After Sylvester Turner's death, it's up to Gov. Greg Abbott to set an election date. Politics shouldn't mean that the 18th ...

With the death of U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner, the Constitution gives Gov. Greg Abbott the power to decide when to call an ...

Just weeks after Rep. Sylvester Turner assumed office, his tragic passing means that the 18th Congressional District seat is ...

Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas, who long served as the mayor of Houston, died Tuesday night at the age of 70.

Sheila Jackson Lee, who died after a fight with pancreatic ... Turner’s seat will need to be filled by a special election. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has the authority to call that special ...

"As a mark of respect for his public service as state representative, mayor, and congressman, it is fitting that flags be lowered to half staff," Abbott said.

U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas, who died this month just weeks into first term in Congress, was scheduled to lie in ...

Greg Abbott is in a position to hand U.S. House ... Just last year after U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston, died in July, Abbott set the special election for November to cover the final ...

Greg Abbott ordered flags in Texas immediately ... through final interment," Abbott said. When longtime Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer last summer ...

Texas Congressman and former Mayor of Houston Sylvester Turner died suddenly at the age of 70, and while no special election has been announced to fill his vacant seat, potential candidates such ...