As many people in the city mourn the loss, they're waiting to learn who's going to take her spot in Congress to explain the next steps of finding a new candidate.
To explain the next steps of finding a new candidate, KPRC 2 reporters Amy Davis and Haley Hernandez spoke with University of Houston associate professor of political science Jennifer Clark.Amy Davis:
Thank you so much for joining us this morning. We want to talk about two things. Right. Because there is the remainder of Sheila Jackson Lee’s term, which is really only until January. And then who’s going to run in the November election? So can we start with the remainder of her term? We’re looking at like six months left. What happens? What’s the process?So there’s really two big questions. The first question involves filling that vacancy, as you had mentioned.
There isn’t necessarily. There is the August 26 deadline, by which they need to replace her on the ballot. But you’re going to see individuals vying for that position, and some of the things they’re going to be looking at will be name recognition, fundraising ability, and also issue positions on some of those important issues that we’ve been talking about, over the course of the past two years.
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