HOUSTON - The race to fill late U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner’s seat in Congress is headed to a runoff.

Democrats Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards were the top two voter-getters in Tuesday's election.

Why is the race headed to a runoff?

In order to win the election on Tuesday, a candidate would have needed to get more than 50% of the vote. Because no single candidate got more than 50% of the vote, the race will head to a runoff between the top two candidates who got the most votes.

There was no primary election to narrow down the field of candidates, so 16 names appeared on the Nov. 4 ballot.

Why was a special election held?

U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner died on March 5, leaving his seat vacant.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called for a special election on Nov. 4 to elect the person who w

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