Border Democrats in Texas held the line in two key House races on Tuesday night, but Republicans didn't come away empty handed, gaining one seat after an aggressive play to remake the U.S.-Mexico border into a midterm battleground.
AUSTIN, Texas — Border Democrats in Texas held the line in two key House races on Tuesday night, but Republicans didn't come away empty handed, gaining one seat after an aggressive play to remake the U.S.-Mexico border into a The lone GOP victory in South Texas by Monica De La Cruz, who won an open race in the newly drawn 15th Congressional District, fell short of bold predictions from Republicans of a sweep in the heavily Hispanic region.
Gonzalez defeated Rep. Mayra Flores, who won a special election this summer, in a rare race between two sitting members of Congress. Cuellar defeated Republican Cassy Garcia, a former aide to Sen. Ted Cruz. “There was no red wave in South Texas. There wasn’t even a red ripple," said Gilberto Hinojosa, chairman of the Texas Democratic Party.
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