FORT WORTH - The state Senate District 10 race remained too close to call Tuesday night after early votes were reported, although Republican state Rep. Mark Shelton took a razor-thin lead over Democrat incumbent state Sen. Wendy Davis.
Shelton picked up a 1,534-vote lead as early voting numbers showed him with 50.38 percent to Davis's 49.62 percent, with only early voting and mail in ballots tallied, according to early, incomplete election results posted on the Tarrant County Elections website.
Davis and Shelton have gone head-to-head for more than a month in this race for the state Senate District 10 seat - which quickly became the state's nastiest and most expensive races this year.
-- Anna M. Tinsley
"FORT WORTH — State Sen. Wendy Davis declared victory late Tuesday night in her bitterly-fought battle with Republican challenger Mark Shelton for the District 10 seat.
The two candidates were locked in a virtual tie for nearly two hours waiting for Election Day vote totals after the early voting returns were posted at 7 o'clock.
Davis pulled away as the evening progressed, and by 11 o'clock, with 97 percent of precincts tallied, the incumbent maintained a 51-49 percent margin and a lead of nearly 6,000 votes. "We can have a Texas that's good for business and good for hard-working families," Davis told cheering supporters. "We will never give up on Texas, and I will never give up on you!""
Posted by: Brian Marin | November 06, 2012 at 11:34 PM