Precinct chairs in Texas’s 18th Congressional District chose former Houston mayor Sylvester Turner to replace the late Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee on the November ballot for the House seat, virtually assuring Turner will be the next Representative in the heavily Democratic district.
As described by the Washington Post, the precinct chairs seemed to play a version of musical chairs because they physically had to stand in specific corners of the room to signify their support for candidates. After an initial voice vote saw no one win a clear majority, the precinct chairs stood in groups to show support for a candidate, until it was down to won the final stand-off against former city council member Amanda Edwards. Turner, who left office after two terms in January, will now face a Republican sacrificial lamb in November.