Republican Wins Texas Special Election… In District Hillary Won by 12 Percentage Points!

by Cristina Laila September 18, 2018 219 Comments


Defeated Dem Gallego (Left); Republican winner Flores (Right)

Republican Pete Flores won the Senate District 19 seat in Texas on Tuesday–a crushing defeat for former state and U.S. Rep. Democrat Pete Gallego.

Flores and Gallego went head-to-head in the special election to replace former State Senator Carlos Uresti who lost his seat after he was convicted of 11 felony charges.
This district has not seen a Republican hold the seat in 139 years.
Andrew Phelps McCormick was the last Republican to hold this seat and he left office in 1879, reported My San Antonio.

My San Antonio reported:
Voters elected political newcomer Pete Flores to the Texas Senate on Tuesday, flipping a Democratic district red for the first time in 139 years and further bolstering Republicans’ supermajority in the chamber ahead of the November elections.
A retired game warden, Flores defeated former state and U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego for the Senate District 19 seat after receiving backing from some of the state’s most prominent politicians, including Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and U.S. Sens John Cornyn and Ted Cruz.
“We conservatives are conservative in the way we make approaches. The gun fight’s not over until the last shot’s fired,” Flores told the Express-News after Gallego conceded in a phone call just before 9 p.m. “The last shot’s been fired.”
Flores’ win marked an incredible upset in a district that political observers said shouldn’t have been competitive for Republicans. Low turnout in special elections and high-level GOP interests in preserving a Senate supermajority helped push Flores across the line, they said.
Hillary Clinton won District 19 by over 12 percentage points in the 2016 presidential election!
Pete Flores celebrated with an election victory party Tuesday evening.

Pete Flores‏ @PeteFlores_TX
Great turnout at the Election Night Gathering! Come by if you can! #SD19








5:43 PM - 18 Sep 2018

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