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

Texas 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 Turner. Read More

Gov. Greg Abbott sets date for special election in Houston area congressional district - Dallas News

WASHINGTON — A congressional seat in a heavily Democratic Houston-area district will remain vacant for another seven months under a proclamation by Gov. Greg Abbott setting the special election ... Read More

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

And on July 19, after Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, who represented the same 18th Congressional District seat in Houston as Turner, died in office, Abbott on Aug. 2 set a special election for ... Read More

Gov. Abbott announces November election for vacant seat amid Democratic criticism of delays - CBS News

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday that a special election to fill the late Democratic U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner's seat won't be held until November and defended the timing by renewing ... Read More

Gov. Abbott calls Harris County ‘a repeat failure’ in elections, explains delay in calling special election - Click2Houston

A month after U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner’s death, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott explains his reasoning on why he has delayed in calling for a special election to fill the seat representing parts of ... Read More

Abbott blames Harris County elections problems for delay in filling vacant congressional seat - NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

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 ... 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

Gov. Greg Abbott sets Nov. 4 special election for open state Senate seat

The contest coincides with the state’s November uniform election, when voters across Texas will already be at the polls to decide local offices and ballot measures. Read More

Abbott sets November special election to replace Sylvester Turner in House - The Hill

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 ... Read More

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls for Nov. 4 special election date - USA TODAY

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said that a special election to fill the U.S. House seat left vacant by late Rep. Sylvester Turner will take place on Nov. 4. Read More