Covey leads OC early votes

Challenger David Covey holds the Orange County lead in early voting against incumbent Dade Phelan for the Texas House of Representatives District 21 Republican runoff race.

The Orange County Elections Administration Office reports Covey has 4,071, or 53.56 percent of the early votes, with Phelan getting 3,530, or 46.44 percent. The district also includes part of Jefferson County and all of Jasper county.

Election Day was today and those ballots have not been tabulated as of 7:30 p.m.