After recount, Democrat remains winner of battleground South Texas Senate seat

[TexasTowelie]

Democrat Morgan LaMantia remains the winner of the race for a battleground state Senate seat in South Texas after a recount.

Her Republican opponent, Adam Hinojosa, conceded Friday.

“This election was very close, and we fell just 0.19% short of victory,” Hinojosa said in a statement. “While we did not get the result we were hoping for in the Senate race and subsequent recount, I remain committed to advancing our shared values.”

LaMantia declared victory in the recount Wednesday, thanking election workers in a statement and saying they “have proven once again that the integrity of our electoral system is secure.”

Prior to the recount, LaMantia led by 659 votes out of 175,415 total. Hinojosa requested the recount late last month, narrowing it to three counties “in which there were large numbers of paper or mail-in ballots.” Those counties were Cameron, Hidalgo and Willacy.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2022/12/16/morgan-lamantia-adam-hinojosa-texas-senate-recount-27/

[BWdem4life]

1. So here's my question...

If Hinojosa was allowed to narrow the recount to those three counties and subsequently came out ahead, would LaMantia have been allowed to contest the recount and include the rest of the counties?