| With the Bexar County vote 100% in and only 8 precincts out in Medina county, we can start looking at what happened in TX-23. So with that, I give you this wonderful quote from CQ politics.
The outcome will determine whether the Republican Party will get a little holiday cheer at the end of their worst election campaign in many years, or get one last bitter taste of unexpected defeat.
As my roommate just pointed out, having been in SA all day, Ciro was first elected to Congress in 1997 in a special election. That race, featured 9 Democrats (including now State Senator Carlos Uresti who went on 2 months later to win HD 118 which Ciro vacated after winning his seat in in TX-28), 5 Republicans, 1 Independent, and 5 write-ins. That 1997 race also went to a run-off after Ciro won 46% of the first round vote. He got 67% of the vote in the runoff against Democrat Juan Solis, III.
UPDATE: With all 267 precincts reporting, the results are:
Henry Bonilla (R) - 32,165 45.68%
Ciro D. Rodriguez (D) - 38,247 54.32% |
