Early voting in the race for a US House seat in Houston opened on Monday, with two candidates leading a field of 16 people running—Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee and former Houston City Councilmember Amanda Edwards. Election Day is Nov. 4.
The election is to fill the 18th Congressional District seat, which was left vacant after the death of former Rep. Sylvester Turner on March 5. The district includes much of central Houston.
Marcos Vélez—a labor leader from Houston—is running for Lt. Gov., a role he says hasn’t represented real working class Texans for far too long.
Does Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s view of Texas reflect most Texans’ reality?
WATCH: Democratic US Senate nominee James Talarico calls out Republican Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton, for their “control, cruelty, and corruption,” during the Dallas County Democratic Party Convention on Saturday.
Talarico will face one of the two candidates in the general election on Nov. 3.
