Fisher and Stonewall voters head back to polls to fill Texas House seat

  • State Rep. Drew Springer, R-Muenster, spoke during a Texas Tribune panel in 2019. He was elected to the Texas Senate on Saturday, December 19, 2020. Credit: Bob Daemmrich for The Texas Tribune
    State Rep. Drew Springer, R-Muenster, spoke during a Texas Tribune panel in 2019. He was elected to the Texas Senate on Saturday, December 19, 2020. Credit: Bob Daemmrich for The Texas Tribune
Governor Greg Abbott announced on Monday there would be a special election held on January 23, 2021, to fill the Texas House of Representatives District 68 seat, which was recently vacated by former State Rep. and current Senator-elect Drew Springer. As the upcoming 87th Texas Legislature is scheduled to begin January 12, a new representative for the 22 counties in HD68 would not be sworn into…

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