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The seat for the highest official in the county, Travis County judge, is up for grabs. The incumbent, Democrat Andy Brown, is running against Republican Rupal Chaudhari, a former immigration attorney.
Some other potentially history-making candidates advanced to runoff elections.
Republicans and Democrats in the county will decide who their party's nominees will be in the November general election.
1) Jan. 13: Red Guards Ambush Heidi Sloan The Democratic Socialists of America organizer and candidate for Congress in the TX-25 Democratic primary was waylaid and threatened by militants associated with the ostensibly defunct Maoist group Red Guards Austin, highlighting stress fractures at the leftmost edge of Austin politics even as the influence of DSA-aligned progressives surged in an increasingly deep-blue Travis County. Sloan would lose her race to the also very progressive Julie Oliver, who set up a rematch with GOP incumbent Roger Williams. 2) Feb. 23: Bernie Sanders Rolls Through Tow...