The recount of the Republican primary runoff for the national battleground seat of retiring U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, R-Helotes, has reached an end, and Tony Gonzales remains the winner.
Raul Reyes, who had finished 45 votes behind Gonzales in the July 14 runoff, announced Friday evening that he was abandoning the recount.
Gonzales is now set to be the undisputed nominee for the seat, one of Democratsā best pickup opportunities across the country.
Coming out of election night, Reyes was down by just seven votes, a deficit that grew to 45 as the final ballots came in and the results were canvassed.
In the weeks since the runoff, Gonzales repeatedly claimed victory and criticized Reyesā recount effort as a hopeless pursuit, saying it was taking away from the partyās ability to unify against Jones.