Trailing GOP U.S. Rep. Will Hurd by 689 votes, Gina Ortiz Jones campaign says TX race "is not over"

[TexasTowelie]

By Teo Armus, Texas Tribune


The Texas congressional race between incumbent Republican Will Hurd and Democratic challenger Gina Ortiz Jones is still too close to call following a dramatic overnight in which Ortiz Jones pulled ahead, Hurd pulled back on top, and news outlets across the nation retracted their projections.

On Wednesday morning in Congressional District 23, the state's only consistent battleground district, Hurd was leading Ortiz Jones by 689 votes, with all precincts counted.

"This election is not over—every vote matters," said Noelle Rosellini, a spokesperson for Ortiz Jones. "We won't stop working until every provisional ballot, absentee ballot, and military or overseas ballot has been counted."

She did not mention the possibility of a recount, although Ortiz Jones' campaign is well within the margin to do so in Texas. (According to state law, the difference in votes between the top two finishers must be less than 10 percent of the winner's total votes — in this case, about 10,000.)

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2018/11/07/will-hurd-texas-congressional-close/

[texasfiddler]

1. Wow! I thought it was over.

[Cetacea]

2. Do the recount!! n/t

[BillyBobBrilliant]

3. That is an adjacent district

to mine (unopposed representative Castro) --fingers, toes and eyes crossed for this one. IMHO Hurd is a creep!