Cuellar edges Cisneros by 177 votes in CD-28; Sakai defeats Minjarez for Bexar County Judge nomination (D); Paxton crushes George P. Bush in AG's race: What happened in the Texas runoff elections
indicated that Roe v. Wade — the landmark case that legalized abortion — would be overturned. Cuellar was the only House Democrat to vote against federal legislation to codify abortion, which Cisneros has emphasized leading up to the runoff.On the Republican side,Garcia won with 57% of the vote, while Sandra Whitten trailed with 43%.
Garcia is a political staffer, having served most recently as U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s Deputy State Director. She was appointed by then-President Donald Trump in July of 2020 to serve as Commissioner for the White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative. Whitten, a youth and preschool director, was the Republican nominee for the district in 2020, but lost to Cuellar in the general election.The Democratic race for Congressional District 15 also remained too close to call early Wednesday morning.
With 68% of the vote counted, Ruben Ramirez captured 51% of the vote compared to 49% for Michelle Vallejo. This district was redrawn to become more competitive, giving Republican candidate Monica De La Cruz a shot to flip the seat in November.Former District Court Judge Peter Sakai will be the Democratic candidate for Bexar County Judge after the votes were counted on Tuesday.. In the March primary, Sakai secured 41% of the vote compared to Minjarez’s 31%.
The third-place candidate, former mayoral chief of staff Ivalis Meza Gonzalez, endorsed Sakai ahead of the runoff.The general election will determine who will succeed Nelson Wolff, who has been Bexar County Judge since 2001.Despite multiple scandals mounting up against Attorney General Ken Paxton, he will advance to the general election in November as the Republican nominee.
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