Sylvester Turner to succeed the late Sheila Jackson Lee
Former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner won Texas’s 18th Congressional District by a nearly a 40 percentage point margin, Decision Desk HQ has projected. The Democrat will replace the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), who died after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this summer.
Jackson Lee’s children endorsed Turner to fill the seat in her absence.
“We have no doubt Mayor Turner will carry on our mother’s legacy of service because we’ve witnessed it almost our entire lives,” Jackson Lee’s family wrote in a statement. “Our mother had no greater partner than Mayor Turner and he honors her with his willingness to dutifully and humbly serve as a sturdy bridge to the next generation of leadership for the historic 18th Congressional District of Texas.”
The Lone Star State also held a special election Tuesday to determine who would represent the district’s constituents until Turner takes office in January.
Erica Lee Carter, Jackson Lee’s daughter was elected to fill the vacancy over the next two months.
“I am humbled by the trust the voters of Texas’ 18th Congressional District have placed in me to represent them in Congress,” Lee Carter wrote in a statement posted on the social platform X. “I am deeply honored to follow in the footsteps of my mother, Sheila Jackson Lee, whose dedication to our community has shaped the path I now walk.”
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