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Legacy Things! Sheila Jackson Lee’s Daughter Reveals She’s Running For Her Mom’s Congressional Seat Weeks After Her Passing

Written by on August 13, 2024

Love To See It! Sheila Jackson Lee's Daughter Reveals She's Running For Her Mom's Congressional Seat Weeks After Her Passing

Love To See It! Sheila Jackson Lee's Daughter Reveals She's Running For Her Mom's Congressional Seat Weeks After Her Passing

Love To See It! Sheila Jackson Lee's Daughter Reveals She's Running For Her Mom's Congressional Seat Weeks After Her Passing

Erica Lee Carter, the daughter of the late Sheila Jackson Lee, has revealed that she’s running for her mom’s congressional seat.

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Here’s What Erica Lee Carter Revealed

According to Fox News, Carter made the announcement on Monday, August 12, via X, formerly known as Twitter. Carter opened her statement by sharing her gratitude for those who showed her family an “outpouring” of love and support after her mother’s passing.

As she continued her statement, Carter revealed that “so many community leaders and democratic stalwarts” requested that she “consider completing” her mother’s “term this year by running in the November 5th Special Election.”

“After consideration, the answer is YES,” Carter added.

Carter ended her message with, “Together, we will finish for my Mom, The Honorable Sheila Jackson.”

According to Fox News, if Carter wins the election, she would fill her mother’s seat until January 3.

Social Media Reacts

Social media users reacted to Carter’s announcement on X, formerly known as Twitter.

More On Sheila Jackson Lee & Her Recent Passing

As The Shade Room previously reported, Sheila Jackson Lee’s family announced her passing on July 19. Her relatives reportedly called her a “champion of the people.”

“Today, with incredible grief for our loss yet deep gratitude for the life she shared with us, we announce the passing of United States Representative Sheila Jackson Lee of the 18th Congressional District of Texas,” her family wrote at the time.

Additionally, the Lee family praised Sheila for her decades of work fighting for “racial justice, criminal justice, human rights, with a special emphasis on women and children.”

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The post Legacy Things! Sheila Jackson Lee’s Daughter Reveals She’s Running For Her Mom’s Congressional Seat Weeks After Her Passing appeared first on The Shade Room.


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