The hits just keep on coming:

Wednesday December 13, 2006 3:01 AM
AP: Bonilla (R) Loses House Seat After 7 Terms (TX-23)

By ELIZABETH WHITE

Associated Press Writer

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Former Congressman Ciro Rodriguez defeated seven-term Republican
Henry Bonilla in a runoff election Tuesday, adding another Democrat to Congress.

With more than half the precincts reporting in the state's largest district, Rodriguez
had 57 percent to Bonilla's 43 percent.

They were the top vote-getters in a special election held Nov. 7, but neither got 50
percent, prompting the runoff.

Bonilla was seeking an eighth term in Washington, while Rodriguez was hoping to return
after a two-year absence. He served from 1997-2005 in another district but was ousted
in the March 2004 Democratic primary by Henry Cuellar, a Laredo Democrat. Rodriguez
lost again to Cuellar in this year's primary.
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