Next month’s special election in a heavily Democratic House district in Houston includes more than a dozen candidates vying to succeed the late Rep. Sylvester Turner.
Yet the crowded field of contenders shares a common opponent: voter confusion.
Responding to pressure from President Donald Trump to bolster the GOP’s chances of maintaining its narrow House majority, Texas Republicans redrew the state’s congressional map this summer. The new lines are subject to a lawsuit, but if they hold, residents from Dallas to South Texas will find themselves in new districts in time for next year’s midterm elections.
