Democrat Ray Lopez wins special runoff election for House District 125 seat

Winner will represent district for 2 years

SAN ANTONIOUPDATE: Democrat Ray Lopez has won the special runoff election for the House District 125 seat against Republican opponent Fred Rangel.

Lopez won with a little more than 58 percent of the vote, while Rangel had about 42 percent.

The election comes in the middle of the 86th state Legislature session. 

The seat was left vacant after Justin Rodriguez was tapped to become Bexar County's commissioner for Precinct 2 following the death of Commissioner Paul Elizondo.

Lopez expressed how eager he was to get to the state capitol during a forum last month.

Rangel was endorsed by Gov. Greg Abbott and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, as well as other Republicans.

The winner of the election will represent the district for the next two years. 

SPECIAL ELECTION RUNOFF RESULTS:

NAME

PARTY

TOTAL

VOTES

TOTAL

PERCENT

EARLY VOTES

EARLY VOTES PERCENT

Ray Lopez

Democrat

5,311

58.42

3,303

56.89

Fred A. Rangel

Republican

3,780

41.57

2,502

43.10

Race Total

9,091

5,805

Precincts Reported

60/60 precincts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Voting for the special runoff election for House District 125 seat is Tuesday.

Democrat Ray Lopez and Republican Fred Rangel are facing off for the seat left vacant by Justin Rodriguez, who moved on to become Bexar County commissioner.

Polls open at 7 a.m. and run until 7 p.m. Early voting took place last week.

During an open forum, Lopez said transportation funding is at the top of his list of concerns, including Bandera Road.

“I’m anxious to get this over with, not because of the fast spring but because I want to get to Austin to make a difference. We’ve got some important issues we want to address,” he said.

Rangel said he is most concerned with education funding. He has been endorsed by Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, as well as other Republicans.

“I’m grateful for the constituents for their participation in this race because we have seen a swelling of the participation in the constituents,” Rangel said.

The winner will represent the district for the next two years.  


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Ivan Herrera has worked as a journalist in San Antonio since 2016. His work for KSAT 12 and KSAT.com includes covering breaking news of the day, as well as producing Q&As and content for the "South Texas Pride" and "KSAT Money" series.

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