Early voting results in Denton County were first released shortly after 7 p.m. and show close races in several contests. Republican U.S. Rep. Brandon Gill led Democrat Steven Shook 117,259 votes (50.40%) to 112,985 (48.56%), with 232,676 votes tallied. Libertarian Phil Gray had 2,432 votes (1.05%).
In state House races, Republican Richard Hayes led Democrat Ray Stith in House District 57, 29,702 votes (50.79%) to 27,562 (47.13%). In House District 63, Democrat Denise Wooten led Republican Ben Bumgarner, 30,894 votes (52.51%) to 27,938 (47.49%). In House District 64, Democrat Julie Evans led Republican Andy Hopper, 20,741 votes (57.11%) to 15,579 (42.89%). In House District 65, Republican Mitch Little led Democrat Detrick DeBurr, 37,358 votes (51.68%) to 34,926 (48.32%).
In the county judge race, Denton County Judge Andy Eads led Democrat Nick Pappas by a small margin, 141,522 votes (50.31%) to 139,799 (49.69%), according to early results. Results for the county commissioner races were not included in the report.