Texas held a run-off legislative election on August 2, for the State House, 120th district, in San Antonio. Here is a link to the county elections web page. So far, the independent candidate, Laura Thompson, is winning over her lone opponent, Democrat Lou Miller. Just now the vote is 635 to 585.

If Thompson wins, she only will be a member of the legislature for the remainder of this year, and the legislature isn’t sitting this year. She wanted to run for the regular term, but she was unable to obtain the signatures of 500 voters who had not voted in the March primary during the short window allowed. By contrast, in the special election, she didn’t need any petition, just a filing fee.

Texas has not elected anyone but Democrats and Republicans to its legislature since 1936. Thanks to Mark P. Jones for this news.