Leticia Gutierrez is projected to win Texas’s 9th District, leading Alex Mealer by 14 points with 78 percent of precincts reporting. The Democratic candidate is expected to succeed Rep. Al Green in representing the district. The race follows a recent redistricting effort that reshaped Green’s Houston-area district.
Leticia Gutierrez (D) is projected to defeat Alex Mealer (R) in Texas’s 9th District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Gutierrez is leading Mealer by 14 points with 78 percent reporting, per DDHQ. Gutierrez will succeed Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) in representing the 9th District. After state lawmakers redrew Green’s Houston-area district last year to favor...