Ex-Dallas Mayor Defeats Teacher In Texas Senate Runoff
Former Mayor Ron Kirk of Dallas could become the first African-American
to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate, after winning the state's
Democratic runoff last week against schoolteacher Victor Morales.
With all districts reporting, Mr. Kirk won 60 percent of the 620,000 votes cast, which was 5.1 percent of registered voters. He will face state Attorney General John Cornyn, a Republican, in the fall.
Mr. Kirk's margin of victory contrasted with a poll of 625 likely voters conducted the week before the election by The Dallas Morning News that showed Mr. Morales leading Mr. Kirk by 7 percentage points, though the margin of error suggested the race was essentially tied. Mr. Kirk and Mr. Morales were the two top vote-getters in the March...
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