The Republican challenger requested the recount after a narrow loss.
Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra talks about his support for cannabis decriminalization Feb. 1 at Texas State University in San Marcos.There is no change to the outcome of the Hays County judge election Nov. 8, following aJudge Ruben Becerra, the incumbent and Democrat in the race, is still the winner following the recount, which was requested by his challenger, Republican Mark Jones.
Jones lost the election to Becerra by securing 43,591 votes to Becerra’s 44,517 — a difference of just 926 votes, the closest margin in the county. Jones requested the recount Nov. 17, nine days after the midterm elections. “The voters of Hays County deserve to know that every election is accurate and error free, regardless of the outcome of my particular race,” Jones posted on his official campaign Facebook page when he announced his request for a recount.On ExpressNews.com:During the recount, which began Monday, all in-person ballots were counted by hand.
“After reviewing the mail in and provisional ballots, we found the votes we needed were simply not there, so we called off the recount,” Jones posted on his official campaign page Tuesday afternoon. Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra also posted on his official page Tuesday afternoon that the recount had been called off “after 11 hours of sorting, counting, discussing, and more counting.” Becerra said there were an equal number of Democrats and Republicans in the room during the recount.
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