https://hotair.com/archives/karen-townsend/2020/01/29/beto-loses-special-election-texas-goes-gop/Beto Loses Again: Special Election In Texas Goes To GOPA special election was held Tuesday for Texas House District 28, Fort Bend County (Houston area). The election was needed to fill the unexpired term of state Rep. John Zerwas of Richmond. The Republican victory announced in this race last night is good news for Texas Republicans to celebrate.
... This special election was touted from the beginning as a bellwether election by Democrats and the media. Democrats are really invested in turning Texas blue and this election was supposed to indicate a Democrat tsunami coming in 2020.
Republican Gary Gates defeated Democrat Eliz Markowitz. The vote tally was 17,457 votes for Gates to 12,617 votes for Markowitz – 58% to 42%. Gates roughly doubled the margin of Zerwas’ victory in 2018. Texas Democrats, with the help of Democrats in Washington, D.C. hoped that Markowitz would win and her victory would lead the way for the GOP-controlled Texas House of Representatives to flip to a Democrat majority. Gates will serve out Zerwas’ unexpired term and a new election will be held in November with that winner serving a full term.
Bobby's name is invoked in the article title because Bobby campaigned for the Dem candidate who lost.
