After recount, Democrat remains winner of battleground South Texas Senate seatRepublican Adam Hinojosa conceded Friday after a recount that included three counties in Senate District 27, the most competitive senate district in the state.
Republican requests recount after loss in battleground race for state Senate seat in South TexasAdam Hinojosa finished 659 votes behind Democrat Morgan LaMantia in a race that garnered 175,415 total votes.
Republicans, bullish on South Texas, weigh how hard to compete for a state Senate seat thereRepublicans are starting to pay more attention to Texas Senate District 27 โ the only competitive Senate seat in November โ but whether they will go all in remains an open question.
Moderate Democrats win two key South Texas runoffs, while another is too close to callU.S. Rep. Henry Cuellarโs too-close-to-call runoff got most of the attention, but three other primary runoffs Tuesday carried big stakes for Democrats as they try to defend South Texas from a new GOP offensive.
South Texas Democrats fight to shape their partyโs future in primary runoffsDemocratic primary runoffs for two congressional districts and two legislative seats in South Texas highlight the candidatesโ divergent visions for the party in a region the GOP is heavily targeting.