#TRAVIS COUNTY PRECINCT 1 TASK OFFICE PROFESSIONAL#
Travillion has a nominal Republican opponent in November, professional photographer Pat McCord, who ran unopposed in the primary. "I'm honored and humbled to be entrusted with this significant task," he repeated, "and I will do my best to be a problem solver in Northeast Travis County, and all of Travis County." Travillion told the Chronicle he was "honored and humbled" by the voters' support, and said it came from the whole range of the community: from the neighborhoods and churches, elderly and youth, and all ethnic groups.
Such a low turnout might have made the outcome unpredictable, but front-runner Travillion, who had received most of the endorsements and had the better-funded campaign, received a formidable 67% of the vote, with Sampson at 33%. Nearly 24,000 people voted in the first round, but only 3,900 in the run-off. Travillion, a city of Austin administrator, had led among five candidates in the initial March 1 round, garnering 42% of the vote to retired project manager Sampson's 18.5%. In the most closely watched local primary run-off Tuesday, the Travis County Precinct 1 Commissioners race, Jeff Travillion defeated Arthur Sampson.