Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) has yet to call a special election to fill recently deceased Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner’s seat in Texas’s 18th Congressional District.
He blamed Harris County’s abilities in conducting elections for his delay in announcing an election for the seat, which has been vacant for nearly a month since Turner died on March 5.
“Listen, there’s gonna be time to do it,” Abbott said in an interview with Nexstar Media Group. “Know this, that election is in Harris County and Harris County is a repeat failure as it concerns operating elections. Had I called that very quickly, it could have led to a failure in that election just like Harris County has failed in other elections. They need to have adequate time to operate a fair and accurate election, not a crazy election like what they’ve conducted in the past.
“I will be announcing that sometime soon, but I wanna make sure that Harris County has all the opportunity to get this right, unlike what they’ve done in the past,” he added.
