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 Chris Bell Special Election Runoff Set by Governor Goodhair

November 18th, 2008 by Webmaster

  • On the Gulf Coast, Senate District 17 is in play with a December runoff election - former gubernatorial candidate Chris Bell is our candidate.
  • Gov. Rick Perry today announced a special runoff election to fill the vacancy in Senate District 17 to be held on Dec. 16, 2008. A special election to fill the seat left vacant by the resignation of Sen. Kyle Janek was held during the November 4 general election; however no candidate received a majority of the votes, as mandated by state law. Early voting will run from December 8 through December 12.
  • Read a message from State Senator Kirk Watson on this important battleground race. The future of the next legislative session is at stake.