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A special election for Texas’ 18th Congressional District has been called for Nov. 4 – which will be nearly eight months after the death of U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner left the Houston seat vacant.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/elections/2025/04/07/518132/texas-governor-calls-november-special-election-for-houstons-vacant-congressional-seat/

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Longtime Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston political giant who in June announced she had pancreatic cancer, has died at age 74.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/obituary/2024/07/19/494185/congresswoman-sheila-jackson-lee-dies-at-74/

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Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee is fighting to keep the seat she’s held for nearly three decades.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/election-2024/2024/02/27/478836/sheila-jackson-lee-amanda-edwards-likely-heading-to-photo-finish-in-tx-18-democratic-primary/

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