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The Culprits Who Caused this 18th Congressional District Fiasco are Rodney, Sheila, Sylvester, Christian, and Letitia
AUBREY R. TAYLOR REPORTS©
As things stand today (Friday, April 4, 2025), there are now, (220) Republican Members serving in the 119th United States Congress, (213) Democrat Members serving in the 119th United States Congress, and only two vacancies – or open seats.
Both open seats in the 119th United States Congress became open because the Democratic members died while in office. For the record, the late Congressman Sylvester Turner (D-TX) died on March 5, 2025, and the late Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) passed away on March 13, 2025, a little over a week after Turner.
On September 23, 2025, the “SPECIAL ELECTION” for the 7th Congressional District seat in Arizona will take place, and a candidate will get elected to serve out the remainder of the late Congressman Raul Grijalva’s unexpired term.
As it relates to the 18th Congressional District of Texas, Democrats have decided to use pressure tactics to try to force Governor Greg Abbott to set a date for the “SPECIAL ELECTION” before the already scheduled Tuesday, November 4, 2025, “UNIFORM ELECTION.”
In my opinion, Governor Abbott should ignore the “PRESSURE TACTICS” being deployed by members of Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s “CULT-LIKE” political regime of bandits.
These dirty, lowdown, filthy “NEGRO POLITICIANS” connected to Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s “CULT-LIKE” political regime are now trying to pressure Governor Greg Abbott into placing the “SPECIAL ELECTION” for the 18th Congressional District of Texas on the upcoming Saturday, June 7, 2025, “RUNOFF ELECTION” ballot, in Harris County, Texas.
Why these “NEGRO POLITICIANS” are now pushing for the “SPECIAL ELECTION” to be held on Saturday, June 7, 2025, and not later in the year on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, is obvious.
The current 89th Texas Legislative Session began on January 14, 2025, and will end on Monday, June 2, 2025. State Rep. Ron Reynolds (HD-27) and possibly a handful of other legislature members could be contemplating a run for the vacant 18th Congressional District of Texas seat after the 89th Texas Legislative Session ends.
What members of the “CULT-LIKE” political regime headed by “THE PUPPET MASTER” Commissioner Rodney Ellis and County Attorney Christian Menefee his “PUPPET” are trying to do by possibly suing Governor Abbott to get a judge to force Gov. Abbott to place the “SPECIAL ELECTION” on the upcoming Saturday, June 7, 2025, “RUNOFF BALLOT” which would make it more difficult for a member of the Texas Legislature like State Rep. Ron Reynolds (HD-27), State Rep. Jolanda Jones (HD-147), or State Rep. Christina Morales (HD-145), to challenge Menefee.
How do I know?
Well, the “EARLY VOTING” period for the upcoming Saturday, June 7, 2025, “RUNOFF ELECTION,” would begin on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, and end on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, which is only one day, after the 89th Texas Legislative Session ends on Monday, June 2, 2025.
So, suppose Governor Abbott is sued and forced by a judge to place the “SPECIAL ELECTION” on the upcoming Saturday, June 7, 2025. In that case, State Rep. Ron Reynolds and other potential members of the legislature will have difficulty trying to campaign for the vacant 18th Congressional District of Texas seat that has become available after the untimely death of the late Congressman Sylvester Turner, who died back on March 5, 2025.

SIGNS OF DESPERATION BY MENEFEE…
Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee’s cowardly side is already beginning to manifest. Why is he afraid to allow time for the field to develop? County Attorney Christian Menefee and Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis have a “SPIRIT OF COWARDICE” flowing through their veins.
Remember, the eyes are the gateway to the soul of a person. That said, the next time you see a video or photo of County Attorney Christian Menefee, pay close attention to his eyes – he’s a cowardly man, getting propped up by Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, who could be just as cowardly as Menefee.
Menefee will get eaten alive in Washington, D.C., commonly called “THE SWAMP.” County Attorney Christian Menefee can’t think for himself here in Bayou City. How effective will he be in the United States Congress? Menefee is little more than a goldfish, guppy, or minnow in the bayou – he isn’t ready for the “SWAMP.”
