Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Tuesday set the date for a Nov. 4 special election to fill the late Rep. Sylvester Turner’s (D-Texas) House seat, which has been vacant since early March.

A special election to replace U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner in Congress will take place Nov. 4, Gov. Greg Abbott’s office announced Monday. It’s the second time the seat has needed to be refilled ...

Greg Abbott is actually doing it. Houston-area Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner died on March 5. State law does not specify a deadline for the governor to order a special election. But Texas had ...

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Greg Abbott signed ... more than $12 million to Abbott’s campaign last cycle, as the governor sought to unseat anti-voucher Republicans in the 2024 primary election. Abbott was joined on stage ...