A Republican candidate for the Texas House of Representatives was arrested Wednesday in San Antonio on charges of driving while intoxicated and unlawful carry of a weapon, according to court records obtained by the Current.
Texas House District 117 Republican candidiate Ben Mostyn was arrested shortly after midnight on Wednesday in San Antonio.
Mostyn is running to represent Texas House District 117, which includes San Antonio's South and far West sides. He ran unopposed in the GOP primary and will face Democrat incumbent Rep. Phillip Cortez in November's general election. Former District 10 Councilman Clayton Perry was arrested in November 2022 on charges of driving while intoxicated and failure to stop and provide information following a hit-and-run incident. He would later plead no contest to those charges. A year later, Perry's successor, Councilman Marc Whyte, was also arrested on suspicion of DWI.
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