Harris County Early Voting Passes 742,000 In Person Through Tuesday, on Another Record Ninth Day
Tuesday alone brought 75,248 in-person voters in Harris County - the most on the ninth day of any midterm in records back to 1998. Through nine days, 742,233 people have voted in person, also a record at this point, with three days of early voting left.
Harris County's record midterm turnout added another record on Tuesday. A total of 75,248 people voted in person on the ninth day of early voting, the most on a ninth day in any midterm in records going back to 1998, according to ABC13's early vote tracker, which is built on Harris County Elections data. The previous ninth-day high was 62,552, set in 2018.
The cumulative number is now the story. Through nine days, 742,233 people have voted in person in Harris County - the most at this point of any midterm, well past the previous high of 557,264 at the same point in 2018. The tracker's figures count in-person voters only; mail ballots are left out, following the county's own convention, so the county's total early ballots cast - the figure this station reported at 706,000 through Monday - is higher than the in-person line alone.
Three days of early voting remain: polls run through Friday, October 30, ahead of Election Day on Tuesday, November 3, when Harris County voters will decide the Texas Senate race between James Talarico and Ken Paxton and the rest of the midterm ballot. The county's turnout records have fallen on day after day of this cycle - the first day, the eighth day and now the ninth - and the remaining question of the early-vote period is whether the final three days hold the pace or the surge, as some analysts predicted earlier in the cycle, begins to taper.
