Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, let two key deadlines pass to call a May special election to fill the seat of the late ...

Menefee has served as county attorney for more than four years, and recently announced a campaign to replace Turner, who died ...

Sylvester Turner at times said he dreamed of working in one of the buildings overlooking downtown. Now, one of those ...

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo has endorsed Christian Menefee in the race to replace U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner in Congress ...

Former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwards on Wednesday joined former County Attorney Christian Menefee and former ...

Amanda Edwards announced Wednesday that she will run for late U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner’s seat to represent Texas' 18th ...

Nominee Amanda Harris watches as the Harris County precinct chairs vote for a new candidate to replace U.S. Rep. Sheila ...

Turner had just started his first term in Congress replacing his longtime friend U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died in July after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Menefee has the backing of ...

The freshman Texas Democrat filled the seat of longtime House Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee, who died last summer from pancreatic cancer. Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) has not announced when the special ...

Turner, too, had just won the election to replace his longtime friend U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died in July following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Menefee filed to run for the position ...

Former Houston City Council member Carroll G. Robinson, who she met while in high school, and Jackson Lee were also her mentors. "Sheila did not mentor by taking you to lunch or coffee," Thomas said.

Last year, Abbott did not call an emergency special election after Jackson Lee’s death and just held the race on the same day as the general election. If he were to do so again, the next ...