Texas Senate special election Saturday previews Democratic primary runoff coming later this month

Sign up for the We the Texans newsletter to receive twice-monthly updates on our year-long initiative dedicated to boosting civic engagement and chronicling how democracy is experienced in Texas. Voters in parts of Houston and Harris County are heading to the polls Saturday to decide who will serve out the remaining months of John Whitmire’s term in the Texas Senate, filling the vacancy left by the longtime Democrat’s move to City Hall. On the ballot in Saturday’s special election are a pair of Democrats, state Rep. Jarvis Johnson and emergency...