1997 Texas's 28th congressional district special election

1997 Texas's 28th congressional district special election

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Nominee Ciro Rodriguez Juan F. Solis III
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 19,992 9,990
Percentage 66.7% 33.3%

Results by county

U.S. Representative before election

Frank Tejeda
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Ciro Rodriguez
Democratic

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.