Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the Democratic House leader, on Monday accused Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas of deliberately delaying a special election in a solidly Democratic district in Houston in order to cushion the House Republicans’ slim majority.
A spokesman for Mr. Abbott declined to address the Democrats’ criticism…
Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the Democratic House leader, on Monday accused Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas of deliberately delaying a special election in a solidly Democratic district in Houston in order to cushion the House Republicans’ slim majority.
A spokesman for Mr. Abbott declined to address the Democrats’ criticisms and to say whether the governor had spoken with House Republicans about the Houston seat.
“An announcement on a special election will be made at a later date,” the spokesman, Andrew Mahaleris, said in a statement.
There's definitely a little bit of "what's good for the goose is good for the gander" here, given that Jeffries was one of the people encouraging the New York legislature to rewrite the law there to allow Hochul to keep NY-21 open as long as possible. Swift special elections should be the standard everywhere and the Governor should have very limited discretion to futz with the date.
This just shows how incompetent the Democratic “leadership” is.
The sorta things are like “ you don’t advertise it, you just do it”. They advertised before there was even a vacancy. Well at least they pretend to be working.
They have a history of not fighting. Their actions show they don't care about being called out for not fighting. Worry about being criticized as not fighting is not an excuse for making tactically poor political choices.
Further, if they are worried about that, what's better for avoiding being "slagged" in the future?
(A) Saying or implying they will use a specific avenue to fight republicans, but either they do not do it or it is ultimately immaterial.
Or, (B) Fighting republicans when they actually have some level of power to do so?
Am I the only person who thinks special elections in general are a waste of time and resources?
I'd be fine with a constitutional amendment (or some other election-related legislation), stating that when House/Senate seats are vacated they are filled at the next general election (so, for example the two Florida seats would be filled in November 2025, as that is the closest general election).
TX 18:
Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the Democratic House leader, on Monday accused Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas of deliberately delaying a special election in a solidly Democratic district in Houston in order to cushion the House Republicans’ slim majority.
A spokesman for Mr. Abbott declined to address the Democrats’ criticisms and to say whether the governor had spoken with House Republicans about the Houston seat.
“An announcement on a special election will be made at a later date,” the spokesman, Andrew Mahaleris, said in a statement.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/us/texas-house-seat.html
Looks as though the seat will remain vacant at least until November. Unless there is judicial intervention.
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There's definitely a little bit of "what's good for the goose is good for the gander" here, given that Jeffries was one of the people encouraging the New York legislature to rewrite the law there to allow Hochul to keep NY-21 open as long as possible. Swift special elections should be the standard everywhere and the Governor should have very limited discretion to futz with the date.
This just shows how incompetent the Democratic “leadership” is.
The sorta things are like “ you don’t advertise it, you just do it”. They advertised before there was even a vacancy. Well at least they pretend to be working.
Everyone would have slagged these as not fighting if they had done as you suggest.
They have a history of not fighting. Their actions show they don't care about being called out for not fighting. Worry about being criticized as not fighting is not an excuse for making tactically poor political choices.
Further, if they are worried about that, what's better for avoiding being "slagged" in the future?
(A) Saying or implying they will use a specific avenue to fight republicans, but either they do not do it or it is ultimately immaterial.
Or, (B) Fighting republicans when they actually have some level of power to do so?
Yeah, "Democrats need to fight, but not like that!" is the oldest story around.
Attacking a strawman is an even older story.
Am I the only person who thinks special elections in general are a waste of time and resources?
I'd be fine with a constitutional amendment (or some other election-related legislation), stating that when House/Senate seats are vacated they are filled at the next general election (so, for example the two Florida seats would be filled in November 2025, as that is the closest general election).
sadly,this is American politics business as usual...the ONLY thing that matters is party power not serving the people.
They were trying to tie the fates of both the seats which failed after Trump withdrew.