Texas Senate District 19, a seat that emcompasses the San Antonio area has been held by Democrats for the past 139 years. That all changed last night as Pete Flores, a political outsider defeated far left Democrat Pete Gallego to capture the state’s Senate seat. Texas Senate District 19 has been Democrat controlled since 1879!
This is just the latest example of the non-existent “blue wave” the Democrats, fraud pollsters and media hacks have been trying to spin. This also doesn’t bode well for Beto “Bob” O’Rourke beating Ted Cruz in November either. If the San Antonio area, a historically liberal area of Texas is shirting red, Democrats will be wiped out in November.
I’m still waiting for Texas Democrats to claim that the Russians hacked this election too.
Hillary Clinton won this district by 12 points in 2016.
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A Republican has turned Texas Senate District 19 red for the first time in more than a century.
“This is the first time there’s been a Republican since the end of the Civil War, so it’s been a long time since there’s been a Republican in this district,” said Pete Flores on the Trey Ware Morning Show.
Flores defeated Democrat Pete Gallego Tuesday with 53 percent of the vote in a special runoff election to replace Carlos Uresti, who resigned after being convicted of fraud.
“I think the people forget that there’s a silent majority out there, the people who vote, the people who live in the communities,” Flores said.
Republican Pete Flores, center, stands with his daughter Vicky, left, and state Sen. Donna Campbell, right, as he talks to supports after he defeated Democrat Pete Gallego in a runoff election capturing a reliably blue state Senate seat, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, in San Antonio. Flores will replace Sen. Carlos Uresti, who stepped down in June after being sentenced to 12 years in prison on federal fraud charges. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Flores defeated Democrat Pete Gallego in the special election runoff to replace former state Senator Carlos Uresti, who resigned after being convicted of fraud.Flores garnered 53 percent of the vote and Gallego drew 47 percent in the unofficial returns Tuesday night.
Flores, the first Hispanic Republican to serve in the Texas Senate, was backed by some high-ranking GOP elected officials, including Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who introduced him at his victory party at Don Pedro’s restaurant.