Early voting for Houston's District C runoff election kicks off April 29

Residents of District C will be able to return to the polls starting April 29 to decide between two candidates running to replace Houston City Council member Abbie Kamin.

At the polls

Early voting will run from April 29 through May 12, with election day set for May 16. Harris County will operate six voting centers during early voting and 20 on election day, according to an April 28 news release from the county clerk's office.

Voting centers will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Saturday during the early voting period. On Sundays, polls will open at noon and close at 7 p.m. To see a full list of voting centers, residents can visit the Harris Votes website.

Meet the candidates

Nick Hellyar and Joe Panzarella emerged as the top two candidates from a seven-person race in April.

Panzarella took the lead with 33.34% of the vote, with Hellyar trailing behind with 22.54% of the vote. Because neither candidate received more than 50% of the vote, it triggered a runoff for the special election.