Here are LGBTQ+ political candidate races you should be watching today

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Lesbian Texas state rep running for Congress says she’s ‘running for the people, not the powerful’

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/democrat-jolanda-jones-texas-congress

Voters in Texas' 18th Congressional District, a heavily Democratic district in Houston, have expressed confusion about who can vote — after the boundaries were upended by a GOP gerrymander — and what November’s special election is for.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/elections/2025/10/20/533730/in-special-election-for-houston-congressional-seat-candidates-confront-a-bewildered-electorate/

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In special election for Houston congressional seat, candidates confront a bewildered electorate

Voters in the heavily Democratic district have expressed confusion about who can vote — after the boundaries were upended by a GOP gerrymander — and what November’s special election is for.

Houston Public Media
Frontrunners for 18th Congressional District special election release conflicting polling data

The campaigns for state Rep. Jolanda Jones and Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee, both Democrats, released polling data last week that showed each was the top candidate ahead of November's special election to complete the term of late U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner. In late July, the University of Houston’s Hobby School of Public Affairs released a poll that showed Menefee and another Democratic candidate, Amanda Edwards, were tied atop the race.

Houston Public Media

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This #Texas legislator - Jolanda Jones - is a powerhouse...

🔥 Re #Texas Govenor Greg #Abbott - "Respectfully, he's making up some s***."

🔥 And this - "My grandmother says this, 'If you allow yourself to be a rug, people will step on you.'"

It's so refreshing to hear straight talk, and not Washington-speak. And she makes her points powerfully.

https://youtube.com/shorts/dWvdEdop2GA?si=663Dg2N7oQkGJkyp

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Rep. Jolanda Jones shares journey as lesbian in politics

Texas State Rep. Jolanda Jones speaks with the Defender about her journey of self-discovery as an openly gay Black woman in politics.

DefenderNetwork.com