U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee wins Democratic primary

(The Texas Tribune) – WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston, defeated former City Councilwoman Amanda Edwards on Tuesday in what was the most competitive Democratic primary of her congressional career. The AP called the race for her after midnight. “We got this election by going to one voter at a time, one neighborhood at a time,” Jackson Lee said to a crowd of supporters Tuesday night. “I didn’t take one race as the end of Sheila Jackson Lee. I didn’t even get angry. Because I love the people of Houston and the people of the 18th congressional district. I got busy to be able to continue to work for them.” Jackson Lee had defeated her previous four primary challengers by landslide margins over the course of her 30 tenure in Congress. But, after an unsuccessful pivot to the Houston mayor’s office this past fall, when her campaign was marred with negative media after audio of her berating her congressional staffers was leaked, she promptly announced her candidacy for reelection to the U.S. House. By the time Jackson Lee announced she was running for her House seat again, challenger Amanda Edwards – a former Jackson Lee intern – was...