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  TX District 14 - Revised Vote Totals
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Texas > TX - District 14
OfficeHouse of Representatives
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline 00, 1930 - 12:00pm
Polls Open November 06, 1928 - 08:00am
Polls Close November 06, 1928 - 08:00pm
Term Start February 10, 1930 - 12:00pm
Term End March 03, 1931 - 12:00pm
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifiedRBH October 21, 2012 09:53pm
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DescriptionWurzbach contested the election of McCloskey and was seated in his place on February 10, 1930.

McCloskey had a 319 vote lead in the official results. The recount began on January 30th, 1930 with the opening of an 'empty' ballot box that produced 430 votes for Wurzbach and 172 votes for McCloskey.

At was at this point that McCloskey conceded the election and the House chose to seat Wurzbach.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/02/1926
NameHarry M. Wurzbach Votes14,224 (57.22%)
Term03/04/1927 - 03/03/1929 Margin3,591 (+14.45%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Nov 06, 1928 TX District 14 Augustus McCloskey
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail

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Name (I) Rep. Harry M. Wurzbach Augustus McCloskey
PartyRepublican Democratic
Votes29,196 (49.95%) 29,257 (50.05%)
Margin-61 (-0.10%) 0 (0.00%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00
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