{"id":16717,"date":"2025-04-01T07:45:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T07:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/abbott-delays-calling-a-special-house-election-democrats-cry-foul\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T07:45:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T07:45:51","slug":"abbott-delays-calling-a-special-house-election-democrats-cry-foul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/abbott-delays-calling-a-special-house-election-democrats-cry-foul\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbott Delays Calling a Special House Election. Democrats Cry Foul."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the Democratic House leader, on Monday accused Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas of deliberately delaying a special election in a solidly Democratic district in Houston in order to cushion the House Republicans\u2019 slim majority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Jeffries said in an interview that Mr. Abbott had been \u201cfeverishly working to deny representation to the people of Houston\u201d and to help Republicans in the House pass a budget favored by President Trump that is expected to include cuts to Medicaid and other services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cHouse Republicans are running scared legislatively and politically, which is why Gov. Greg Abbott is slow-walking the special election to replace Sylvester Turner,\u201d Mr. Jeffries said. \u201cThey are rigging the system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Republicans hold a slim 218-to-213 majority over Democrats, but two open House seats in Florida are likely to be filled by Republicans after a special election on Tuesday. Mr. Trump also <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/27\/us\/politics\/stefanik-trump-cabinet.html\" title=\"\">pulled his nomination of Representative Elise Stefanik<\/a> to the United Nations, fearing that a vacant seat in her New York district could be won by a Democrat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Two House Democrats, Representatives Sylvester Turner of Texas and Ra\u00fal M. Grijalva of Arizona, died in the early months of this Congress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Texas governor had until the end of last week to call a special election in time for the vote in Mr. Turner\u2019s 18th Congressional District to be held on May 3, the next regularly scheduled Election Day in the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Instead, Mr. Abbott, a Republican, did not act, and has not said when he will call the election to replace Mr. Turner, who <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/05\/us\/politics\/sylvester-turner-dead.html\" title=\"\">died on March 5 after two months in office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">By doing so, Mr. Abbott has helped House Republicans. Democrats in New York, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/03\/nyregion\/jeffries-stefanik-house-ny.html\" title=\"\">with Mr. Jeffries\u2019s encouragement,<\/a> had threatened a similar gambit for Ms. Stefanik\u2019s seat before Mr. Trump left her in it. Meanwhile, Arizona\u2019s Democratic governor, Katie Hobbs, has decided to leave a heavily Democratic House seat in Tucson, Ariz., vacant until after a special election in September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Abbott is not explicitly required to call a special election by law, though he has usually done so within days or weeks after similar congressional vacancies. He has the power to schedule an emergency special election, or he could wait and call it for the next regularly scheduled election, in November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Or he could try not to call it at all and hold the seat open until 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At a news conference in Houston on Monday, one of the Democratic <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/17\/us\/houston-house-seat.html\" title=\"\">candidates for the open seat, Christian Menefee<\/a>, stood near a poster highlighting how swiftly Mr. Abbott had called for other special elections. He called on the governor to schedule an election for June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cGovernor Abbott has acted on this responsibility before,\u201d said Mr. Menefee, the Harris County attorney. \u201cThe 18th Congressional District is not a political toy,\u201d he added, addressing the governor. \u201cYour silence is suppression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Menefee said that if the governor tried not to call a special election at all, he would file suit against him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The 18th Congressional District includes some of Houston\u2019s oldest Black communities as well as its downtown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis moment requires us to place people over politics,\u201d said Amanda Edwards, a former City Council member and another Democratic candidate for Mr. Turner\u2019s seat. \u201cFailure to do so will leave the nearly 800,000 community members unrepresented.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Some political observers said that while Mr. Abbott could have called the election for May, doing so would have created potential logistical challenges for the county given the relatively tight time frame. And Mr. Abbott had little incentive to rush.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cNot holding the election until November (or perhaps in the summer) will provide concrete legislative benefits to Speaker Johnson and President Trump,\u201d Mark P. Jones, a professor of political science at Rice University, wrote in an email. Those hurt are House Democrats like Mr. Jeffries, he said, and voters in the district who have not supported the governor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Jones added that the governor could wait until November and still be on solid legal ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A spokesman for Mr. Abbott declined to address the Democrats\u2019 criticisms and to say whether the governor had spoken with House Republicans about the Houston seat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cAn announcement on a special election will be made at a later date,\u201d the spokesman, Andrew Mahaleris, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/31\/us\/texas-house-seat.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the Democratic House leader, on Monday accused Gov. 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