Listen, if elected as the next U.S. Representative for the 18th Congressional District of Texas, Christian Menefee will be flipping, flopping, floundering, and gasping for air like a fish out of water trying to navigate through the treacherous waters of Washington, D.C.'s “SWAMP.”

COMMISSIONER ELLIS’S GRIP IS WEAKENING…
The notion that Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis owns local “BLACK FEMALE JUDGES” is false and straight from the pit of hell. Sure, Commissioner Ellis has complete control over a few local “BLACK POLITICIANS,” but he does not have control of local courtrooms.
Commissioner Ellis has a handful of local Democrat judges in his pocket, but that’s not what I’m dealing with today – there’s a serious problem forming.
Battlelines are being drawn as Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s “CULT-LIKE” political regime members align themselves in “BATTLE ARRAY” to protect the stranglehold that they’ve held on the 18th Congressional District of Texas for over 30 years.
Listen. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee prostituted herself to Ken Lay, the late embattled president and CEO of the corrupt ENRON Corporation. NOPE. I’m not claiming that “SHE-JACK” walked the streets of the 18th Congressional District selling her body.
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee allowed Ken Lay and his buddies to exploit her and her talents for selfish reasons in 1994 when she challenged Congressman Craig Washington.
If you remember, “SHE-JACK” was a different breed of woman who transplanted to Houston, Texas, from Queens, New York. She moved to Houston in 1987 and was appointed a municipal judge by Mayor Kathy Whitmire, the sister-in-law of Houston’s current Mayor, John Whitmire.
In 1989, “SHE-JACK” was elected to the Houston City Council, and from there, she got recruited to take out Congressman Craig Washington, a strong African American man who would not bend his knee to Ken Lay and his powerful buddies.

THE COMMISSIONER’S BAND OF PUPPETS…
What I need for everyone reading this report to understand is that Commissioner Rodney Ellis and his “PUPPETS” like Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, County Commissioner Lesley Briones, County Attorney Christian Menefee, City Controller Chris Hollins, City Councilwoman Letitia Plummer, Constable James “Smokie” Phillips, and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee’s daughter (Erica Lee Carter) are a present danger to the African American Community.
These “PUPPETS” allow the “PUPPET MASTER,” Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, to pull their strings like a circus act.
As a community, African Americans living inside the boundaries of the 18th Congressional District of Texas must realize that a battle for the heart and soul of their beloved dwelling is currently underway.
Based on official ethnicity data found in the Cook Partisan Voting Index, the 18th Congressional District of Texas is 43.4% Hispanic, 32.2% Black, 16.7% White, 4.9% Asian, and 2.2% two or more races – which means that what’s unfolding will affect more than Black people.
All things considered, if Commissioner Rodney Ellis and his “CULT-LIKE” regime of political bandits had run Sylvester Turner for the “UNEXPIRED-TERM” which was only two months, and run Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee’s daughter (Erica Lee Carter), or another healthy member of their little “CULT-LIKE” political regime for the two-year “FULL TERM,” the people of the 18th Congressional District of Texas would have a representative today.
If you want to know the truth, selfishness, arrogance, ego, corruption, heartlessness, and a thirst for power are the driving factors behind what the late Congresswoman Shiela Jackson Lee and the late Congressman Sylvester did to the people of the 18th Congressional District.
Three out of the last four 18th Congressional District Congress members have died in office, which is why running a dying Sylvester Turner for the “FULL TERM” when he was visibly sick, feeble, and wasting away made no plausible sense.
If you think back to Congressman Mickey Leland, he served as the U.S. Representative for the 18th Congressional District of Texas from January 3, 1979, through August 7, 1989; he died in a plane crash in Gabela, Ethiopia, during a mission to Fugnido, Ethiopia.
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee was diagnosed with breast cancer back in 2011. She didn’t tell the people of the 18th Congressional District of Texas until 2012, which means she kept her diagnosis a secret for over a year.
