Proves Republicans hanging out with scantily-clad women a net-plus

From Eric Dondero:

Real Clear Politics now lists Texas CD 27 in the Republican column. One of the last remaining disputed elections has gone GOP. This despite the fact that a mysterious bag of ballots was found in Robbstown, days after the election which gave longtime incumbent Democrat Rep. Solomon Ortiz 27 more votes.

The District stretches from north of Corpus Christi to Brownsville at the Mexico border.

Texas's Spring Break Coast is just fine with Bikinis

Late in the campaign photos surfaced of Republican Blake Farenthold in a somewhat awkward position for a "conservative" Republican. Farenthold was seen with a number of scantily-clad women at a fundraiser at a local bar. He is a local radio talk show host in Corpus, and often engages in publicity stunts are pr events.

What Ortiz and Texas Democrats may not have counted on, was that the coastal district including Port Aransas and the Spring Break capitol of South Padre Island might be more libertarian on such matters than they thought. The "scandal" that the Democrats banked on, appears not to have had any impact.

Farenthold's final margin of victory is about 700 votes.

Note - I live in Southeast Texas (Brazoria County) 2 hours north of Farenthold's district.