Gov. Abbott calls election for Texas House District 68

Gov. Greg Abbott issued a proclamation Monday setting the date for a Special Election for Texas House District 68. The seat was vacated by Drew Springer who recently won the Special Runoff Election for the Texas State Senator District 30 position.

Candidates have until 5 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 4, to have their names placed on the special election ballot and must file with the office of the Texas Secretary of State. Early voting by personal appearance in the election will begin Monday, Jan. 11, 2021 and the election will be Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021.

HD68 includes the counties of Childress, Collingsworth, Cooke, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Fisher, Floyd, Garza, Hall, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, Kent, King, Montague, Motley, Stonewall, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wilbarger and Young.

For the rest of the story, see the Jan. 2 edition of The Graham Leader.