SAN ANTONIO — A judge has denied Democrat Gina Ortiz Jones's efforts to extend a deadline for fixing provisional ballots in her race against Republican Rep. Will Hurd.

Hurd has claimed victory and state tallies show him ahead in Texas’ 23rd congressional district by more than 1,000 votes.

Tuesday was the deadline for voters to remedy provisional ballots to ensure they’re counted. State District Judge Stephani Walsh denied Ortiz’s request for another 48 hours.

The sprawling, 800-mile district runs from San Antonio to El Paso and is a perennial battleground. Last week, the top elections official in San Antonio told county officials that many provisional ballots are likely ineligible to be fixed.

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Ortiz Jones asked the state district judge to compel Bexar County to release its list of provisional voters and extend the deadline to “cure” those ballots for 48 hours on Tuesday morning.

Walsh heard the request at a 1:30 p.m. hearing.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.