Emily Jacobs is a congressional reporter for the Washington Examiner. She began her career at Fox News Channel as a ticker writer and then moved to the New York Post's politics team as a national political reporter.
The 2023 elections may not have the fireworks of 2024, but there is still plenty up for grabs. In this"off-year," most of which takes place on Nov. 7, Virginia will be keenly watched, particularly by followers of Gov. Glenn Youngkin, and whether he can springboard Republican success into national aspirations. Meanwhile, the governor's mansion is up for grabs in Kentucky and Mississippi.
Jackson Lee has represented part of the Houston area, which currently has three members in the House given its mass and population size, since 1995. That’s more than two decades after Whitmire, the longest-serving state senator in Texas’s history, entered the state legislature representing the nation’s fourth-largest city.
Whitmire has led Jackson Lee in polling that excludes other candidates by double digits, though that gap could close between the Nov. 7 general election and the eventual two-way showdown. Jackson Lee has promoted her Hill experience as a necessary asset to ensure Houston can tap into millions in untouched federal funds.
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