After incumbent congressman Frank Tejeda died of brain cancer soon after the congressional elections, a special election was held to fill Texas's 28th congressional district. Since no candidate received an outright majority during the first round on March 15, a special runoff was held on April 12, 1997, which was won by State Representative Ciro Rodriguez.
Primary results[]
Texas's 28th congressional district special primary (1997)[1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Ciro Rodriguez
14,018
46.12%
Democratic
Juan F. Solis III
8,056
26.51%
Republican
Mark Cude
2,452
8.07%
Democratic
Carlos Uresti
1,345
4.43%
Republican
John P. Kelly
1,229
4.04%
Democratic
Lauro Bustamante
819
2.70%
Democratic
John A. Traeger
718
2.36%
Republican
Narciso Mendoza
621
2.04%
Democratic
Phil Ross
376
1.24%
Democratic
Mike Pacheco
231
0.76%
Republican
Oliver Lowell Blair
168
0.55%
Democratic
Patrick A. Mason
158
0.52%
Independent
Robert Cantu
82
0.27%
Democratic
Michael Idrogo
64
0.21%
Total votes
30,394
100%
Results[]
Texas's 28th congressional district special general election (1997)[2]