Texas - Texas State Representative Jolanda Jones announced she is running for Texas' 18th Congressional District seat, the position formerly held by the late Congressman Sylvester Turner and the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.

Jones released a statement to say she will run to full the unexpired term of the late Congressman Sylvester Turner.

Jolanda Jones joins race for Texas 18th Congressional District

The State Rep. says she wanted to wait to announce her candidacy until after the legislative session ended.

What they're saying:

"It’s incredibly humbling to know that the next representative from CD-18 will stand on the shoulders of Sylvester Turner, Sheila Jackson Lee, Craig Washington, Mickey Leland, and Barbara Jordan. I take that very seriously.

I also take my duties to m

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