Mar 11, 2016 | Special Elections
Filed under HD120, HD139.
Feb 3, 2016 | Special Elections
Gov. Greg Abbott set May 7 as the date for a special election to fill the unexpired term of former Rep. Ruth Jones McClendon (D-San Antonio), who resigned effective January 31. The special election coincides with the uniform election date, but falls between the...
Jan 27, 2016 | Special Elections
John Lujan’s seemingly improbable special runoff election win last night invokes a little history, and it isn’t favorable for the new Rep.-elect. On December 18, 2007, Fort Worth attorney Dan Barrett, a Democrat, won a special runoff election, 52%-48%, over...
Jan 26, 2016 | Special Elections
Republican John Lujan defeated Democrat Tomas Uresti, 52%-48%, to win the unexpired term for HD118, flipping the seat to the Republican Party and bringing their total number in the House to 99. Lujan’s 171-vote win caps a run of Republican influence in Bexar Co....
Jan 26, 2016 | breaking-news, Special Elections
Voters in eastern Bexar County are headed to the polls today to fill the unexpired term of former Rep. Joe Farias (D-San Antonio). Turnout is expected to be light. Just 1,426 people voted early in person during the three-day early voting period. Polls close at 7 p.m....
Jan 21, 2016 | Special Elections
The special runoff election between Republican John Lujan III and Democrat Tomas Uresti has drawn just 880 voters in person during the first two days of early voting. One day of early voting remains. The total votes cast so far is almost two thirds of the total early...
Jan 18, 2016 | Special Elections
The San Antonio Express-News editorial board has endorsed Republican John Lujan III over Democrat Tomas Uresti for election to the unexpired term of former Rep. Joe Farias (D-San Antonio). Lujan, an information technology business owner and retired firefighter,...
Jan 15, 2016 | Special Elections
Former Rep. Sylvester Turner’s (D-Houston) seat will be filled by a special election between the primary and runoff elections. Gov. Greg Abbott set the special election for May 7, a uniform election day. Early voting will begin on April 25. Turner resigned on...
Nov 4, 2015 | Local Elections, Special Elections
HD118: Republican John Lujan finished first in Tuesday’s special election with 28% of the vote. Democrat Tomas Uresti (22%) finished second, defeating fellow Democrat Gabe Farias (19%) by 275 votes to claim the second runoff spot. About 9% of the district’s registered...
Mar 4, 2015 | Special Elections
We have analyzed the voter rosters from the February special runoff election, January special election and 2014 primaries. Democratic primary voters were the largest bloc in both the special election and the runoff election, but they shrank, as a percent of total...
Feb 20, 2015 | Special Elections
Tuesday’s runoffs sent four new members to the 84th Legislature and created yet another vacancy in the House: Jose Menendez defeated Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, 59-41, flipping the special election result in SD26 Leighton Schubert defeated Carolyn Bilski, 57-43,...
Feb 10, 2015 | Special Elections
Early voting has begun in Central Texas and San Antonio to fill four legislative vacancies created by two mayoral campaigns, a promotion to the Senate and an invitation to work with a former colleague in the Agriculture Department. Another special election will be...
