{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fletcher.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=7126", "Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher and Texas Democratic Congressional Delegation Urge Governor Abbott To Set Runoff Election Date Immediately", "2025-11-13", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "TX", "Lizzie Fletcher", "F000468", "fletcher.house.gov", "fletcher", "https://fletcher.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx", "scraper", "Yesterday, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and the Texas Democratic Delegation sent a letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott requesting that he set a date for the runoff election for Texas\u2019 18th Congressional District as soon as possible, as he is required to do by law.\n\n\u201cAll Texans and all Americans deserve representation in our government,\u201d the members wrote. \u201cThis is a bedrock principle of our democracy. As Governor, it is your constitutional duty to set this election date in a timely manner. It is time to finally give the constituents of Texas's 18th District the voice they deserve. We urge you to promptly schedule the runoff and fill the seat as soon as possible.\u201d\n\nCongressmembers Greg Casar (TX-35), Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Jasmine Crockett (TX-30), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Lloyd Doggett (TX-37), Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34), Al Green (TX-09), Julie Johnson (TX-32), and Marc Veasey (TX-33) joined Congresswoman Fletcher in the letter request.\n\nTo read the full text of the letter, click here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://fletcher.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=7126"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.357225002720952, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}