TX-23 Runoff Becomes a National Laughingstock

This Saturday will mark one year since Congressman Will Hurd’s shock retirement left Texas Republicans deflated and rudderless heading into 2020. It will also mark 365 days of Gina Ortiz Jones running for Congress in Texas’ 23rd Congressional District virtually unopposed.

Today, more than three months since Gina Ortiz Jones sailed through her primary, Republicans Tony Gonzales and Raul Reyes are still locked in an “expensive,” “ugly,” and protracted runoff that was hijacked by a “Cruz-Trump proxy war” at the 11th hour. And unfortunately for all players involved, this “comical” primary is still “far from over” as Gonzales and Reyes careen toward a likely recount.

As of today, NRCC-favored Tony Gonzales allegedly leads by a whopping 46 votes over his vastly underfunded opponent Raul Reyes, after the outgoing Bexar County GOP chair led an insurrection and delayed the vote count. With the Allen West-led Texas GOP yet to complete their canvass and Raul Reyes actively raising funds ahead of a recount, there’s no end in sight to the GOP’s utter disaster in TX-23.






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