Katy Padilla Stout beats Brandon Herrera in Texas congressional race

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Democrat Katy Padilla Stout defeated Republican Brandon Herrera on Tuesday, flipping Texas’s 23rd Congressional District in a contest that followed the resignation of former Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales.

The Associated Press called the race for Stout at 1:05 a.m. She received 51.7% of the vote to Herrera’s 44.5%.

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