Special election is set to fill Moreno's seat
HoustonChronicle.com - Special election is set to fill Moreno's seat: "Gov. Rick Perry has set the special election to fill the unexpired term of the late Rep. Joe Moreno as general Election Day, Nov. 8.
Moreno, a Houston Democrat who died in a single-vehicle crash May 6 on his way from Houston to Austin, represented District 143 in east Houston and Harris County.
Those eligible to vote in the district are more than 70 percent Hispanic and historically have favored Democrats.
The governor set an Oct. 24 deadline for candidates to file their applications with the secretary of state.
The race likely will be crowded. Lawyer Ana Hernandez, who worked for Moreno and for Rep. Jessica Farrar, D-Houston, and Laura Salinas, the niece of former Reps. Diana Davila Martinez and Roman Martinez, already have announced their candidacies.
Roy Zermeno, an SBC lobbyist, also is a potential candidate, as are Dorothy Olmos, Al Flores and Reggie Gonzales, all of whom previously ran against Moreno."
Moreno, a Houston Democrat who died in a single-vehicle crash May 6 on his way from Houston to Austin, represented District 143 in east Houston and Harris County.
Those eligible to vote in the district are more than 70 percent Hispanic and historically have favored Democrats.
The governor set an Oct. 24 deadline for candidates to file their applications with the secretary of state.
The race likely will be crowded. Lawyer Ana Hernandez, who worked for Moreno and for Rep. Jessica Farrar, D-Houston, and Laura Salinas, the niece of former Reps. Diana Davila Martinez and Roman Martinez, already have announced their candidacies.
Roy Zermeno, an SBC lobbyist, also is a potential candidate, as are Dorothy Olmos, Al Flores and Reggie Gonzales, all of whom previously ran against Moreno."
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