Fort Worth Democrat Dan Barrett has defeated Republican Mark Shelton on Tuesday in the runoff to replace Republican state Rep. Anna Mowery in the Texas House.  Barrett defeated Shelton, 52 percent to 48 percent, with 100 percent of precincts reporting, according to the Tarrant County Elections Office. Barrett received 5,365 votes to Shelton’s 4,913.  District 97 includes southwest Fort Worth, Benbroook, and Edgecliff Village.

Shelton, a doctor who won a surprise second place victory in last month's special election made immigration his primary issue while Democrat Barrett made House Speaker Tom Craddick is primary issue.  Shelton publicly pledged his support to the Speaker and Craddick had helped raise funds for Shelton.  Barrett claimed that the Texas House was under a "dictatorship" and that Craddick's would only be replaced with the election of Democrats.

The district has been staunchly Republican and had been represented by Republican Anna Mowery, a staunch Craddick backer, for 19 years. 

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