A special election for Texas’ 18th Congressional District has been called for Nov. 4 – which will be nearly eight months after the death of U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner left the Houston seat vacant.
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Five Democratic state lawmakers from Houston are urging Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special election for the vacancy in Texas' 18th Congressional District after the Republican governor did not put the seat on the May 3 ballot.
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The Texas Election Code requires the governor to call a special election to fill a vacant office. Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, allowed two key deadlines to pass that prevented the solidly Democratic seat from being on the May 3 ballot.
Residents of Texas’ 18th Congressional District – a solidly Democratic district centered in Houston – could face months without representation in Washington.
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Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, let two key deadlines pass to call a May special election to fill the seat of the late Democratic U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner. Unless Abbott deems filling the seat an emergency, the next opportunity to call a special election won’t come until November.
Sylvester Turner chosen as Democratic nominee for Texas’ 18th Congressional District in November
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The former Houston mayor narrowly defeated former Houston City Council Member Amanda Edwards in a two-round contest, decided by just under 80 Harris County Democratic Party precinct chairs.
Democratic precinct chairs will meet Tuesday evening to choose Sheila Jackson Lee’s replacement on the November congressional ballot
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Eight candidates are vying for the votes of 88 elected precinct chairs, in a contest to be held at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church’s gymnasium at 6 p.m. Texas’ 18th Congressional District, centered in Houston, is solidly blue.
Longtime Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston political giant who in June announced she had pancreatic cancer, has died at age 74.
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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has reclaimed the Democratic mantle that she’s long held in Texas’ 18th Congressional District. She fended off a well-funded primary challenge by former Houston City Council Member Amanda Edwards.
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Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee is fighting to keep the seat she’s held for nearly three decades.
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Questions of age and experience versus youth and fresh perspectives — plus the legacy of a recent loss in the Houston mayoral race — are set to make the primary Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee’s toughest reelection contest in decades.
Amanda Edwards outraised Sheila Jackson Lee by more than 10-to-1 in the last quarter, FEC filings reveal
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Former Houston City Council Member Edwards raised nearly $272,000 towards her bid for the Democratic nomination in Texas’ 18th Congressional District in the final three months of 2023. Congresswoman Jackson Lee raised just $23,000.
Jackson Lee has been one of Houston’s most high-profile representatives for several decades and typically has not had serious primary challengers. That will be different in 2024.
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