| | 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 met 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 defeated Holguin, 124,958 (60.3 percent) to 75,761 (36.6 percent). | | 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 met 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 defeated Holguin, 124,958 (60.3 percent) to 75,761 (36.6 percent). |