county was one of those blue counties and harris county didn't just vote top of the ticket for hillary clinton they elected a new sheriff, ousted the incumbent. >> our decision 2016 coverage with some surprising results in the race for harris county sheriff, as we showed you right before the break the latest numbers have democratic challenger ed gonzalez ahead of ron hickman with 52%, with 53% of the vote now. bill spencer joins us live in the heights. bill? ♪ >> reporter: yes, bill, and the candidate just took the stage a few minutes ago along with his lovely wife melissa and he did accept winning the sheriff's race, he acknowledged himself as the new sheriff. the new sheriff in town. in fact -- >> a new sheriff in town, in fact. that thing we always say applies literally here. elections do have consequences. sheriff hickman lost and harris county ed gonzalez became the new sheriff in town.