Ken Mireles, who finished third in Texas House District 117's Democratic primary, threw his support behind Tina Torres on Thursday, looking to give the attorney a leg up in her run-off against former Councilman Philip Cortez.
Torres fell just 38 votes behind Cortez in the May 29 election – taking 34 percent of the vote to his 35 percent. Mireles, a former chief of staff to County Judge Nelson Wolff, drew the other 31 percent. A person close to Torres' campaign said talks between her and Mireles started election night.
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