Note:
.70,412 votes in the runoff
123,799 in the Nov. race
.53,387 vote difference.
Where did Bonilla's voters go?...
60,175 Bonilla Nov. 7
32,165 Bonilla Dec. 12
28,010 difference
| U. S. Representative District 23 | ||||
| August G. "Augie" Beltran | DEM | 2,647 | 2.13% | |
| Rick Bolanos | DEM | 2,564 | 2.07% | |
| Henry Bonilla(I) | REP | 60,175 | 48.60% | |
| Adrian DeLeon | DEM | 2,198 | 1.77% | |
| Lukin Gilliland | DEM | 13,728 | 11.08% | |
| Ciro D. Rodriguez | DEM | 24,594 | 19.86% | |
| Craig T. Stephens | IND | 3,341 | 2.69% | |
| Albert Uresti | DEM | 14,552 | 11.75% | |
| ----------- | ||||
| Race Total | 123,799 | |||
| RACE | NAME | PARTY | EARLY VOTES | PERCENT | TOTAL VOTES | PERCENT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U. S. Representative District 23 |
|||||||
| Henry Bonilla - Incumbent | REP | 14,419 | 46.05% | 32,165 | 45.68% | ||
| Ciro D. Rodriguez | DEM | 16,896 | 53.95% | 38,247 | 54.32% | ||
| --------------- | --------------- | ||||||
| Total Votes Cast | 31,315 | 70,412 | |||||
| Precincts Reported | 267 | of | 267 Precincts | 100.00% | |||
| -------------------------------------------- | |||||||
Sad, isn't it.
I still don't like an election law that says that winning less than 50% in a general election isn't "fair", and then give the election to someone a month later who gets only 2/3rds as many votes as the winner of the general election.
How is that "better" for democracy? It seems like instead of 60,000 people having their choice for a representative, we now have the choice of 38,000 people.
On the other hand, Bonilla couldn't get his people out. I guess they are demoralized.
I think "Not a Democrats" post back at number 18 probably sums it up. 3 Bonilla voters in a family, a month to get ready, two weeks to vote, and none of them either got an absentee ballot, or was able to drive to a polling place any time in the 2 weeks leading up to today's election.