A second-round primary election in the Republican House of Representatives in Texas between a candidate endorsed by President Trump and another endorsed by Senator Ted Cruz is still too close to call a day after the contest.
In the race for the Republican nomination in District 23 of the Texas Congress, where Republican Representative Will Hurd is retiring, Army veteran Tony Gonzales leads Air Force veteran Raul Reyes by just seven votes out of 24,685 votes, with all polling places reporting, according to unofficial results
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Gonzales declared victory on Twitter early Wednesday.
But Reyes said he was not granting and waiting for mail-in ballots, overseas military ballots, and provisional ballots to be counted.
Two weeks ago, when early voting began, Cruz was backed by Cruz, the conservative senator who fought Trump during the 2016 Republican presidential primaries. Three days later, the president endorsed Gonzales, who is also backed by Hurd and the leaders. House Republicans.
The president recorded a robocall for Gonzales who was expelled on the eve of the second round, and that same day he held a tele-town hall with the candidate.
The potential losing candidate will likely be in a position to request a recount. State law allows the losing candidate to request a recount if their margin is less than 10 percent of the votes received by the winning candidate.
The district, which stretches along the border with Mexico from the outskirts of El Paso, in the western edge of the state, is one of the best opportunities for Democrats in November. Democratic nominee Gina Ortiz Jones narrowly lost to Hurd in 2018.
