Abbott Sets Nov. 5 Special Election for Jackson Lee Seat

Gov. Abbott Sets Nov. 5 Special Election for Jackson Lee Seat

Abbott Sets Nov. 5 Special Election for Jackson Lee Seat

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has set a special election for Nov. 5 to fill the vacant seat of the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, coinciding with the general election, The Hill reported Friday.

Candidates must submit their applications to Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson’s office by Aug. 22. Jackson Lee, who represented Texas’s 18th District, died in July at the age of 74. She had pancreatic cancer.

Her family announced her death on X.

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