The first finance reports come a week after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who was criticized for not putting the election on the May 3 ballot, issued an afternoon proclamation scheduling the special ...

HOUSTON — Candidates running to represent Texas’s 18th Congressional District are ramping up campaign efforts following Gov. Greg Abbott’s announcement that a special election to fill the ...

HOUSTON — Democratic leaders in Washington are calling on Texas Governor Greg Abbott to schedule a special election to fill the vacant 18th Congressional District seat following the death of ...

Sylvester Turner. Turner, a former Houston mayor, died March 5, just a few weeks into his first term in Congress as the representative for Texas's 18th Congressional District. The solidly ...

Candidates for the congressional seat in the 28th district include U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, and former Rep. Mayra Flores, a Republican. Credit: The Texas Tribune Audio recording is ...

Turner, who represented the 760,000 people of Texas' 18th Congressional District, died suddenly on March 5.