Texas GOP Loses Bid To Toss Houston Election Results

The Associated Press reports:

A Texas judge has denied a Republican effort to overturn election results in the nation’s third-most populous county, a Democratic stronghold that’s been beset by GOP efforts to dictate how ballots are cast. A losing GOP candidate in a November judicial race had filed a lawsuit calling for a new election in her contest in Harris County, where Houston is located. Republican Erin Lunceford [photo] blamed her defeat on ballot shortages and allegations that illegal votes were cast.

But visiting Judge David Peeples ruled Thursday against her request for a new election. His decision came months after a two-week trial in August in which no GOP voters came forward to testify they were unable to vote because of the problems. The ruling is a blow to efforts by GOP leaders in Harris County to overturn November 2022 election results in 17 other local contests. Lunceford was running to become a local judge and lost by more than 2,700 votes out of over 1 million cast.

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A judge has denied a Republican effort to overturn the 2022 election results in Harris County. https://t.co/hnPOuX5Ze4

— KHOU 11 News Houston (@KHOU) November 10, 2023