Winner of Sylvester Turner’s Texas seat has just weeks before next election

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Houston voters participate in a runoff election Saturday to determine who will succeed the late Rep. Sylvester Turner, after nearly a year of a vacant seat, only to turn around and have a primary election just weeks later.

Texans will vote in a runoff election between Democrats Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards to determine who will fill Turner’s seat, almost a year after Democrats accused Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) of stalling on the special election.

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