TX-SD27: Republicans want to flip this last competitive South Texas senate seat

Texas State Sen. Morgan LaMantia of South Padre Island won her seat in 2022 by just 659 votes — a margin so close that her opponent asked for a recount.

The Democrat defeated Republican Adam Hinojosa, an owner of several small businesses, to serve the rest of retired Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr’s unfinished term. Two years later, LaMantia is running to serve for a full term — and Hinojosa is back for a rematch in what is the single competitive race in the deeply conservative Texas state senate.

This year, there are different political dynamics, such as the race being in a presidential year, which is expected to boost voter turnout. Democrats are hoping for a surge of enthusiasm for voters looking to support Vice President Kamala Harris, and Republicans are hoping to build on inroads they’ve made in recent years winning over Latino voters to carry Hinojosa over the top.

In 2021, Senate District 27 was redrawn by the Legislature to make it more competitive for the GOP. President Joe Biden would have won the area by 4.6 percentage points over Donald Trump, compared to 15.7 percentage points before it was redrawn.



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