A special election for Texas's 27th congressional district was held on June 30, 2018, following the resignation of Rep.

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. Republican Michael Cloud won with about 54.7% of the vote, crossing the 50% threshold needed to avoid a

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. Running again against Eric Holguin in the

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, he won a full term.

Background

The district is reliably Republican; President

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carried it by a more-than-20-point margin in 2016. Rep.

resigned on April 6, 2018 due to allegations of sexual harassment, therefore a special election was needed in order to fill this seat until the 2018 midterms. Consequently on April 23, 2018, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton approved of Governor Greg Abbott's plan to call a special election. Michael Cloud won this election, and got to serve the remainder of Farenthold's term in the

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, until January 2019. He previously won the Republican runoff for the same seat, so he appeared on the November ballot where he went on to win the general election.

Candidates

Republican Party

Declared

* Michael Cloud, former

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Republican Party chairman *Marty Perez

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*Bech Bruun

Democratic Party

Declared

*Raul (Roy) Barrera *Eric Holguin, former congressional staffer *Mike Westergren

Libertarian Party

Declared

*Daniel Tinus

Independents

Declared

*Judith Cutright *Christopher Suprun

Endorsements

Notes

Results

References

External links

;Official campaign websites
Raul "Roy" Barrera (D) for CongressMichael Cloud (R) for CongressEric Holguin (D) for CongressDr. Marty Perez (R) for CongressChris Suprun (I) for CongressDaniel Tinus (L) for Congress
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