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Democrat Ortiz Jones Concedes to GOP’s Hurd in Texas House Race
Democrat Ortiz Jones Concedes to GOP’s Hurd in Texas House Race
20 Nov 2018, 01:07 AM IST
(Bloomberg) -- Representative Will Hurd, a former CIA officer, won re-election in a competitive Texas border district as Democratic challenger Gina Ortiz Jones conceded the race, the Associated Press reported.
(Bloomberg) -- Representative Will Hurd, a former CIA officer, won re-election in a competitive Texas border district as Democratic challenger Gina Ortiz Jones conceded the race, the Associated Press reported.
The Hispanic-majority 23rd Congressional District was a top target for Democrats. The Associated Press declared Hurd the projected winner on Nov. 7, but later retracted the call when Jones pulled ahead briefly in the vote count.
To contact the reporter on this story: Greg Sullivan in Washington at gsullivan32@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Derek Wallbank at dwallbank@bloomberg.net, Kim Chipman, Ben Livesey
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