Houston Public Media<p>Gov. Greg Abbott has until the end of the day Friday to call a special election for Texas’ 18th Congressional District to get the race on the ballot for the May 3 election. If he doesn’t, the seat could stay vacant for months.</p><p><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/elections/2025/03/28/517153/clock-ticks-down-for-gov-abbott-to-call-special-election-for-late-sylvester-turners-congressional-seat/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">houstonpublicmedia.org/article</span><span class="invisible">s/news/politics/elections/2025/03/28/517153/clock-ticks-down-for-gov-abbott-to-call-special-election-for-late-sylvester-turners-congressional-seat/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Houston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Houston</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Local</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/National" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>National</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/18thCongressionalDistrict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18thCongressionalDistrict</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmandaEdwards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmandaEdwards</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CongressmanSylvesterTurner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CongressmanSylvesterTurner</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HarrisCountyAttorneyChristianMenefee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisCountyAttorneyChristianMenefee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpecialElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpecialElection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasGovernorGregAbbott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TexasGovernorGregAbbott</span></a></p>