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This story has been updated to include unofficial early voting results and will continue to be updated.Tarrant County voters will decide seven contested races for the Texas Legislature. The Fort Worth Report rounded up candidates for the state House and Senate. House District 97 is not included in this roundup. You can find more information about candidates running for that seat here. Senate District 10Incumbent Sen. Phil King, R-Weatherford, is narrowly ahead of Democrat Andrew Morris in early vote results, leading with 50.7% of the unofficial tally as of 7:42 p.m., according to the Associated Press.Senate District 10 covers the entirety of Brown, Callahan, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Shakelford and Stephens counties as well as portions of Parker and Tarrant County, including much of southern Fort Worth.King, an attorney and small-business owner, was first elected to the Senate in 2022. He serves as vice chair for the business and commerce as well as criminal justice committees, as well as for the hurricane and tropical storm preparedness, recovery and electricity special committees. See King’s full list of committee membership here. King previously represented Parker and Wise counties in the House from 1999 to 2022. As of Oct. 30, his campaign has $727,502.41 in cash on hand. To learn more about his campaign, click here.Morris is an immigration lawyer and works at World Relief Texas. As of Oct. 30, his campaign has $3,224.01 in cash on hand. To learn more about his campaign, click here.House District 90Incumbent Rep. Ramon Romero Jr., D-Fort Worth, is uncontested for a sixth two-year term. Romero, a small-business owner, was elected to the seat in 2014. He serves on the transportation and urban affairs committees. To learn more about his campaign, click here.House District 90 covers large swaths of Fort Worth, including Historic Northside, the Texas Wesleyan campus to the east, the Hemphill neighborhood in the south and a portion of the Cultural District and West 7th areas. House District 91After a close primary election and runoff race against longtime Rep. Stephanie Klick, R- Fort Worth, Republican David Lowe is uncontested. House District 91 represents Watauga, Richland Hills, North Richland Hills, Haltom City and portions of Fort Worth. Find more information about Lowe here. House District 92Incumbent Rep. Salman Bhojani, D-Euless, is uncontested for a second term. Bhojani represents parts of the cities of Hurst, Euless, Bedford, Grand Prairie, Arlington and Fort Worth. He serves on the criminal jurisprudence committee as well as the pensions, investments and financial services committee. He was first elected to the seat in 2022. To learn more about his campaign, click here.House District 93In his bid for a second term, incumbent Rep. Nate Schatzline, R-Fort Worth, has a strong lead with nearly 61% of the vote, over Democrat Perla Bojorquez, who has just over 39% of the unofficial early voting total reported by the Associated Press. House District 93 covers parts of north Fort Worth and Saginaw, as well as all of Blue Mound and Haslet. Schatzline, who serves as a pastor for Fort Worth’s Mercy Culture Church and leader of the political group For Liberty & Justice, was first elected in 2022. He serves on the county affairs and criminal jurisprudence committees. As of Oct. 30, his campaign has $109,275.80 in cash on hand. To learn more about his campaign, click here. Bojorquez, who has been a Fort Worth resident since 2019, is a former paralegal and educator. As of Oct. 30, her campaign has $11,701.85 in cash on hand. To learn more about her campaign, click here. House District 94Incumbent Rep. Tony Tinderholt, R-Arlington, leads the early vote totals with about 56% of the vote over Democratic candidate Denise Wilkerson’s 44%, according to unofficial results released by Tarrant County. Tinderholt is running for a sixth term. House District 94 comprises parts of Arlington, Fort Worth, Bedford and Euless.Tinderholt, who is a senior partner with Tier One Holdings and retired military veteran, was first elected to the seat in 2014. He serves on the county affairs and public health committees. As of Oct. 30, his campaign has $209,050.43 in cash on hand. To learn more about his campaign, click here. Wilkerson, who has lived in Arlington for over 25 years, previously served as an assistant city attorney in Arlington before running her own practice and working for