Jones, who served in the Biden administration, defeated Rolando Pablos, a former Texas secretary of state, in a high-profile, bitterly partisan contest.

Ms. Jones, a former under secretary of the Air Force under the Biden administration, prevailed over Rolando Pablos, a conservative with ties with to Gov. Greg Abbott.

As of 9:14 p.m. on Saturday, 92 of 182 polling sites with an estimated16,901 of 119,279 casted voteshad been counted, and the early results are as follows:May