Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, a Democrat, was leading Republican Alexandra del Moral Mealer in the race to lead the state’s most populous urban county by a slim margin early Wednesday morning.
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo had a narrow lead early Wednesday morning in her bid to win a second term leading Texas’ most populous county., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
The race is the first major electoral test for Hidalgo, who became the county’s top elected official in a surprise win against a well-liked Republican in 2018. Since then, the 31-year-old first-time officeholder has risen to superstar status among Texas Democrats and is thought to be a future contender for statewide office.
Hidalgo has defended her record on public safety, touting annual increases to the county’s public safety budget each year she’s held the office — a trend broken this year when the two Republican county commissioners in October blocked the five-member commissioners court, headed by Hidalgo, from passing a new annual budget that would have again increased the county’s spending on public safety.
Cheers went up at the Harris County Democrats’ watch party at a gastropub in East Downtown when a local TV station flashed early results favoring Hidalgo on the screen. Sipping a Corona, Angela Williams, whose sister is a family district court judge seeking reelection, said the race was “uncomfortably tight” and was dismayed with Mealer’s ability to make the race so close.
“I think having a progressive in one of the bluest counties in the state is a meaningful advance for us and it would suck to see it go backwards,” Arredondo-Peterson, 40, said.
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