Elections

On Friday, December 21st, Governor Greg Abbott issued a proclamation announcing Tuesday, January 29, 2019 as the special election date to fill the Texas House of Representatives District soon to be vacated by Representative Joe Pickett, who is retiring from the Legislature.

On Friday, December 21st in Austin, Carol Alvarado (D-Houston) was sworn in as the new Texas Senator for District 6, and also resigned her seat as the Texas House Member from District 145. Governor Greg Abbott issued a proclamation announcing Tuesday, January 29, 2019 as the special election date to fill the Texas House of Representatives District seat recently vacated by former Representative Carol Alvarado.

State Representative Carol Alvarado (D-Houston) won last night’s special election for Texas Senate District 6. Alvarado received 7,602 votes (50.4 percent) against three challengers, narrowly avoiding an expected runoff.

Early voting concluded in the Texas Senate District 6 special election on Friday December 7th, with 10,011 voters casting ballots.

James Talarico and Reggie Smith will serve in the Texas House of Representatives.

Voting locations for the State Senate special election, which start on November 26th.

Four candidates are running for the Texas Senate District 6 seat.

Rep. Carol Alvarado and Rep. Ana Hernandez have filed to run for State Senator Sylvia Garcia's seat in lieu of being elected to the U.S. Congress.

Gina Calanni defeated Mike Schofield for a seat in the Texas House of Representatives.

Carl Sherman Sr. has been elected to the Texas House of Representatives.