2018 Texas's 27th congressional district special election

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2018 Texas's 27th congressional district special election
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  2016 June 30, 2018 November 2018  

Texas's 27th congressional district
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Nominee Michael Cloud Eric Holguin
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote19,87211,599
Percentage54.8%32.0%

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County results
Cloud:     40–50%     60–70%     50–60%     70–80%

U.S. Representative before election

Blake Farenthold
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Michael Cloud
Republican

A special election for Texas's 27th congressional district was held on June 30, 2018, following the resignation of Rep. Blake Farenthold. [1] Republican Michael Cloud won with about 54.7% of the vote, crossing the 50% threshold needed to avoid a runoff. [2] Running again against Eric Holguin in the general election, he won a full term.

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Background

The district is reliably Republican; President Donald Trump carried it by a more-than-20-point margin in 2016.

Rep. Blake Farenthold resigned on April 6, 2018, due to allegations of sexual harassment, therefore a special election was needed in order to fill this seat until the 2018 midterms. Consequently, on April 23, 2018, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton approved of Governor Greg Abbott's plan to call a special election. [3]

Michael Cloud won this election, and got to serve the remainder of Farenthold's term in the 115th Congress, until January 2019. He previously won the Republican runoff for the same seat, so he appeared on the November ballot where he went on to win the general election.

Candidates

Republican Party

Declared

Withdrawn

Democratic Party

Declared

  • Raul (Roy) Barrera [4]
  • Eric Holguin [4]
  • Mike Westergren [4]

Libertarian Party

Declared

  • Daniel Tinus [4]

Independents

Declared

  • Judith Cutright [4]
  • Christopher Suprun [4]

Endorsements

Michael Cloud

State officials
Texas Governor Greg Abbott [6] Individuals
Bech Bruun, suspended his campaign for the seat [7] Organizations
Tea Party Express [8]

Notes

  1. Bech Bruun (R) suspended his campaign, but remained on the ballot. [5]

Results

Texas' 27th congressional district special election, 2018 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Michael Cloud 19,872 54.8
Democratic Eric Holguin11,59932.0
Democratic Raul (Roy) Barrera1,7484.8
Republican Bech Bruun (withdrawn)1,5714.3
Democratic Mike Westergren8582.4
Republican Marty Perez2760.8
Independent Judith Cutright1720.5
Libertarian Daniel Tinus1440.4
Independent Christopher Suprun510.1
Total votes36,268 100.0
Republican hold

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