About 39% of registered voters in Polk County went to the polls for Tuesday's midterm general election. Early voting in the county reached 26.04% of registered voters, and early voting turnout statewide was also high, with many counties surpassing previous records, according to the report. Of 2,561 absentee ballots requested in the county, 1,929 were returned.
Besides school board races in Livingston and Leggett ISDs, the county clerk's race was the only local contested race on the ballot. Democrat Ida Bencomo ran against Republican Margie West. Unofficial results show West as the winner.
Unofficial results also show these winners in the Livingston ISD school board election: Helen Murphy Wiggins, Kevin Grimm, John Allen Slocomb and Andrew Boyce. In the Leggett ISD school board election, unofficial results show Jason McDonald, Vicki Russell and Taylor Jackson as winners. Statewide results were not available when the story was published.