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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has scheduled the runoff date for the special election to complete the term of late U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner. The runoff will be held Saturday, Jan. 31, the governor announced Monday, with early voting running from Jan. 21-27.

Acting Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee and former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwards, both Democrats, qualified for the runoff for the Texas 18 th Congressional District special election. Menefee led the first round of voting Nov. 4 , receiving 28.9% of the vote in a 16-candidate race, while Edwards placed second with 25.6%.

"The runoff gives both candidates a chance to be able to reset things," University of Houston political scientist Brandon Rottinghaus said, "and although Menef

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