Dallas Rep. Morgan Meyer takes the lead over Democratic challenger Elizabeth Ginsberg

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AUSTIN — Republican Texas state representative Morgan Meyer is leading Democratic challenger Elizabeth Ginsberg in a rematch of the 2022 midterm elections in which Democrats hope to pick up a Statehouse seat.

According to unofficial early election results released by the Dallas County Board of Elections, Meyer leads Ginsberg 59% to 41%.

The results were expected to be updated throughout the night, and results for Election Day had not been announced as of 8:30 p.m

Meyer was elected in 2014 and is one of the last two Republicans to represent a district in Dallas County. Democrats have gained and retained control of 12 of the 14 counties over the years. His district includes the Park Cities and part of North Dallas.

Meyer defeated Ginsberg by 12 points in 2022 after Republican lawmakers in the Texas House of Representatives redrew his district to attract more Republican voters after narrow victories in 2018 and 2020.

The defeat two years ago did not stop Ginsberg from running again in 2024. Ginsberg believed that population growth and demographic changes had changed the district's political orientation, making it more favorable to Democrats.

Democrats have targeted Meyer's district in recent elections because they believe population growth and demographic changes have changed the district's political direction and made it more favorable to their party.

With the presidential election and the hot U.S. Senate race between Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, Ginsberg saw another opportunity to oust Meyer due to the expanded voter pool.

Throughout the campaign, Ginsberg, an attorney and small business owner, said Meyer was too conservative for the district. Like Democrats running statewide, she criticized his vote on a school funding bill that would have earmarked public money for families to send their children to private schools, known as school choice.

Women's reproductive rights is another issue that Ginsberg said motivates her and is a top issue for voters in the district. Texas has one of the strictest abortion bans in the country, with no exceptions for rape or incest.

Meyer contradicted the statement that he had created an overly conservative voting record for his district. Throughout the campaign, he pointed out that voters had re-elected him four times. He told it before The Dallas Morning News that he was the same person in 2024 who ran in 2014.

As chairman of the House's influential Ways and Means Committee, the chamber's top tax panel, Meyer was a key figure in lawmakers' passage of an $18 billion property tax cut. Lawmakers would try again to pass another property tax cut in the 2025 legislative session.