FRANK RAMIREZ

Republican John Lujan attributed his victory in the House District 118 race to a “perfect environment.” It came the same night Republicans captured the Virginia governorship in a contest widely seen as a referendum on Joe Biden’s presidency.

Republican John Lujan won the Nov. 2 special election runoff for Texas House District 118, a historically Democratic-leaning district.

Republican John Lujan wins special election runoff to flip Texas House seat in San Antonio

The district has been blue for last two decades.

Eight amendments will be enshrined in the Texas Constitution and voters in south and east Bexar County chose a familiar face as their new state representative during Tuesday’s election.

Democrat Frank Ramirez had the slightest of leads over Republican John Lujan in the special election runoff for Texas House District 118.

Republicans saw flipping the seat as a way to make headway into South Texas, where Democrat Joe Biden underperformed last year.

Republican John Lujan defeated Democrat Frank Ramirez with about 100% of the vote counted.

Voters across Texas headed to the polls on Tuesday to vote on eight amendments to the Texas Constitution, a special election in House District 118 and several bond and municipal elections in the San Antonio area.

And he has a pretty solid list of Southside recommendations.

Texas voters will decide on eight proposed changes to the state’s Constitution. Voters in the San Antonio area will pick a new Texas House member. And Austin voters will decide whether to require more police officers.

Voters across Texas will head to the polls on Tuesday to vote on eight amendments to the Texas Constitution. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Click here to find out where you can vote.

The margin that led into the runoff was narrow.

The race pits Republican John Lujan against Democrat Frank Ramirez for the Democratic-leaning seat that former state Rep. Leo Pacheco, D-San Antonio, vacated earlier this year.

Republicans could flip the South Texas district.

Republican John Lujan and Democrat Frank Ramirez will face off for the Texas House District 118 seat in a Nov. 2 runoff election.

Republicans are pushing to flip the seat of former state Rep. Leo Pacheco.

A Republican who once held the seat and a Democrat will go head-to-head in a runoff after no clear winner was decided in the special election to fill the seat of former state Rep. Leo Pacheco of San Antonio.

Republicans had hoped to reclaim Texas House District 118, left vacant this summer by the departure of two-term Democrat Leo Pacheco. They didn't get that...

Republican John Lujan led a pack of five candidates in the special election for Texas House District 118 in San Antonio on Tuesday night.

Lujan is a Republican who previously held the seat and is hoping to help his party make inroads in South Texas. Ramirez is a former San Antonio City Council staffer.

A Republican who once held the seat and a Democrat will go head-to-head in a runoff after no clear winner was decided Tuesday night in the special election to fill the seat of former state Rep. Leo Pacheco of San Antonio.

Three Democrats and two Republicans are hoping to win the Texas House District 118 seat to succeed Leo Pacheco.

Voters in southern and eastern parts of Bexar County will be headed to the polls Tuesday for a special election to fill the seat of former state Rep. Leo Pacheco of San Antonio.

Five candidates have filed for the September 28 special election to fill the seat of former state Rep. Leo Pacheco, D-San Antonio, according to the...

The field for the Sept. 28 contest has attracted three Democrats and two Republicans.

A Sept. 28 special election is scheduled to fill the District 118 Texas House seat vacated by Democrat Leo Pacheco last month.

Gov. Greg Abbott set the special election date Tuesday. The race has already drawn several candidates from both parties, and Republicans are eager to make inroads in the San Antonio-area district.