A special election will be held in the coming months, according to state law.
After seven months without representation, voters in Houston's historic 18th Congressional District will finally choose their next voice in Congress on Nov. 4.
Sylvester Turner was among the 17 or so hopefuls bidding to succeed the longtime congresswoman, who died last month.
The announcement on Monday came more than a week after Erica Lee Carter and her brother backed former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner as their mother's successor for the next Congress.
As many as 17 candidates threw their hat into the ring to replace the 15-term lawmaker, but one emerged as the choice of Sheila Jackson Lee's son and daughter.
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