When “SHE-JACK” developed pancreatic cancer, she, once again, chose not to resign or tell the people of the 18th Congressional District of Texas that she was dying.
It wasn’t until my reporting caught the attention of the local media networks that Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee finally revealed her cancer diagnosis on a Sunday night to control the narrative and prevent the story from getting aired the following morning.
It wasn’t long after revealing to the people of the 18th Congressional District that she had pancreatic cancer that Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee selfishly allowed herself to waste away in office without resigning and passed away on July 19, 2024, when she could have chosen a successor, and protected the constituents she claimed to love.
Sheila Jackson Lee served as the U.S. Representative for the 18th Congressional District of Texas from January 3, 1995, through July 19, 2024.
As for “SLY,” he wasn’t in any shape to be running for Congress when he walked into that Harris County Democratic Party Precinct Chair “ELECTION” held at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church on August 13, 2024, to throw his name in the hat to replace the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee on the November 5, 2024, Presidential Election ballot in the race for the 18th Congressional District of Texas.
Ultimately, after two rounds, a very weak, feeble, and dying Sylvester Turner, with the help of At-Large Position #4, Councilwoman Letitia Plummer, was able to finagle his way into getting the nomination by a (41 to 37) margin of victory.

CHRISTIAN MENEFEE MUST GET REJECTED…
What the people of the 18th Congressional District of Texas need to come to grips with is that there was nothing honorable about SLY interjecting himself into the 2024 race to succeed the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee when he knew that his cancer had returned with a vengeance. He possibly didn’t have much longer to live.
As a refresher, in November 2022, Sylvester Turner, while he was still the Mayor of the City of Houston, disclosed that he had been diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer.
According to “SLY,” he claimed that he had undergone surgery and was cancer-free after six weeks of radiation treatment. That said, Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee, and Councilwoman Letitia Plummer were fully aware that something was wrong with Sylvester Turner when they pushed his candidacy on August 13, 2024, at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, to those 80-or-so Democratic Precinct Chairs.
In essence, what Sylvester Turner did was selfish in the worst way because he knew he was dying. He still pushed his feeble, deteriorating body into the race to replace “SHE-JACK” when he and his fellow members of Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s “CULT-LIKE” political regime were fully aware that he was visibly wasting away.

TWO HOUSE SEATS FILLED IN FLORIDA…
The playbook Governor Greg Abbott and President Donald Trump are running worked according to plan on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, with the “SPECIAL ELECTIONS” in Florida. “THE GOP retained the 1st Congressional District of Texas seat and the 6th Congressional District of Texas seat, which helps House Speaker Mike Johnson and President Donald Trump maintain their slim Republican majority in the United States Congress.
In the 1st Congressional District race in Florida, Jimmy Patronis, the Republican, defeated his Democratic opponent, Gay Valimont. In the 6th Congressional District race in Florida, Republican Randy Fine held off on the hard-charging Josh Well to win.
As things stand today (Friday, April 4, 2025), there are now 220 Republican Members serving in the 119th United States Congress, 213 Democrat Members serving in the 119th United States Congress, and only two vacancies – or open seats.
Both open seats in the 119th United States Congress became open because the Democratic members died while in office.
The late Congressman Sylvester Turner (D-TX) died on March 5, 2025, and the late Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) passed away on March 13, 2025, a little over a week after Turner.
On September 23, 2025, the “SPECIAL ELECTION” for the 7th Congressional District seat in Arizona will take place, and a candidate will get elected to serve out the remainder of the late Congressman Raul Grijalva’s unexpired term.
As it relates to the 18th Congressional District of Texas, Democrats have decided to use pressure tactics to force Governor Abbott to set a date for the “SPECIAL ELECTION” before the already scheduled Tuesday, November 4, 2025, “UNIFORM ELECTION,” which is already on the books.
