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Hurd polled 24,843 votes (81.2 percent) in the March 6 primary to Arredondo-Lynch's 11,997 (19.7 percent)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/mar06_325_state.htm?x=0&y=1394&id=142|title=Election Returns|date=March 6, 2018|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=March 7, 2018}}</ref> In her energetic but under-fundecd campaign, Arredondo-Lynch barely ran ahead of Hurd's 2016 primary opponent, William "Hart" Peterson, who drew 17.8 percent of the primary tabulation that year.
Hurd polled 24,843 votes (81.2 percent) in the March 6 primary to Arredondo-Lynch's 11,997 (19.7 percent)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/mar06_325_state.htm?x=0&y=1394&id=142|title=Election Returns|date=March 6, 2018|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=March 7, 2018}}</ref> In her energetic but under-fundecd campaign, Arredondo-Lynch barely ran ahead of Hurd's 2016 primary opponent, William "Hart" Peterson, who drew 17.8 percent of the primary tabulation that year.
In the November 6 general election, Hurd will face the winner of the May 22 Democratic runoff election between Democrats Gina Ortiz Jones, a former intelligence with the [[United States Air Force]] also carries the primary backing of ''The Express News'',<ref name=saen/> and Rick Trevino, who finished second to Jones in the primary.
In the November 6 general election, Hurd will face the winner of the May 22 Democratic runoff election between Democrats Gina Ortiz Jones, a former intelligence with the [[United States Air Force]] also carried the primary backing of ''The Express News'',<ref name=saen/> and Rick Trevino, a liberal former history teacher at Sam Houston High School in San Antonio, who finished second to Jones in the primary despite a lack of campaign funding. Trevino is believe to be more willing to support military cuts that could impact the San Antonio community than is Republican Hurd.<ref>Gilbert Garcia, "Trevino outthinks conventional wisdom," ''San Antonio Express-News'', March 9, 2018, p. 2.</ref>
Hurd and [[Mia Love]], another Moderate Republican, who represents [[Utah]]'s 4th congressional district, are the only two [[African American]]s serving in the U.S. House.
Hurd and [[Mia Love]], another Moderate Republican, who represents [[Utah]]'s 4th congressional district, are the only two [[African American]]s serving in the U.S. House.