The race to fill a Texas congressional seat has candidates but no election date more than three weeks after Rep. Sylvester Turner’s death left a vacancy in a stronghold for Democrats, who are eager to cut into Republicans’ narrow U.S. House majority.

Harris County Democratic leaders made their choice to represent the party in the November election.

Because Jackson Lee died after winning the Democratic primary, Texas Democratic officials will get to decide who replaces her on the November ballot.

At least three Democrats are considering bids for the Houston-area seat. But Texas Democratic officials — not voters — will decide who will be on the November ballot.

Lee, a Houston Democrat, said she plans to continue serving but could have some occasional absences from Congress.

Sheila Jackson Lee defeated Amanda Edwards in the most competitive primary of her congressional career.

Jackson Lee faces off against Amanda Edwards, her most formidable congressional opponent in three decades.

State Sen. John Whitmire, a fellow Houston Democrat, defeated Jackson Lee in a landslide Saturday.

State Sen. John Whitmire, first elected in 1982, and U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, in office since 1995, could be vacating seats that haven’t been open for decades. The election calendar, however, may bring a tough decision for one or both.

Edwards joins a field that already includes two well-known names: veteran state Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, and Chris Hollins, the former Harris County clerk who oversaw election changes in 2020 that became a lightning rod for Republicans.