The district has been a Democratic stronghold, held for decades by Sheila Jackson Lee and most recently by former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, who died March 5.

Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee submitted his bid on Saturday for the now vacant congressional seat of the late U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner. According to a Federal Election Commission document filed Saturday evening by Menefee's campaign,

In 2020, former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner made Houston the first city in the U.S to create an entire office dedicated to the prevention of human trafficking — and the need for it was ripe. But specifics as to any recent work through the Mayor's Office of Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence Prevention has been unclear this year,

The former Houston mayor’s funeral drew more than 1,000 mourners on Saturday, including 20 of his congressional colleagues from both political parties.

Sylvester Turner served as Houston mayor and in Congress after serving 27 years in the Texas House. He died March 4.