In my opinion, Governor Greg Abbott should ignore the chatter and not cost the taxpaying citizens of Harris County, Texas, the added burden of running an off-cycle “SPECIAL ELECTION” when Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Congressman Sylvester Turner, and County Attorney Christian Menefee, and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee’s daughter (Erica Lee Carter) are the culprits who created the problem in the first place, with their bone-headed shenanigans.
If the members of Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s “CULT-LIKE” political regime had half a brain, they would have run Sylvester Turner for the “UNEXPIRED” term.

GOVERNOR ABBOTT HOLDS THE CHIPS…
I like Hakeem Jeffries, the House Minority Leader (D-N.Y.). Still, I don’t like the tactic he is trying to compel “OUR GOVERNOR” to set a date for the “SPECIAL ELECTION” to fill the vacant 18th Congressional District of Texas.
Threatening to sue Gov. Greg Abbott for holding off on calling for a “SPECIAL ELECTION” when Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Congressman Sylvester Turner, County Attorney Christian Menefee, and other “PUPPETS” who are having their strings pulled by Ellis, is asinine and not very smart.
Sue Abbott for what? There’s nothing in the law books that says that Governor Abbott can’t simply ignore the entire situation and leave the 18th Congressional District of Texas seat open until the Tuesday, November 3, 2026, General Midterm Election, if that’s what he decides to do – that’s a fact.
For those of you who might not know, according to the law, Sec. 204.021. VACANCY FILLED AT SPECIAL ELECTION. An unexpired term in the office of a United States representative may be filled only by a special election in the same manner provided by Chapter 203 for the legislature, except that Section 203.013 does not apply.
When a U.S. Representative (Member of Congress) dies in office, as the late Congressman Sylvester Turner did on March 5, 2025, “the Executive Authority” is authorized to issue orders for “SPECIAL ELECTIONS” to fill House vacancies. In Texas, Governor Greg Abbott is “the Chief Executive Authority” and will be responsible for calling a special election when he’s ready to do so.

NOVEMBER 4, 2025, IS A GOOD DATE…
What constitutes an emergency for the people of the 18th Congressional District of Texas right now does not necessarily constitute an emergency for Governor Greg Abbott and “THE GOP” by any stretch of the imagination.
Governor Abbott did not create the dire situation that the people of the 18th Congressional District of Texas face. Who’s at fault?
Commissioner Rodney Ellis, the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, and the late Congressman Sylvester Turner are at fault – not Governor Abbott. Houston City Councilwoman Letitia Plummer and Ellis, She-Jack, and Sly must bear some blame. When you get down to it, Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee also played a role in getting things to this point of desperation.
Politics is a “thinking man’s game” where bonified elected leaders can think two or three election cycles ahead. The stark reality is that many “BLACK ELECTED OFFICIALS” are only worried about today. Many working-class African Americans are only thinking about their next paycheck or what they’re going to do for the coming weekend.
The problem facing the 18th Congressional District didn’t start with the death of the late Congressman Sylvester Turner, who suddenly died on Tuesday, March 5, 2025, after he attended President Donald J. Trump’s “JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS” address in Washington, D.C., the previous night.
If you want to know the truth, the people of the 18th Congressional District of Texas have been devoid of a “TRUE LEADER” ever since Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee got recruited by Ken Lay, the embattled leader of the Enron Corporation, and a handful of his buddies to run against Congressman Craig Washington back in 1994.
Listen. Members of Congress are not measured by how many water bottles they hand out during a storm or natural disaster. Nor are U.S. Representatives measured by how many turkeys they give out during Thanksgiving. And giving away bicycles for photo ops during Christmas makes the recipients feel good, but that doesn’t count much in the grand scheme of politics.
NOPE. Jumping in front of the nearest television camera as it rolls by does not make a politician an effective United States Representative worthy of re-election repeatedly.
We must stop focusing on “SYMBOLIC GESTURES” and focus on tangible results.
While talking smack has its place, running your mouth and talking out of the side of your neck is not what’s going to change the plight of the people of the 18th Congressional District of Texas.
