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Roy won the Republican runoff contest with exactly 18,000 votes (52.7 percent) to McCall's 16,181 (47.3 percent). McCall led in five smaller counties, but Roy took majorities in populous Bexar and Travis counties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/may22_326_race3.htm|title=Republican Primary Runoff Election Returns for Congressional District 21|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|date=May 22, 2018|accessdate=May 23, 2018}}</ref> Joseph Kopser, meanwhile, defeated fellow Democrat Mary Street Wilson, 14,706 (58 percent) to 10,667 (42 percent) to contest Roy in the November general election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/may22_327_state.htm?x=0&y=886&id=284|title=Democratic Primary Runoff returns|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|date=May 22, 2018|accessdate=May 23, 2018}}</ref>
Roy won the Republican runoff contest with exactly 18,000 votes (52.7 percent) to McCall's 16,181 (47.3 percent). McCall led in five smaller counties, but Roy took majorities in populous Bexar and Travis counties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/may22_326_race3.htm|title=Republican Primary Runoff Election Returns for Congressional District 21|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|date=May 22, 2018|accessdate=May 23, 2018}}</ref> Joseph Kopser, meanwhile, defeated fellow Democrat Mary Street Wilson, 14,706 (58 percent) to 10,667 (42 percent) to contest Roy in the November general election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/may22_327_state.htm?x=0&y=886&id=284|title=Democratic Primary Runoff returns|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|date=May 22, 2018|accessdate=May 23, 2018}}</ref>
Outgoing Representative Lamar Smith said that he believes his successor will be "a credible conservative. ... I just don't think the district is going to elect a liberal Democrat."<ref>Jasper Scherer, ''The San Antonio Express-News', May 4, 2018, p. A5.</ref>
Outgoing Representative Lamar Smith said that he believes his successor will be "a credible conservative. ... I just don't think the district is going to elect a liberal Democrat."<ref>Jasper Scherer, "Congressman Smith campaigns for Roy", ''The San Antonio Express-News', May 4, 2018, p. A5.</ref>
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