The contest coincides with the state’s November uniform election, when voters across Texas will already be at the polls to decide local offices and ballot measures.

The election for the North Texas seat held by former state Sen. Kelly Hancock will be held Tuesday, Nov. 4, Gov. Greg Abbott ordered on Friday.

Gov. Greg Abbott has set Nov. 4 as the special election date to fill the congressional seat left vacant by former Rep. Sylvester Turner’s death — a timeline that leaves the solidly Democratic ...

WASHINGTON — A congressional seat in a heavily Democratic Houston-area district will remain vacant for another seven months under a proclamation by Gov. Greg Abbott setting the special election ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced Friday that the special election to fill the vacant seat left by the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee will be held Nov. 5, the same day as the general election.

TEXAS, USA — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday he has issued a proclamation setting May 7 as the special election day for two proposed constitutional amendments in Texas.

Gov. Greg Abbott has selected Jan. 23 as the date of the special election to fill the seat of state Rep. Drew Springer, R-Muenster, who recently won a promotion to the Texas Senate.

Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday called a June 14 special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela, D-Brownsville, in a South Texas seat that Republicans are working to flip.

Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday set a special election for Nov. 4 to fill the Texas Senate seat vacated by Republican Kelly Hancock, who resigned from the Legislature earlier this month to become the ...

Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday set a special election to fill former U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s seat for the remainder of the term on Nov. 5, the same day as the general election.