several local nonprofits. As of Oct. 30, her campaign has $12,326 in cash on hand. To learn more about Wilkerson’s campaign, click here. House District 95Incumbent Rep. Nicole Collier, D-Fort Worth, is uncontested for a seventh term. Collier represents parts of southeast and south Fort Worth, Edgecliff Village, Everman and Forest Hill. Collier, an attorney, was first elected in 2012. She serves on the culture, recreation and tourism committee as well as the public health committee. To learn more about her campaign, click here. House District 96Incumbent Rep. David Cook, R-Mansfield, is running against Democrat Ebony Turner as he seeks a third term. Early vote totals show Cook in the lead with nearly 58% of the vote to Turner’s 42%, according to the Associated Press. House District 96 comprises Arlington, Burleson, Crowley, Fort Worth, Kennedale, Mansfield and Rendon in Tarrant County. Cook has emerged as the leading opponent to Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont.Cook, who previously served as mayor of Mansfield, was first elected in 2020. He serves as vice chair on the criminal jurisprudence committee, and serves on the calendars and juvenile justice and family issues committees. As of Oct. 30, his campaign has $155,432.10 in cash on hand. To learn more about his campaign, click here. Turner has been a practicing trial criminal attorney for the last 16 years. As of Oct. 30, her campaign has $3,339.56 in cash on hand. To learn more about her campaign, click here. House District 98Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, R-Southlake, is seeking a seventh term as Democrat Scott Bryan White challenges the incumbent.Capriglione leads the early tally with 66% of the vote over White’s nearly 34%, according to the Associated Press.Capriglione, who runs an investment firm, was first elected to the seat in 2012. He serves as chair of the artificial intelligence and emerging technologies committee as well as the pensions, investments and financial services committee. As of Oct. 30, his campaign has $254,730.55 in cash on hand. To learn more about his campaign, click here.White is a retiree who previously worked as a managing director at Accenture. As of Oct. 30, his campaign has $7,589.57 in cash on hand. To learn more about his campaign, click here. House District 99Early vote counts show incumbent Rep. Charlie Geren, R-Fort Worth, leading with about 64% to Democratic challenger Mimi Coffey, who has earned 36% of the unofficial total, according to the Associated Press.After defeating challenger Jack Reynolds in the Republican primary, Geren is seeking a 13th term. House District 99 comprises parts of northwest Tarrant County, including Azle, Lake Worth, River Oaks and Saginaw.Geren, who is the president of Railhead Smokehouse, was first elected to the seat in 2000. He serves on the calendars, general investigating, state affairs and the grid reliability legislative oversight committees. As of Oct. 30, his campaign has $965,258 in cash on hand. To learn more about his campaign, click here. Coffey, an attorney, is the owner of The Coffey Firm in Fort Worth. She ran against Geren in the 2022 election. As of Oct. 30, her campaign has $4,305.91 in cash on hand. To learn more about her campaign, click here. House District 101Early results show incumbent Rep. Chris Turner, D-Grand Prairie, leading with about 65% of the vote. Republican challenger Clint Burgess trails with nearly 35% of the unofficial total, according to the Associated Press. House District 101 includes south Arlington and parts of Grand Prairie and Mansfield. Turner, a communications consultant, is currently in his sixth term. He served as chair of the House Democratic Caucus from 2017 to 2022 and serves as the vice chair of the redistricting committee. For a full list of committee assignments click here. As of Oct. 30, his campaign has $451,181.14 in cash on hand. To learn more about his campaign, click here. Burgess, who was a constable for 16 years, is an active officer in the Texas State Guard. As of Oct. 30, his campaign has $97,120 in cash on hand. To learn more about his campaign, click here.David Moreno is the health reporter for the Fort Worth Report. His position is supported by a grant from Texas Health Resources. Contact him at david.moreno@fortworthreport.org or @davidmreports.At the Fort Worth Report, news decisions are made independently of our board members and financial supporters. Read more about our editorial independence policy here.