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Labor activist Adrian Reyna declared victory after taking a strong lead for the Democratic primary race in Texas House District 125.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read more U.S. Sen. John Cornyn loses in bad night for GOP moderates<\/a><\/p>\n

Reyna has 80.83% percent of the early vote with Michelle Barrientes Vela taking 19.17%<\/p>\n

Neither took more than half of the vote during an open Democratic primary in March, forcing the two into a rematch Tuesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI look out in this moment, a room full of faces that have been there from my childhood, who are there when I wake up in the morning, who have been there for me every step of the way of this campaign of my entire life,\u201d Reyna said addressing a crowd gathered at Sari Sari, a Filipino restaurant in his district.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s finish this thing in November.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The crowd at Sari Sari was full of Reyna\u2019s family, labor activist friends and school coworkers. His parents, who had a major part in shaping Reyna\u2019s path to politics, were also in attendance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The winner on Nov. 3 will replace state Rep. Ray Lopez, 79, a longtime representative of Texas House District 125 who chose to retire this year instead of running for reelection.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This district contains a large chunk of San Antonio\u2019s West Side and is considered a Democratic stronghold, even after Republicans went through with redistricting at President Donald Trump\u2019s request to give the GOP more seats.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While Democrats in Bexar County outvoted Republicans during the original March primary, they were left without a high-interest statewide race in the runoff. Early voting numbers in Bexar county show fewer voters showed up for the Democratic primary runoff compared to voters in the Republican runoff.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Garnering less interest in down-ballot races and competing with a Spurs playoff game, the Democratic primary runoffs winners will be decided on by a smaller number of votes.<\/p>\n

Following in his mother\u2019s footsteps, Reyna, 39 is a teacher at San Antonio Independent School District working on special assignments to strengthen teaching pipelines. Between 1997 and 2001, Reyna\u2019s father Arthur \u201cArt\u201d Reyna represented the same Texas House district.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMy baby boy did it,\u201d said teary-eyed mom Sylvia Reyna, after early votes showed Reyna taking more than 80% of the vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read more Bexar County voters toss another District Clerk, swapping in Christine \u2018Chris\u2019 Castillo<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m embarrassed he didn\u2019t get 90%,\u201d Reyna\u2019s father joked. \u201cHe talked from a young age about running for something, but he never talked about running for this. This whole campaign is about lifting people up with him, you know. He stands on the shoulders of so many people who worked to make this happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reyna serves as vice president for San Antonio Alliance, a teacher and school staff union at SAISD. He\u2019s also on the board of the San Antonio AFL-CIO Central Labor Council.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Even though the teacher\u2019s union and SAISD\u2019s administration have often butted heads, Superintendent Jaime Aquino was present at Reyna\u2019s watch party on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Aquino, who will retire from SAISD in January, said he\u2019s excited about having a teacher in Austin.<\/p>\n

\u201cAround 200 educational laws were passed last legislative session, and some of these laws were promoted by people who have never been an educator, have never taught in a public school,\u201d Aquino said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Teachers across Texas are also celebrating the win.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no one better to fight for Texas educators than an educator himself,\u201d said Zech Capo, president of the Texas American Federation of Teachers. \u201cWe are excited to continue that work in the halls of the Texas Capitol.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reyna said working as a teacher has given him a \u201chuman\u201d approach to policy work, since he has lived experience of teaching and has worked alongside labor activists for years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou get to see all of the parts of life when you\u2019re a teacher,\u201d Reyna said in a pre-election night interview. \u201cThat\u2019s part of what I\u2019m very interested and excited to bring to the Capitol.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whoever wins the runoff election will go up against Republican Ricardo \u201cRick\u201d Martinez, a commercial lighting contractor, during the November general election. Martinez won the GOP primary outright with over 58% of the vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read more \u2018My voice is not going to go anywhere\u2019: Chip Roy falls in tough AG race<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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