Voters in Texas’ 18th District waited months for an election. They’ll soon have two more.

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Voters in Texas’ 18th Congressional District, who have been without representation in Congress since March, now face back-to-back elections for the seat, to be held only weeks apart next year.

Voters this month finally got to vote in a special election to decide who would finish the term of Rep. Sylvester Turner, a Democrat who died eight months ago. But none of the candidates won a majority, so the top two candidates — acting Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee and former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwards, both Democrats — must now go to a runoff.

Under deadlines in state law, Gov. Greg Abbott could schedule the runoff for no later than the end