Republican loser requests recount after loss in South Texas battleground race

Republican Adam Hinojosa requested a recount Wednesday in his hard-fought race for a state Senate seat in South Texas.

Hinojosa lost the race for Senate District 27 after finishing 659 votes behind Democrat Morgan LaMantia, according to official results that were released Monday. There were 175,415 total votes in the election.

“In any election with such a small margin of victory, even very small mistakes in the counting of the vote could have enough impact to change the final result,” Hinojosa said in a statement.