Results of Val Verde County races can be seen here.)
By Karen Gleason
The 830 Times
The effects of the Democratic Party’s “blue tsunami,” which swept Texas Democrats into a U.S. Senate seat, the Texas governor’s office and other down-ballot races, were also felt in Val Verde County, where voters picked Democrats to represent them in Washington, D.C., and Austin.
In unofficial election results announced outside the county courthouse on Tuesday, Nov. 3, Val Verde County voters picked Democrat James Talarico as the state’s next U.S. senator, casting an unofficial total of 6,360 votes for the former schoolteacher. An unofficial total of 4,940 votes were cast in Val Verde County for Republican Ken Paxton.
Val Verde County voters also picked Katy Padilla Stout as their choice for U.S. representative, District 23, though this was one of the races The Associated Press had not called as of press time late Tuesday night. Stout earned an unofficial total of 5,737 votes from Val Verde County voters, and county voters cast an unofficial total of 5,274 votes for Republican Brandon Herrera.
Val Verde County voters also picked Democratic Party incumbents in two races for the Texas Senate and for the Texas House of Representatives.
In the race for state senator, District 19, Val Verde County voters cast an unofficial total of 6,118 votes for the incumbent Democrat, Roland Gutierrez, and an unofficial total of 5,237 votes for his Republican challenger, Marcus Cardenas.
Val Verde County voters also picked incumbent Democrat Eddie Morales, a resident of Eagle Pass, over native son Robert Garza, former Del Rio mayor, attorney and business owner. Morales garnered an unofficial total of 6,532 votes, and Garza had an unofficial total of 4,954 votes.
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