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Though he lost the [[Austin]] precincts, Mercer defeated Bell-Metereau in the overall District 5, 382,914 votes (49.6 percent) to 352,097 (45.6 percent). The remaining 36,412 ballots (4.7 percent) went to Ricardo Perkins, nominee of the [[Libertarian Party]]. Had the Libertarians voted for Bell-Metereau, she would have unseated Mercer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov08_319_state.htm|title=Election Returns|date=November 8, 2016|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=November 9, 2016}}</ref>

Though he lost the [[Austin]] precincts, Mercer defeated Bell-Metereau in the overall District 5, 382,914 votes (49.6 percent) to 352,097 (45.6 percent). The remaining 36,412 ballots (4.7 percent) went to Ricardo Perkins, nominee of the [[Libertarian Party]]. Had the Libertarians voted for Bell-Metereau, she would have unseated Mercer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov08_319_state.htm|title=Election Returns|date=November 8, 2016|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=November 9, 2016}}</ref>

Two Republican candidates, Robert Morrow and Lani Popp, will meet on May 26, 2020, to choose a party nominee to contest the seat in the November 3 general election. The Republicans on the SBOE have all endorsed Popp, rather than Morrow, who briefly served as the Travis County chairman until he entered the 2016 presidential race and was replaced as chairman by his predecessor, [[James Dickey]].

Two Republican candidates, Robert Partlow Morrow (born 1964) of Austin and Lani Popp (born 1959) of [[San Antonio]], will meet on May 26, 2020, when voters choose a party nominee to contest the seat in the November 3 general election. All ten Republicans on the SBOE have all endorsed Popp. Morrow briefly served as the Travis County GOP chairman, but when he declared himself a candidate for U.S. President, he had to step down as county chairman.  

 

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