1997 Texas's 28th congressional district special election

1997 Texas's 28th congressional district special election

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Nominee Ciro Rodriguez Juan F. Solis III Party Democratic Democratic Popular vote 19,992 9,990 Percentage 66.7% 33.3%

Runoff county results Rodriguez   50–60%   60–70%   80–90%   90>% Solis   50–60%

U.S. Representative before election Frank Tejeda Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Ciro Rodriguez Democratic

After incumbent congressman Frank Tejeda died of brain cancer soon after the congressional elections, a special election was held to fill Texas's 28th congressional district. Since no candidate received an outright majority during the first round on March 15, a special runoff was held on April 12, 1997, which was won by State Representative Ciro Rodriguez.

Primary results

Texas's 28th congressional district special primary (1997) ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ciro Rodriguez	14,018	46.12%
	Democratic	Juan F. Solis III	8,056	26.51%
	Republican	Mark Cude	2,452	8.07%
	Democratic	Carlos Uresti	1,345	4.43%
	Republican	John P. Kelly	1,229	4.04%
	Democratic	Lauro Bustamante	819	2.70%
	Democratic	John A. Traeger	718	2.36%
	Republican	Narciso Mendoza	621	2.04%
	Democratic	Phil Ross	376	1.24%
	Democratic	Mike Pacheco	231	0.76%
	Republican	Oliver Lowell Blair	168	0.55%
	Democratic	Patrick A. Mason	158	0.52%
	Independent	Robert Cantu	82	0.27%
	Democratic	Michael Idrogo	64	0.21%
Total votes			30,394	100%

Results

Texas's 28th congressional district special general election (1997) ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ciro Rodriguez	19,992	66.68%
	Democratic	Juan F. Solis III	9,990	33.32%
Total votes			29,982	100%
	Democratic hold

References

1. "Race Summary Report: March 1997 Special Runoff Election". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
2. "Race Summary Report: April 1997 Special Runoff Election". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved April 28, 2018.