Silvestres Reyes was defeated in the Tuesday primary by El Paso City Councelman Beta O’Rourke.
The district is overhwelmingly Democratic, so it means that O’Rourke is pretty much a shoe in for the general.
Why is this good news? Because Reyes was aggressively pro-drug war and pro drone, to the point of lobbying for drone stikes in Mexico, and O’Rourke supports Marijuana legalization.
It’s a big deal, and it shows that, as the NORML blog notes, the war on drugs is no longer the winning issue that it used to be.