Democratic precinct chairs in Houston meet this Saturday to choose who will take Borris Miles’ place on the November ballot in House District 146. Five candidates — Erica Lee Carter, Larry Blackmon, Valencia L. Williams, Rashad L. Cave and Shawn Thierry — are confirmed candidates for the seat. The seat is open after Miles was chosen to take Rodney Ellis’ spot on the ballot for Senate District 13. Ellis is giving up his seat in the Senate in order to run for commissioners’ court.

Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson announced an endorsement from David Cuevas and Eric Batton, the president and vice president of the Harris County Sheriff Deputies Organization, in support of her bid for re-election.

The Texas State Library and Archives Commission has named Gloria Meraz assistant state librarian. She starts work at the archives Aug. 8 after serving 17 years as director of communications for the Texas Library Association.

In Kansas, three-term congressman Tim Huelskamp, who was a supporter of Ted Cruz’s presidential bid and was later endorsed by Cruz, lost his primary. The race had evolved into a proxy war between the movement conservative wing of the GOP — of which Huelskamp was a member — and the establishment wing backed by business groups.