In Landslide Defeat, Dems Lose Race That Was Supposed To Start Turning Texas Blue
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By Randy DeSoto
Published January 30, 2020 at 12:41pm
For years, Democrats have been talking about flipping Texas from red to blue, thereby thwarting Republican chances of winning the presidency or likely holding the House of Representatives ever again.
That prospect took a serious hit on Tuesday when Texans elected Republican businessman Gary Gates over Democratic educator Eliz Markowitz by an impressive 58 to 42 percent margin to become the next congressman for the 28th Congressional District.
The district runs from the suburbs of San Antonio south to the Mexican border. The 30,000 ballots cast represented an unusually high voter turnout, easily surpassing the previous record of 22,000 for a special election, the Houston Chronicle reported.
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