I love Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, but mocking the man who has the sole authority to call the “SPECIAL ELECTION” for the 18th Congressional District, whenever he’s good and ready, “Governor Hot Wheels,” while in Los Angeles speaking at a banquet wasn’t very smart.
And now, after mocking Governor Abbott’s disability. And then having many people within our community show themselves to be insensitive to our distinguished governor’s debilitating condition, to add insult to injury, our so-called leaders are threatening to him?
The game isn’t checkers, folks. Governor Abbott is unafraid of the two-bit Harris County Attorney (Christian Menefee) who barely defeated his GOP OPPONENT in his November 5, 2025, re-election bid.
As a refresher, Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee is NOT a strong candidate by any stretch of the imagination. Menefee isn’t even a strong man, for that matter.
What will Menefee do if he’s elected to serve the people of the 18th Congressional District without Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis telling him when it’s okay to go to the restroom? Huh? What’s Menefee going to do?
How will Christian Menefee know when it’s time for him to go tinkle? What would he do without Commissioner Ellis walking him to the restroom? Huh?
As of today, Saturday, April 4, 2025, I have identified (11) candidates who have officially tendered their candidacy by filing their “STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY” with the Federal Election Commission.
DEMOCRAT - Amanda Edwards has already filed her “STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY” with the Federal Election Commission and has officially entered the race for the vacant 18th Congressional District of Texas.
REPUBLICAN - Cyrus Sajna has already filed his “STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY” with the Federal Election Commission and has officially entered the race for the vacant 18th Congressional District of Texas.
DEMOCRAT - Isaiah Martin has already filed his “STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY” with the Federal Election Commission and has officially entered the race for the vacant 18th Congressional District of Texas.
INDEPENDENT - Khristopher W. Beal has already filed his “STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY” with the Federal Election Commission and has officially entered the race for the vacant 18th Congressional District of Texas.
DEMOCRAT - Robert Slater has already filed his “STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY” with the Federal Election Commission and has officially entered the race for the vacant 18th Congressional District of Texas.
INDEPENDENT - Derrell Sherrod Turner has already filed his “STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY” with the Federal Election Commission and has officially entered the race for the vacant 18th Congressional District of Texas.
DEMOCRAT - Christian D. Menefee has already filed his “STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY” with the Federal Election Commission and has officially entered the race for the vacant 18th Congressional District of Texas.
DEMOCRAT - Dr. James Joseph has already filed his “STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY” with the Federal Election Commission and has officially entered the race for the vacant 18th Congressional District of Texas.
DEMOCRAT - Kivan Polimis - has already filed his “STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY” with the Federal Election Commission and has officially entered the race for the vacant 18th Congressional District of Texas.
DEMOCRAT - Earnest Clayton has already filed his “STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY” with the Federal Election Commission and has officially entered the race for the vacant 18th Congressional District of Texas.
DEMOCRAT – Selena Samuel has already filed her “STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY” with the Federal Election Commission and has officially entered the race for the vacant 18th Congressional District of Texas.
BONIFIED POTENTIAL CONTENDERS…
The names of several bonified potential contenders have been
circulating through back channels in Harris County, Texas, as potential
entrants into the “SPECIAL ELECTION” race for the vacant 18th Congressional
District of Texas, which is continuing to grow.
Former State Rep. Jarvis Johnson, State Rep. Jolanda Jones, State Rep. Christina Morales, Councilwoman Letitia Plummer, State Rep. Ron Reynolds, NAACP President Bishop James Dixon, Community Activist Travis McGee, former HISD School Teacher Larry McKinzie, Businessman Julian Antonio Martinez, former State Rep. Candidate Angeanette “Angie” Thibodeaux, Former State Rep. Shawn Thierry, TSU Board Regent Dr. Richard Johnson, Community Activist Deric Muhammad, Former 18th Congressional District Candidate Carmen Maria Montiel, Former 18th Congressional District Candidate Wendell Champion, are all bonified contenders, should they enter the race.
