By Kizzy Cox ·Updated August 16, 2024
Former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner won a nail-biter runoff Tuesday to become the Democratic nominee for Texas’ 18th Congressional District, a seat vacated by the late Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, the Texas Tribune reports.
With too little time for another primary, the nomination was decided by a committee of 88 Democratic Party officials. Turner came in first with 41 votes, while former Houston City Council member
