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Hurd won his seat in 2014 by unseating the one-term [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Pete Gallego of Alpine in Brewster County. Hurd held on in a rematch against Gallego in 2016.

Hurd won his seat in 2014 by unseating the one-term [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Pete Gallego of Alpine in Brewster County. Hurd held on in a rematch against Gallego in 2016.

He is an intra-party critic of [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]], and he opposed the candidacy of [[Judge]] [[Roy Moore]] in the special election in [[Alabama]] in 2017 to fill the [[U.S. Senate]] seat vacated by now [[Attorney General of the United States|Attorney General]] [[Jeff Sessions]]. He did support the tax cuts enacted in December 2017, and he is nominally [[pro-life]]. He has called for greater bipartisan cooperation between the two parties in Congress and has made a point to be in contact with [[Beto O'Rourke]] of El Paso, the Democrat expected to challenge the second-term reelection bid of Senator [[Ted Cruz]] in the November 6 [[general election]], Hurd and O'Rourke attracted attention in 2017 when they drove together from Texas to Washington, D.C., for the resumption of House business after a recess.

He is an intra-party critic of [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]], and he opposed the candidacy of [[Judge]] [[Roy Moore]] in the special election in [[Alabama]] in 2017 to fill the [[U.S. Senate]] seat vacated by now [[Attorney General of the United States|Attorney General]] [[Jeff Sessions]]. He did support the tax cuts enacted in December 2017, and he is nominally [[pro-life]]. He has called for greater bipartisan cooperation between the two parties in Congress and has made a point to be in contact with [[Beto O'Rourke]] of El Paso, the Democrat challenging the second-term reelection bid of [[U.S. Senator]] [[Ted Cruz]] in the November 6 [[general election]]. IN 2017, Hurd and O'Rourke attracted attention when they drove together from Texas to Washington, D.C., for the resumption of House business after a recess.

Hurd first ran for the U.S. House in the Republican primary in 2010 but lost the nomination to [[Francisco Canseco]], a native of Laredo who practices law and attends to his business interests in San Antonio. After one term, Canseco was unseated in 2012 by Pete Gallego. In 2018, Canseco is one of eighteen primary candidates in Texas' 21st congressional district being vacated in 2019 by [[Lamar Smith]], also of San Antonio. His opponents include former Bexar County Republican Chairman [[Robert Stovall]], state Representative Jason Isaac of Dripping Springs, and Chip Roy, a former aide to Senator Cruz who carries Cruz's endorsement in the primary.

Hurd first ran for the U.S. House in the Republican primary in 2010 but lost the nomination to [[Francisco Canseco]], a native of Laredo who practices law and attends to his business interests in San Antonio. After one term, Canseco was unseated in 2012 by Pete Gallego. In 2018, Canseco was one of eighteen primary candidates in Texas' 21st congressional district being vacated in 2019 by [[Lamar Smith]], also of San Antonio. His opponents included former Bexar County Republican Chairman [[Robert Stovall]], state Representative Jason Isaac of Dripping Springs, and Chip Roy, a former aide to Senator Cruz who carries Cruz's endorsement in the primary and in the May 22 runoff election.

The ''San Antonio  Express News'' endorsed Hurd in the re-nomination contest against Arredondo-Lynch:

The ''San Antonio  Express News'' endorsed Hurd in the re-nomination contest against Arredondo-Lynch:

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has already presumed that Jones will be the party nominee. The committee added Jones to its "Red to Blue" program to target seats needed to take control of the House in 2018. Campaign chairman Ben Ray Luján, a representative from [[New Mexico]], called Jones "the embodiment of the American Dream. ...She'll fight every day to make sure that same dream is a reality for Texas families."<ref>Jasper Scherer, "Group to help Dem in House race: Jones in runoff in bid for Hurd's seat", ''San Antonio Express-News'', March 23, 2018, p. A4.</ref> ''The San Antonio Express-News'' has called Hurd's district "the most competitive in Texas."<ref name=dacafix/>  

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has already presumed that Jones will be the party nominee. The committee added Jones to its "Red to Blue" program to target seats needed to take control of the House in 2018. Campaign chairman Ben Ray Luján, a representative from [[New Mexico]], called Jones "the embodiment of the American Dream. ...She'll fight every day to make sure that same dream is a reality for Texas families."<ref>Jasper Scherer, "Group to help Dem in House race: Jones in runoff in bid for Hurd's seat", ''San Antonio Express-News'', March 23, 2018, p. A4.</ref> ''The San Antonio Express-News'' has called Hurd's district "the most competitive in Texas."<ref name=dacafix/>  

After his nomination for a third term, Hurd unveiled his plan to reform the [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]] program. Hurd will attempt to by-pass [[Speaker of the House]] [[Paul Ryan]] and bring various proposals for immigration reform to the House floor without approval of the leadership. Hurd said that his immigration package includes "a smart wall" which uses radar and fiber optics, rather than the brick-and-mortar structure envisioned by President Trump. Meanwhile, Trump signaled opposition to a Senate bill that corresponds with some of Hurd's immigration proposals.<ref name=dacafix>Jasper Scherer, "Congressman talks up a way for his DACA fix to pass House, ''San Antonio Express-News'', March 30, 2018, p. A3, A5.</ref>

After his nomination for a third term, Hurd unveiled his plan to reform the [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]] program. Hurd will attempt to by-pass [[Speaker of the House]] [[Paul Ryan]] and bring various proposals for immigration reform to the House floor without approval of the leadership. Hurd said that his immigration package includes "a smart wall" which uses radar and fiber optics, rather than the brick-and-mortar structure envisioned by President Trump. Meanwhile, Trump signaled opposition to a Senate bill that corresponds with some of Hurd's immigration proposals.<ref name=dacafix>Jasper Scherer, "Congressman talks up a way for his DACA fix to pass House, ''San Antonio Express-News'', March 30, 2018, p. A3, A5.</ref> He is pushing for a discharge petition to submit four immigration bills to the full House even though they have not cleared committees.

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.