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Disputed Texas Congressional Race Back in Court
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Last Edited | None Entered Jun 24, 2004 04:15pm |
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Media | Website - Yahoo News: Iran |
News Date | Thursday, June 24, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
Description | A disputed U.S. congressional race in south Texas is going to court again after an appeals court decided the votes in the Democratic primary should be re-examined, the candidates said on Thursday.
A three-judge panel of the Texas 4th Court of Appeals on Wednesday overturned a lower-court decision that gave a 58-vote victory to challenger Henry Cuellar.
The appellate court said the lower court must allow three-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Ciro Rodriguez to present evidence that several hundred voters in the March 9th primary were unqualified because they did not live in the 28th Congressional District.
"We do have the proof. We have more than 500 votes which we feel were cast improperly," Rodriguez told reporters from Washington, D.C. "I have won this race and we will be able to prove that." |
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