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The winner of a special election on June 30, 2018, Cloud fills the remaining six months of the seat vacated by fellow Republican [[Blake Farenthold]], who resigned earlier amid controversy over his legal settlement of a sexual harassment lawsuit with public funds.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/polls-close-in-special-election-to-replace-texas-gop-congressman/2018/06/30/ae0aede2-7c51-11e8-aeee-4d04c8ac6158_story.html |title=Republican wins Texas special election for House seat |author=Sean Sullivan|date=June 30, 2018|publisher=''[[Washington Post]]'' |access-date=June 30, 2018}}</ref>  

The winner of a special election on June 30, 2018, Cloud fills the remaining six months of the seat vacated by fellow Republican [[Blake Farenthold]], who resigned earlier amid controversy over his legal settlement of a sexual harassment lawsuit with public funds.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/polls-close-in-special-election-to-replace-texas-gop-congressman/2018/06/30/ae0aede2-7c51-11e8-aeee-4d04c8ac6158_story.html |title=Republican wins Texas special election for House seat |author=Sean Sullivan|date=June 30, 2018|publisher=''[[Washington Post]]'' |access-date=June 30, 2018}}</ref>  

Cloud is a former chair of the Victoria County Republican Party. In the special election, he polled about 54 percent of the ballots cast in a field of nine candidates. The second place candidate, [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Eric Holguin, a former congressional aide, received just under one-third of the vote. The two meet again for the two-year term in the November 6 [[general election]] as their respective party nominees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/jun30_329_state.htm?x=0&y=0&id=675|title=2018 Special Election, US Representative, District 27|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=June 30, 2018}}</ref>

Cloud is a former chair of the Victoria County Republican Party. In the special election, he polled 19,856 votes (54.7 percent) in a field of nine candidates. The second place candidate, [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Eric Holguin, a former congressional aide, received 11,594, just under one-third of the vote. The two meet again for the two-year term in the November 6 [[general election]] as their respective party nominees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/jun30_329_state.htm?x=0&y=0&id=675|title=2018 Special Election, US Representative, District 27|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=June 30, 2018}}</ref>

Cloud carries the endorsement of the [[conservative]] Club for Growth [[Political Action Committee]] as well as the [[House Freedom Caucus]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-hold-on-to-farenthold-seat-in-texas-special-election/ar-AAzoK5m?ocid=spartandhp|title=Republicans Hold On to Farenthold Seat in Texas Special Election|author=Bridget Bowman|publisher=Msn.com|accessdate=June 30, 2018}}</ref>  

Cloud carries the endorsement of the [[conservative]] Club for Growth [[Political Action Committee]] as well as the [[House Freedom Caucus]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-hold-on-to-farenthold-seat-in-texas-special-election/ar-AAzoK5m?ocid=spartandhp|title=Republicans Hold On to Farenthold Seat in Texas Special Election|author=Bridget Bowman|publisher=Msn.com|accessdate=June 30, 2018}}</ref>