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Late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s daughter running for mother’s old House seat: ‘I want to finish for my mom!’

Late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s daughter running for mother’s old House seat: ‘I want to finish for my mom!’

Late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s daughter, Erica Lee Carter, announced Monday she is running in the special election for the U.S. House seat formerly held by her mother to finish the remainder of the late congresswoman’s term. This comes after Jackson Lee, D-Texas, died last month at the age of 74 following a battle with pancreatic cancer. She had represented Texas’ 18th congressional district for 30 years. Lee Carter said in a statement: “I want to finish for my mom!” “Nearly two weeks after we laid my dear mother, the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee to rest, I am humbled to thank the entire Houston community for the overwhelming outpouring of love, support and appreciation for our entire family,” Lee Carter wrote. “As I witnessed my mother’s tremendous commitment to public service and legislative acumen firsthand, the countless stories and moments that I have heard since her passing have made her ‘larger than life’ presence even more so.” REP. SHEILA JACKSON LEE HAS PASSED AWAY AFTER BATTLE WITH PANCREATIC CANCER “The people of the 18th Congressional District, re-elected my mother to the 118th Congress to protect their interest and uphold our democratic values,” she continued. “Congresswoman Jackson Lee kept their interests in her heart and mind until the very end. Since then, so many community leaders and democratic stalwarts have requested that I consider completing her term this year by running in the November 5th Special Election. After careful consideration, the answer is YES.” Jackson Lee also previously battled breast cancer, having been diagnosed in 2011, before announcing the following year she was cancer free. Prior to her time in Congress, Jackson Lee served as a judge before she was elected to an at-large Houston City Council seat in 1989. KAMALA HARRIS TO ATTEND REP. SHEILA JACKSON LEE’S FUNERAL IN TEXAS Last year, Jackson Lee ran an unsuccessful campaign for Houston mayor, losing by a wide margin to then-state Sen. John Whitmire, also a Democrat, before announcing she would seek re-election in Congress. “My Mom was the ultimate finisher,” Lee Carter wrote. “She would stay until the latest hour at her D.C. Congressional office, she supported community events late into the evening, made calls doing the ‘people’s business’ until the wee hours of the morning, closed every important meeting with an ask, solution, or next step and never took ‘No’ as a final answer.” Lee Carter said she cared for her mother until her passing. The winner of the special election, which will be held on Nov. 5, would only fill the seat for the remainder of the current term, which runs through Jan. 3. A separate election, which will also be held on Nov. 5 for the general election, will be for the opportunity to hold the seat for the next Congress, which runs from Jan. 3, 2025 until Jan. 3, 2027. Harris County Democratic Party precinct chairs will meet on Tuesday to nominate a candidate in that race to run against Republican Lana Centonze in the district considered safe for Democrats. Lee Carter said if the people of Texas’ 18th congressional district entrust her with their vote, then she wishes to complete the 118th session “in the way that [Jackson Lee] would have, by supporting justice, equality, healthcare, human rights and economic opportunity for all.” “I call on all Harris County Democrats to unite to ensure that the people of the 118th Congressional District regain their vote on critical national issues,” Lee Carter said. “Together, we will finish for my Mom, The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee.”

Rural residents reveal how they feel about Gov Walz’s ‘very liberal’ policies: ‘We’re mini California’

Rural residents reveal how they feel about Gov Walz’s ‘very liberal’ policies: ‘We’re mini California’

REDWOOD COUNTY, Minn. — Rural Minnesotans are unhappy with Democrat Gov. Tim Walz’s policies, which they say have hurt them over the years. Minnesotans at “Farmfest,” a local agriculture trade show, revealed what they thought about Walz as their state leader after the governor was tapped as Vice President Harris’ 2024 running mate, while speaking with Fox News Digital. Matthew A., a Minnesota resident who owns a farm with his family raising corn and soybeans, said Walz has “done very little to help rural Minnesota.” “We joke that we’re mini California. Most of us, if we could, we would annex into South Dakota. He’s put policies in place that have hurt small businesses. I have friends that have lost small businesses because of his policies. It’s killing our small towns, our rural development,” Matthew A. told Fox News Digital.  HARRIS VP PICK MINNEOSTA GOV TIM WALZ LAVISHED ILLEGAL MIGRANTS WITH TAXPAYER-FUNDED ‘BLANKET OF BENEVOLENCE’ “He point-blank said we’re just rocks and cows out here, and he has done very little to help us. And honestly, a man that can sit and let a city burn to the ground and not do anything about it like he did in 2020, that’s no integrity. And he … doesn’t deserve any vote.” Dan Fedders, a salesman in Minnesota, described the Harris-Walz ticket as “very liberal.” ‘WE ARE SUFFERING’: OMAR CHALLENGER RIPS WALZ FOR PUSHING SAME ‘DANGEROUS’ POLICIES AS ‘SQUAD’ “I think they’re a great team, the two of them together. God bless them. But they’re not going to have a chance at all,” Fedders said of Walz and Harris. “In my opinion, he is just about as far liberal as she is. And I think most of the people in Minnesota are happy about it because he might leave or at least be gone for a period of time.” “Governor Walz has been, I think, a disaster for Minnesota,” a local resident, who requested his name not be shared, told Fox. “He has no more time for rural America. I think as a potential leader right now, he’s showing a lot of disdain for his opponents, the way he’s addressing them. It might be the way the game is played, but it’s not the way that I want to see our leaders act. It just hasn’t been good for Minnesota,” he said, adding that he believes Walz’s “fiscal responsibility has been very poor for the citizens of Minnesota.” “He’s been bad for the state. There’s no other way to say it,” said a farmer and local restaurant owner, who also requested his name not be used. “He has hurt this state more than he’s helped it.” Farmfest has been described as the largest gathering of farmers and agriculturalists on Walz’s home turf. His administration has garnered national attention for his policies designed to invest in sustainability and biofuels, subjects typically unpopular with people in red states and cultivating farmland.  Walz has represented the state as governor since 2019. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris-Walz campaign for comment.