Early voting begins Monday in Midland County Judge runoff

MIDLAND COUNTY - Midland County voters are headed back to the polls as the race for county judge enters a closely watched runoff following the March 3 primary election..

Jay Marquez and Karen Hood advanced to the runoff after no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the three-way Republican race.

Marquez received 34.07% of the vote in March, while Hood received 33.84%. Incumbent Midland Co…