A recount is due to begin Monday in the closely contested Texas House District 105, after the candidates were separated by just 64 votes on Election Day.
Democratic challenger Terry Meza petitioned for the recount at the Dallas County Board of Elections.
"Certainly it is close enough that the voters deserve to have all the votes checked again to see," said Meza.
A total of 43,376 votes were cast in the district, which includes Irving and part of Grand Prairie.
This is the second time that Meza, an attorney, has run for the seat in District 105.
"We tell people that their vote is important, and we tell people that every vote counts," said Meza.
Republican State Rep. Rodney Anderson has represented the district since 2011.
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"It's the process and it is the best process in the world. And it is one of those that you go through a recount, if you have to go through a recount, you have to go through a recount," Anderson said.
Anderson, who works at Alliant National Title Insurance Company, says he is moving full steam ahead towards to Texas Legislature, which convenes Jan. 10.
"We fully expect that that recount will not change the outcome of the election," said Anderson.
