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Burgess wins U.S. Rep. District 26 race in unofficial results
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Republican Michael Burgess has won the U.S. Rep. District 26 race with 82.66 percent of the votes, according to unofficial results.
His opponent, Libertarian Mark Boler, received 17.34 percent of the votes with all precincts reporting.
Burgess said the county's energy and health care policies are major issues he wants to address in his next term.
"In the world that I live in, health care remains a big issue," he said. "A lot of problems have been caused in the last year and a half. The system may have been difficult before, but it's virtually impossible now. There are many things, many aspects to the Affordable Care Act that we are going to have to improve."
Burgess said the Republican Party regaining control in the U.S. Senate is a sign of changes to come in the United States.
"The whole question of competence in leadership was one that came up time and again last evening and obviously remains to be seen how that will be answered," he said. "But I think with the change in leadership, we're up for that challenge."
UPDATED 10:44 p.m., Nov. 4, 2014
Republican Michael Burgess is leading the U.S. Rep. District 26 race, beating out Libertarian Mark Boler, according to unofficial results.
Burgess has 82.94 percent of the votes while Boler has 17.06 percent of the votes with 55 of 170 precincts reporting.
Burgess could not be reached for comment.
POSTED 7:29 p.m., Nov. 4, 2014
Republican Michael Burgess is leading the U.S. Rep. District 26 race, beating out Libertarian Mark Boler, according to early voting results.
Burgess, the incumbent, has 82.79 percent of the votes in Dallas, Tarrant and Denton counties. Boler has 17.21 percent of the votes in Dallas, Tarrant and Denton counties.
A medical professional, Burgess has served as U.S. Representative for House District 26 since 2002. He serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and is vice chairman of the Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Boler is a computer architect. He was involved in the Netflix Prize project and has researched artificial intelligence.
The 26th U.S. Congressional District in Texas covers most of Denton County and portions of Tarrant County.
