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Gina Ortiz Jones reminds voters to cast their provisional ballots. |
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE Gina Ortiz Jones made a last minute reminder for Texas voters in District 23 to cast their provisional ballots. The deadline to send in those ballots is ttoday (Tuesday, Nov. 13) at 5 p.m.
Ortiz Jones, the Filipino American Iraq war veteran is narrowly behind incumbent Republican Will Hurd. Over the Veterans Day weekend, Democrat Gina Ortiz-Jones refused to concede and insisted the tight contest with Hurd was “not over” until every ballot was counted.
It is unclear just how many absentee, provisional and military ballots must now be counted 29-county district. Given the closeness of the race—roughly half-a-percentage point or about 700 votes, separating Ortiz Jones and Hurd — it is likely a recount will be ordered under Lone Star State election law.
The contest in Texas' sprawling District 23, the largest in the state which includes over 800 miles of border with Mexico, is one of three campaigns involving AAPI candidates still not called. However, it is the tightest race of the three.
The other two tight races involves Andy Kim in New Jersey's District 3 and Young Kim in California's District 39. Both of these candidates hold slim leads over their opponents.
Andy Kim has declared victory but the final count hasn't been officially announced and his GOP rival, Tom MacArthur, hasn't conceded.
Young Kim, a Republican competing in conservative Orange County against Democrat Gil Cisneros, has withheld any proclamations of victory but holds about a 2,600 lead over her opponent.
If she wins, Ortiz Jones would be the first Filipina American elected to Congress.
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| District 23 (shaded in green, left) is the largest district in Texas and includes the majority of the Texas-Mexico border. |
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