# Congressional Candidate and Local Election News for May 22 | USLege

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# Congressional Candidate and Local Election News for May 22

TXElects May 22, 2019

This article is preserved from the TXElects archive. For current coverage, read [The Political Spotlight](/newsletters).

**Correction**: In yesterday’s report, we erroneously referred to Ron Nirenberg as a “mayoral challenger.” He is the Mayor of San Antonio. We regret the error and have corrected it.

**CD8**: Spring resident Jacob Osborne established a campaign committee for a potential challenge of U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) as a Democrat.

**CD23**: Emily’s List endorsed Democratic challenger Gina Ortiz Jones. The group also endorsed her 2018 campaign.

**Cedar Park**: A recount confirmed Rodney Robinson’s 2-vote victory over incumbent P5 council member Heather Jefts. On Election Day, Jefts appeared to win by 1 vote, but provisional votes flipped the race to Robinson.

**Dallas**: Rep. Eric Johnson (D-Dallas) tweeted that he would be a candidate for Congress in 2020 “under NO CIRCUMSTANCES.” Johnson is in the mayoral runoff against council member Scott Griggs.

Meanwhile, the _Dallas Morning News_ endorsed challenger Dawn Blair over incumbent D4 council member Carolyn King Arnold. The paper previously endorsed challenger Karon Flewellen, who finished third in the May 4 election. The paper reiterated its prior endorsement of Paula Blackmon for the open D9 runoff.

**Houston**: Mayor Sylvester Turner released his first re-election ad, “Soul,” focused on Hurricane Harvey recovery.

**San Antonio:** The _San Antonio Express-News_ reiterated its endorsement of Mayor Ron Nirenberg for re-election.

**Weslaco**: Four candidates filed for the July 16 special election to fill the uexpired term of former D4 council member Jerry Tafolla, who resigned last month after pleading guilty to a federal bribery charge. The candidates are Beto Chavez, Adrian Farias, Lupe Garcia and Roy Hernandez Jr. Tafolla defeated Garcia by 154 votes in November to win re-election. Farias ran for mayor in 2013, losing to David Suarez.

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