Split Ticket: Double Election to Replace Jackson Lee

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Today is not only the general election, but also a
special election in the eighteenth Congressional District to replace Jackson Lee,
who died in July. Rice political science professor Mark Jones
says the outcome is all but assured in this heavily
Democrat district, so.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
Vester Turner will win the regular election and will represent
the district for a two year term beginning in January,
and Erica Lee Carter will win the special election and
represent the district for the remainder of Shila Jackson Lee's term.

Speaker 1 (00:25):
Carter is Jackson Lee's daughter who is looking to hold
the seat for the rest of the current term until January.
She faces two Republicans in the special election, while Turner
faces Republican Lana san Toonzi Cory Jolson. News Radio seven
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