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'''William Ballard Hurd''', known as '''Will Hurd''' (born August 19, 1977), is a [[Moderate Republican]] [[African-American]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] for [[Texas]]'s sprawling 23rd congression district, which stretches from western [[San Antonio]] to the eastern side of [[El Paso]]. Now in his second term, Hurd easily won re-nomination to a third term in the March 6, 2018, [[primary]], in which he defeated the more [[conservative]] [[Alma Arredondo-Lynch]], a [[dentist]] who practices in Uvalde west of San Antonio. He then retained his seat by 689 votes in the Novwember 6 general election contest against [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Gina Ortiz Jones, 102,903 (49.1 percent) to 102,214 (48.8 percent), a favorite of Democratic Leader [[Nancy Pelosi]]. [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] Ruben Corvalan held another critical 4,402 votes (2.1 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov06_331_state.htm?x=0&y=0&id=545|title=Election Returns|date=November 6, 2018|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=November 7, 2018}}</ref>

'''William Ballard Hurd''', known as '''Will Hurd''' (born August 19, 1977), is a [[Moderate Republican]] [[African-American]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] for [[Texas]]'s sprawling 23rd congression district, which stretches from western [[San Antonio]] to the eastern side of [[El Paso]]. Now in his second term, Hurd easily won re-nomination to a third term in the March 6, 2018, [[primary]], in which he defeated the more [[conservative]] [[Alma Arredondo-Lynch]], a [[dentist]] who practices in Uvalde west of San Antonio. He then retained his seat by 689 votes in the November 6 general election contest against [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Gina Ortiz Jones, 102,903 (49.1 percent) to 102,214 (48.8 percent), a favorite of Democratic Leader [[Nancy Pelosi]]. [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] Ruben Corvalan held another critical 4,402 votes (2.1 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov06_331_state.htm?x=0&y=0&id=545|title=Election Returns|date=November 6, 2018|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=November 7, 2018}}</ref>

 

A son of Robert and Mary Alice Hurd, Will Hurd graduated in 1995 from John Marshall High School  in the San Antonio [[suburb]] of Leon Valley. He then attended [[Texas A&M University]] in College Station (Class of 2000), at which he majored in [[computer science]] and minored in international relations. He was also the TAMU student body president in 1999. Before his election to Congress, Hurd was employed for nine years by the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], and served as an operations officer in [[Afghanistan]], [[India]], and [[Pakistan]].

A son of Robert and Mary Alice Hurd, Will Hurd graduated in 1995 from John Marshall High School  in the San Antonio [[suburb]] of Leon Valley. He then attended [[Texas A&M University]] in College Station (Class of 2000), at which he majored in [[computer science]] and minored in international relations. He was also the TAMU student body president in 1999. Before his election to Congress, Hurd was employed for nine years by the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], and served as an operations officer in [[Afghanistan]], [[India]], and [[Pakistan]].