Former Dallas US Rep. Pete Sessions looks poised to return to Congress after winning the Republican nomination for the Waco/College Station 17th CD last night. The former Congressman re-located to his boyhood hometown of Waco after losing his Dallas County seat in 2018 to current Rep. Colin Allred (D). Mr. Sessions defeated healthcare executive Renee Swann who had retiring Rep. Bill Flores’ (R-Bryan) active endorsement, and now becomes the prohibitive favorite in the general election in what is a safe Republican seat.
In a race that will likely take weeks to untangle, retired Navy noncommissioned officer Tony Gonzales has a seven-vote lead over homebuilder Raul Reyes in the expansive 23rd Congressional District that stretches from San Antonio to El Paso. The eventual winner, after absentee ballots are added and an inevitable re-count begins, will face Democrat Gina Ortiz Jones in order to succeed retiring Rep. Will Hurd (R-San Antonio). With the Republicans likely tied up for an undetermined amount of time, Ms. Jones, already viewed as the favorite, gains even more of an advantage. Other significant runoff winners were 2018 Democratic nominee Mike Siegel (D-10th District; challenging GOP Rep. Michael McCaul), retired Navy Admiral and ex-White House physician Ronny Jackson (R-13th District open seat; becomes prohibitive favorite), Ft. Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls (R-22nd District open seat; competitive general election against Democrat Sri Preston Kulkarni), and ex-School Board member Candace Valenzuela (D-24th District open seat; competitive general election opposite Republican Beth Van Duyne). Comments are closed.
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