Pulido wins Texas House seat, ending Republican run

Democrat Bobby Pulido, 53, has defeated Republican incumbent Monica De La Cruz in the 3 November U.S. midterm elections, according to the Associated Press. With 62.32% of ballots counted, Pulido leads De La Cruz at 37.68%. The result ends four years of Republican representation in the district. Pulido's campaign received more than 1,000 requests for performances in its first 24 hours, and the number later passed 2,700 within weeks, the Texas Tribune reports. Before the vote, Donald Trump endorsed De La Cruz on social media and called Pulido a "radical left Democrat".