Recount Petition Filed by Maverick County Democratic Party Candidate Rudy Bowles for County Judge To Be Held June 5, 2018

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018

The Recount Petition filed by Maverick County Democratic Party Candidate Rudy Bowles for County Judge, who lost by 12 votes in the May 22, 2018 Primary Run-Off Election to incumbent County Judge David R. Saucedo, will be held on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at 10 A.M. at the City of Eagle Pass, Texas Multi-Purpose Center.  

Both candidates, Rudy Bowles and David R. Saucedo, and their representatives will be allowed to be present at the Recount of the votes in the May 22nd Maverick County Democratic Party Primary Run-Off Election at the Eagle Pass Multi-Purpose Center.

Candidate Rudy Bowles filed the Recount Petition with Maverick County Democratic Party Chairman Luis Alfonso “Poncho” Ruiz on Friday, May 25, 2018 and subsequently filed a lawsuit seeking a temporary restraining order that Ruiz be enjoined from conducting the Recount due to a litany of allegations of a troubled relationship between Bowles and Ruiz that questions the impartiality of Ruiz.

Legal counsel for Rudy Bowles and the Maverick County Democratic Party Chairman Luis Alfonso “Poncho” Ruiz met on Friday, June 1, 2018 to discuss the recount lawsuit and reached an agreement that the June 5, 2018 Recount will be conducted by a visiting district Judge Gabriel from San Antonio, Texas instead of Ruiz. Fourth Judicial Region Administrative Chief Judge Sid Harle appointed visiting district Judge Gabriel after 365th Judicial District Judge Amado J. Abascal III of Eagle Pass, Texas recused himself from hearing the case.