2018 Texas's 27th congressional district special election

2018 Texas's 27th congressional district special election

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Texas's 27th congressional district
 
Nominee Michael Cloud Eric Holguin
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 19,872 11,599
Percentage 54.8% 32.0%

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.

  1. ^ Moritz, John (April 24, 2018). "Special election for Blake Farenthold's seat set for June 30". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 Special Election, US Representative, District 27". Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on July 1, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2018.

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