HOUSTON – Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls has been sent to the House of Representatives after a win in District 22. A Texas sheriff who drew national attention in 2017 over threatening to prosecute a driver with an anti-Trump sticker on their truck has won a congressional seat in Houston. Republican Troy Nehls' victory Tuesday thwarted heavy spending by Democrats to flip the district that stretches south and west of Houston into booming suburbs, which is among the most racially and ethnically diverse in the nation. WATCH: Nehls gives victory speech after win:RELATED READ: Recapping the primary race in District 22Nehls defeated Democrat Sri Preston Kulkarni, who also ran for the seat in 2018. You can view the results below:U.S. Representative, District 22 View All CandidatesYou can see more election results here.

HOUSTON – There are hundreds of races being decided by Houston-area voters on Election Day. Here are the five biggest races to watch. Senator View All CandidatesU.S. House District 2Republican and freshman congressman Dan Crenshaw is up for reelection this cycle. U.S. Representative, District 2 View All CandidatesU.S. House District 7Democratic U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher is also a first-term member of Congress who is up for reelection this time around. U.S. Representative, District 7 View All CandidatesU.S. House District 22This seat is wide open after Republican U.S. Rep. Pete Olson announced he is retiring.

Democrat Lizzie Pannill Fletcher and Republican Wesley Hunt are running for the Houston area’s 7th Congressional District seat. That's according to two Democratic sources familiar with information about media buys. HMP is a Democratic super PAC that aims to elect Democrats to the House and is aligned with House Democratic leadership. While national Democrats have designated 10 pickup opportunities across Texas, the GOP has focused its offense here on Fletcher’s district as well as that of Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas. But Fletcher’s seat was the only one that saw significant national investment until recently, as Allred’s GOP challenger, Genevieve Collins, has remained financially competitive partly due to her self-funding.

HOUSTON – Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls took an early lead Tuesday in the primary runoff election against challenger and Conservative activist Kathaleen Wall. The two were battling it out for the GOP ticket for Congressional District 22 and Nehls face off against Democrat Sri Preston Kulkarni in November. The race has been contentious with Wall’s campaign releasing several negative TV ads slamming Nehls over the last month. The unofficial tally shows Nehls won by a landslide with 70% of the vote. Donald Trump has his election to handle and we have ours in CD-22.”See the final, unofficial tally below:

South Asian Americans have emerged as an influential voting bloc in congressional districts across the state. The group seeks to educate candidates in districts where there are a substantial number of South Asian American voters. The community is not monolithic, Shah said; a large share of South Asian Americans in Texas are Republicans, and many are pro-Trump. He and Shah are working to mobilize South Asian Americans of all political backgrounds in Central Texas this election cycle. The South Asian American community in her hometown leans heavily Republican, she said.

On the GOP ballot are Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls and conservative activist Kathaleen Wall. District 22 covers the majority of Fort Bend County and parts of Brazoria and Harris counties. Map of TX-22 Congressional District (Wikipedia)Meet the candidatesTroy NehlsTroy Nehls is currently the Fort Bend County Sheriff, serving a total of eight years. He fought to “keep Fort Bend County armed,” according to his campaign website. Kathaleen WallKathaleen Wall (Courtesy of Kathaleen Wall for Congress)A conservative activist who planted her roots in Texas, Wall, a businesswoman working in the technological sector, has helped Republican candidates win races in previous elections.

It is the second ad released by Wall in recent weeks questioning Nehl’s commitment to battling human trafficking. Both ads are partially based on a pair of Houston Chronicle articles in recent years highlighting Nehls' reluctance to label human trafficking as a widespread problem in Fort Bend County. For Wall, the runoff represents an opportunity to avenge her embarrassing 2018 loss in the GOP primary for the nearby 2nd Congressional District. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking. “I don’t have money to go on TV, I’m running a frugal grassroots campaign,” Nehls wrote Monday on Facebook.

There was perhaps only one other candidate vying for the same seat would truly understand the plight of H-4 visa holders on an intimate level. Reddy’s wife was briefly on the H-4 visa herself when they first got married. There were also several letters sent to the Department of Homeland Security by U.S. lawmakers from around the country asking that the EAD for H-4 visa holders not be revoked. “We urge you to maintain the rule allowing certain H-4 spouses work authorization.”KPRC (KPRC)Living in limboQUIZ: Could you get an H-1B or H-4 visa to live and work in the US? Living in limbo: A glossary of terms related to the H-4 visa and the US immigration systemLiving in limbo: How and why we covered this story

HOUSTON – Living in limbo is a continued in-depth series by KPRC 2 that delves into the challenges faced by hundreds of thousands of Indian women in the United States who stand to lose work authorization if President Donald Trump’s administration changes one rule. After a 2017 edict from President Donald Trump, the Department of Homeland Security issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to remove the employment authorization of certain H-4 visa holders. Eschoo co-authored the H-4 Employment Protection Act 2018 — legislation that aims to protect work authorization for H-4 visa holders. The benefit-cost analysis was conducted based on the answers provided to a survey by 4,708 people currently under the H-4 visa status. Living in limbo: A glossary of terms related to the H-4 visa and the US immigration systemLiving in limbo: How and why we covered this story

More than 100,000 Indian women in the United States, many living in the Greater Houston area, stand to lose the ability to work if President Donald Trump’s administration moves forward with a plan to do away with their work authorization. One former Houston resident says just the threat of losing her work authorization made it difficult for her to find an employer willing to hire her. Data source: USCISThere was some opposition to allowing H-4 visa holders to work. Save Jobs USA claimed if H-4 visa holders were allowed to work, American workers, who already face competition from H-1B workers, would also face competition from H-4 visa holders as well. Since the 2017 executive order, DHS has repeatedly noted its intent to change the rule that allows H-4 visa holders to work.

As the new coronavirus disrupts lives worldwide, a Houston-area congressional candidate has shifted her focus to targeting the country where the outbreak began: China. In a TV ad that started airing Thursday, Republican Kathaleen Wall embraces President Donald Trump's description of the virus as the "Chinese virus," saying the country "poisoned our people" and must pay for it. At the same time, the ad has drawn attention to another side of campaigning in the age of the coronavirus. As candidates across Texas look to help their communities fight the outbreak, Wall has been distributing campaign-branded hand sanitizer — and it bears the label "Made in China." As the virus began spreading in the United States last month, Trump started referring to it as the "Chinese virus," raising concerns that such language fuels xenophobia against Asian-Americans.

HOUSTON – A major race to watch on Super Tuesday is the race for Texas Congressional District 22 that covers most of Fort Bend County. The seat will soon be vacated by Republican Rep. Pete Olson who chose to not run for reelection. Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls and conservative activist Kathaleen Wall are headed for a May 26 runoff election to determine who will win the party ticket for District 22 race in November. See the results of the Texas Primary below:RepublicanDemocratAmong those vying for the Republican ticket was political newcomer Peirce Bush, grandson of President George H.W. He was the first member of his family to lose a race in Texas in more than 40 years.