via Christian Menefee & Jolanda Jones' campaigns

Two of the frontrunners in a crowded field for November’s 18th Congressional District special election have released contradicting polling data showing each of them as the top candidate.

Last Thursday, state Rep. Jolanda Jones, who represents Texas' 147th District in Houston, released polling data conducted by the survey company Blueprint Polling, which showed her as the leading candidate in the race.

One day later, fellow Democrat Christian Menefee, the acting Harris County Attorney, released his own polling data from Lake Research Polling, which showed him and Jones in a first-place tie in the special election to complete the term of late U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner, a Democrat who died in March . The poll shared by Menefee’s campaign

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