Gov. Greg Abbott has set Nov. 4 as the special election date to fill the congressional seat left vacant by former Rep.

A date is now set to fill the seat after the late Congressman Sylvester Turner died last month, and Gov. Greg Abbott proclaimed it will be held Nov. 4.

Former Houston Mayor and U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner’s hearse arrives the House Chamber for a memorial service at Texas State Capitol in Austin, Thursday, March 13, 2025. Turner will lie in state ...

A longtime public servant, Turner served in the Texas House of Representatives for many years before he was elected Houston’s mayor in 2016 and 2020.

Republicans hold a tiny majority in the House, creating an incentive for Abbott to hold off on calling an election for Turner ...

House Democrats are likely to sue Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for not holding a special election for House District 18, which has ...

Edwards unsuccessfully ran for the seat twice last year. She faced off against U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in the 2024 ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has yet to set a date for the special election to replace the late Rep. Sylvester Turner.

Sylvester Turner at his funeral Saturday at the Church ... and at the Capitol in Austin on Thursday and Friday. Ashley Turner Captain, Turner's daughter, said her father taught her how to speak ...

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

The public was invited to attend the funeral, but the church released a statement saying that they had reached capacity for the service.

Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott is blaming a history of election problems in the state’s most populous county for his delay in calling for a special election to fill the seat of Democratic U.S. Rep.