12:20 p.m. Here are samples of the Dallas County ballot, the Collin County ballot, the Denton County ballot lookup, and the Tarrant County ballot lookup.

Dallas County Updated Numbers, 5 a.m.

Dallas County Judge

City of Dallas Special Election — Proposition A

The City of Dallas is asking voters to approve a 2-cent increase in the city hotel occupancy tax to fund major renovations to the 65-year-old Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center and improvements to Fair Park. The increase would generate $1.5 billion over 30 years, according to city estimates. Currently, the city taxes hotel occupancy at the rate of 7 percent; this increase would raise the city’s rate to 9 percent.

Governor’s Race

Dallas County Results

Gov. Greg Abbott was re-elected by the state of Texas on Tuesday, but Dallas County voters cast more ballots for Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke. 

Collin County

Collin County voters cast 365,136 ballots in 105 precincts. 

Incumbent County Judge Chris Hill, a Republican was re-elected with 201,547 votes (57.07 percent) over Democratic challenger Joshua Murray, who earned 151,605 votes (42.93 percent).

For a full list of Dallas County election results, visit the Dallas County Elections Department website. 

For a full list of Collin County election results, visit the election website.

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Guide to the Polls

City of Dallas Proposition A

Our team of journalists at CandysDirt.com has followed the potential outcome of the Prop A vote, noting that if the HOT taxes can’t generate enough revenue to pay off the bonds, the burden shifts to the taxpayers. It’s not exactly free money, District 12 Councilwoman Cara Mendelsohn has said.

Nov. 8 Election to Decide Future of Fair Park, Convention Center, And a Whole Lot More

CandysDirt.com contributor and architect Norman Alston has covered the Dallas Prop A issue extensively, telling us that passage of the hotel tax hike could fix years of damage on Fair Park’s most famous buildings.

Alston also told us the proposition could bring profound change to the park’s historic Fair Park band shell (part 1 in the series). In October, we heard from Alston about the long-needed transformation at the park (part 2).

Retired long-time Dallas Parks and Rec director Willis Winters got into the mix Monday morning, encouraging readers to vote for Prop A to help preserve Dallas Fair Park forever.

Other elected officials, including Mayor Eric Johnson, have publicly supported Prop A, not only for the massive revitalization of Fair Park but also for the potential upgrades to Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas.

“The basic idea is to re-orient the convention center where its opening is facing downtown,” Johnson said. “It will free up approximately 30 acres of land in that area. If we are smart about how to develop it, it could catalyze between $2 [billion] to $3 billion just in that part of downtown alone. This is putting jet fuel into already-incredible economic development for our city.”

We’ve also got eyes on the hotly-contested Dallas County judge race between Republican Lauren Davis and Democrat incumbent Clay Jenkins. Precinct 2 and 4 county commissioners also are on the ballot, along with the positions of criminal district attorney, justices of the peace, county court at law judges, treasurer, and constables.

Gubernatorial candidates include Republican incumbent Greg Abbott, Democrat Beto O’Rourke, Libertarian Mark Tippetts, and Green Party candidate Delilah Barrios.

Dallas Builders Association State of the Industry

Builders will have an opportunity to talk shop about the election at Thursday’s Dallas Builders Association State of the Industry event.

Panelists Lake Coulson, National Association of Home Builders‘ vice president of government affairs, and Scott Norman, Texas Association of Builders executive vice president, will break down the impact of the midterm elections on housing at the federal and state levels. 

Coulson and Norman will “let attendees know what to look for and what issues they may have to contend with in the months ahead with a new Congress and the start of the state legislative session in January,” according to a Dallas BA press release. 

David Lehde, director of government affairs for the Dallas Builders Association, said he’ll be keeping a close eye on the results. 

“Much of our focus will be monitoring Texas House and Senate races in our area, as well as statewide and congressional races,” Lehde said. “There are also some county races in the region. With the regulatory environment in Washington and inflation, we have ideas that help and want to work with our elected officials to keep Texas and D-FW at the top of the housing market.”