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Defeated Republican Lawmaker Drops Election Challenge
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| Last Edited | None Entered Feb 10, 2005 02:19pm |
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| News Date | Monday, February 7, 2005 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Republican Talmadge Heflin withdrew his election challenge Monday after a lawmaker overseeing evidence in the contest found that he failed to prove his November loss to Democrat Rep. Hubert Vo should be overturned. Republican Rep. Will Hartnett, who was named "master of discovery" in Heflin's challenge of the Harris County race, found that Vo's margin of victory was reduced from 33 votes to 16 votes. Hartnett recommended that the challenge be dismissed. Hours later, Heflin withdrew, before Hartnett's findings could move on to a special House committee hearing the case. "While we strongly disagree with those findings, we respect the process," said Andy Taylor, Heflin's attorney. Heflin said he might consider running for the Legislature again. Had the contest moved on to the committee, then the full Texas House, fellow representatives could have declared a winner in the election or asked that a new election be called. |
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