Republican requests recount after loss in battleground race for state Senate seat in South Texas

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Republican Adam Hinojosa requested a recount Wednesday in his hard-fought race for a state Senate seat in South Texas.

Hinojosa misplaced the race for Senate District 27 after ending 659 votes behind Democrat Morgan LaMantia, in response to official outcomes that have been launched Monday. There have been 175,415 whole votes within the election.

“In any election with such a small margin of victory, even very small errors within the counting of the vote might have sufficient affect to vary the ultimate end result,” Hinojosa stated in a press release.

He added he was asking for a recount in three counties “wherein there have been giant numbers of paper or mail-in ballots.” His recount petition says the three counties are those on the extremely populated southern finish of the district within the Rio Grande Valley: Cameron, Hidalgo and Willacy counties.

Senate District 27, the place Democratic incumbent Eddie Lucio Jr. is retiring, was a part of Republicans’ push to realize new floor in South Texas within the Nov. 8 election, which produced blended outcomes.

Hinojosa had the assist of Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and former President Donald Trump.

LaMantia led by 569 votes popping out of election night time. She declared victory then.

Below Texas legislation, a candidate is eligible to request a recount if their deficit quantities to 10% or much less of the winner’s numbers of votes. The deadline to request a recount is 5 p.m. Wednesday.