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Late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s daughter, Erica Lee Carter, introduced Monday she is working within the particular election for the U.S. House seat previously held by her mom to complete the rest of the late congresswoman’s time period.
This comes after Jackson Lee, D-Texas, died final month on the age of 74 following a battle with pancreatic most cancers. She had represented Texas’ 18th congressional district for 30 years.
Lee Carter stated in an announcement: “I want to finish for my mom!”
“Nearly two weeks after we laid my dear mother, the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee to rest, I am humbled to thank the entire Houston community for the overwhelming outpouring of love, support and appreciation for our entire family,” Lee Carter wrote. “As I witnessed my mother’s tremendous commitment to public service and legislative acumen firsthand, the countless stories and moments that I have heard since her passing have made her ‘larger than life’ presence even more so.”
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Rep Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, died final month on the age of 74 following a battle with pancreatic most cancers. (REUTERS/Erin Scott)
“The people of the 18th Congressional District, re-elected my mother to the 118th Congress to protect their interest and uphold our democratic values,” she continued. “Congresswoman Jackson Lee kept their interests in her heart and mind until the very end. Since then, so many community leaders and democratic stalwarts have requested that I consider completing her term this year by running in the November 5th Special Election. After careful consideration, the answer is YES.”
Jackson Lee additionally beforehand battled breast most cancers, having been identified in 2011, earlier than asserting the next yr she was most cancers free.
Prior to her time in Congress, Jackson Lee served as a choose earlier than she was elected to an at-large Houston City Council seat in 1989.
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Last yr, Jackson Lee ran an unsuccessful marketing campaign for Houston mayor, dropping by a large margin to then-state Sen. John Whitmire, additionally a Democrat, earlier than asserting she would search re-election in Congress.
“My Mom was the ultimate finisher,” Lee Carter wrote. “She would stay until the latest hour at her D.C. Congressional office, she supported community events late into the evening, made calls doing the ‘people’s business’ until the wee hours of the morning, closed every important meeting with an ask, solution, or next step and never took ‘No’ as a final answer.”
Lee Carter stated she cared for her mom till her passing.
The winner of the particular election, which will probably be held on Nov. 5, would solely fill the seat for the rest of the present time period, which runs by means of Jan. 3.
Sheila Jackson Lee attends the UNCF A Mind Is…Gala at Hilton Americas-Houston on November 18, 2023, in Houston, Texas. (Marcus Ingram/Getty Images)
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A separate election, which will even be held on Nov. 5 for the final election, will probably be for the chance to carry the seat for the following Congress, which runs from Jan. 3, 2025 till Jan. 3, 2027. Harris County Democratic Party precinct chairs will meet on Tuesday to appoint a candidate in that race to run towards Republican Lana Centonze within the district thought of protected for Democrats.
Lee Carter stated if the individuals of Texas’ 18th congressional district entrust her with their vote, then she needs to finish the 118th session “in the way that [Jackson Lee] would have, by supporting justice, equality, healthcare, human rights and economic opportunity for all.”
“I call on all Harris County Democrats to unite to ensure that the people of the 118th Congressional District regain their vote on critical national issues,” Lee Carter stated. “Together, we will finish for my Mom, The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee.”
