Sheila Jackson Lee Airs New Ad in Texas Mayor Race, Gets Key Detail Wrong That Could Cost Her the Election

Someone clever had better help Texas Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee to handle an advertising blunder that never should have happened. It was the type of oversight that could cost her the Houston mayoral runoff election against Democratic state Sen. John Whitmire.
Undoubtedly, Whitmire will see this as an opportunity and a gift. Using it to his advantage while Lee figures out how to minimize the impact on her campaign seems the obvious next step for both candidates.
The blunder arises from a campaign video shared Saturday on X by the political ad site Medium Bu …