March 4, 2015      3:56 PM
As Menendez is sworn in, TMF argues the new Democratic senator was elected by Republicans
“It seems Republicans were really worried about Democrats sending the strongest voice to the State Senate…”
In
what may be a sign of things to come in Alamo City politics over the next 18
months, Rep. Trey Martinez Fisher,
D-San Antonio, called the victory of his opponent in the recent special
election runoff “bizarre” and said it was driven by Republicans. He noted big GOP
turnout in the race won by Sen. Jose Menedez in the heavily Democratic district formerly
represented by Leticia Van de Putte.
Menendez,
also a Democrat, was sworn in as Senator on Wednesday.
Prior
to that, Rep. Martinez Fisher took
to his campaign website to say that "while most folks know I lost the
runoff election for state senate by 4,253 votes, many didn’t know that 6,307
consistent Republican primary voters voted in the runoff." A
"consistent voter is someone who voted in 2, if not all 3, Republican
primaries in 2014, 2012 and 2010,” Martinez Fisher explained.
“What
is even more bizarre than 6,307 consistent Republican primary voters getting
involved in a race between two Democrats, is that there were 2,000 more votes
cast by Republicans in the February runoff than in the January special election
when there were actually 2 Republican candidates in the race,” he said.
By Scott Braddock
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