HOUSTON — Election day is inching closer, and a top race will determine who’ll fill the vacant District 18 seat in Congress. It’s been vacant since Congressman Sylvester Turner’s passing nearly nine months ago. A new University of Houston Hobby report shows just how close that race could be.

With 16 candidates, it’s a pretty stacked list of people hoping to win the spot. But according to data collected in the survey Christian Menefee, Amanda Edwards and Jolanda Jones may just round out the top three with chances of a runoff.

The District 18 seat has seen two vacancies in a year’s time. The first was with longtime Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee's death, and nine months ago with Congressman and former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner’s death.

“One of the biggest issues for people are civi

See Full Page