When Texas Rep. Jolanda Jones fled the state to break quorum earlier this year, joining House Democrats who refused to vote on what they believed was a racially gerrymandered redistricting map, she lost valuable time needed to raise funds and campaign for the District 18 U.S. Congressional seat.

While Jones was in Chicago and other destinations she hasn’t disclosed, her major opponents — Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee and former Houston City Councilwoman Amanda Edwards — were pounding the pavement and stocking their war chests in preparation for the November 4 election.

Did the quorum break hurt Jones’ chances of making it to a Democratic runoff? With about a month before early voting begins to fill the unexpired term of the late U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner, that remains to

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