It is now more than a month since the death of Congressman Sylvester Turner, and Governor Greg Abbott still has not called a special election to fill the vacant seat representing Texas's 18th Congressional District. Abbott is now blaming "election problems" in Harris County for his delay, though Teneshia Hudspeth, the county's chief elec…
It is now more than a month since the death of Congressman Sylvester Turner, and Governor Greg Abbott still has not called a special election to fill the vacant seat representing Texas's 18th Congressional District. Abbott is now blaming "election problems" in Harris County for his delay, though Teneshia Hudspeth, the county's chief elections officer, calls that excuse "nonsense." Abbott's true election problem is that the district will almost certainly elect a Democrat.
It is now more than a month since the death of Congressman Sylvester Turner, and Governor Greg Abbott still has not called a special election to fill the vacant seat representing Texas's 18th Congressional District. Abbott is now blaming "election problems" in Harris County for his delay, though Teneshia Hudspeth, the county's chief elections officer, calls that excuse "nonsense." Abbott's true election problem is that the district will almost certainly elect a Democrat.