Republicans may be cooking up a mess in Texas

Democrats last carried Texas in a presidential election 49 years ago, last elected a U.S. senator there in 1986 and have lost all statewide elections since 1994. Texas Republicans could, however, ... Read More

Texas governor under fire after pushing special election to November - ABC News

Republicans have 220 seats to Democrats' 213, and the special election would most likely install a new Democrat in the seat, given the district's Democratic lean, cutting back on the GOP majority. Read More

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sets November special election for deep-blue House seat

WASHINGTON — Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday said he had selected Nov. 4 as the date for the special election to fill the House seat that had been occupied by the late Rep. Sylvester ... Read More

Special election date set to fill Gerry Connolly seat in deep-blue Va. district - Fox News

Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Va., has set Sept. 9 for a special election to fill the late Rep. Gerry Connolly's House seat; six Democrats and two Republicans are running for it. Read More

Texas governor calls November special election for Houston’s vacant congressional seat

Texas' 18th Congressional District has been without a representative since the March 5 death of U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner. A special election for the vacant seat has been scheduled for Nov. 4. Read More

Hakeem Jeffries threatens lawsuit over delayed Texas special election - MSN

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., is threatening a lawsuit against Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott for holding off on calling a special election to fill a vacant House seat in ... Read More

Arizona special election to fill Raúl Grijalva's seat. What to know - azcentral.com

The deadline is June 16 to register to vote in the special primary election in Arizona's 7th Congressional District. Two days later, early voting begins. Candidates are running to fill the vacant ... Read More

Florida special election winners keep 2 House seats in Republican hands - CBS News

The other special election, in Florida's 1st Congressional District in the state's Panhandle, fills the vacancy left by former Rep. Matt Gaetz, whose nomination to be attorney general was derailed ... Read More

Texas Gov. Abbott sets special election to fill Congressional seat – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

After being threatened with a lawsuit, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott set a date for a special election to fill a Congressional seat vacated by the death of Democratic U.S. Rep. Sylvester ... Read More

Hakeem Jeffries threatens lawsuit over delayed Texas special election - NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

And in two cases, responding to vacancies in seats represented by each party, Abbott declared an emergency special election to limit the time a seat remained open — in 2022 after Democratic Rep ... Read More

Clock ticks down for Texas governor to call special election for late Sylvester Turner’s congressional seat

Elections Clock ticks down for Texas governor to call special election for late Sylvester Turner’s congressional seat. Gov. Greg Abbott has until the end of the day Friday to call a special ... Read More

Republicans win U.S. House seats in Florida special election

April 1 (UPI) --Two Republicans won in Florida's special election Tuesday night to expand the GOP's narrow majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. Republican Randy Fine will take over ... Read More