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John Whitmire elected Houston's next mayor
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Texas State Senator John Whitmire defeated Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee to win election as the 63rd mayor of Houston.
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Developments in this update
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Voters to choose between US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and state Sen. John Whitmire for Houston mayor
HOUSTON (AP) — A mayoral runoff Saturday between state Sen. John Whitmire, 74, and U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, 73, has the fourth-largest city in the
HOUSTON (AP) — Two of Houston’s most powerful and longest serving political titans are facing off in a mayoral runoff election Saturday to see who will lead the nation’s fourth largest city, a young and diverse metro area facing challenges including crime, crumbling infrastructure and potential budg…
HOUSTON (AP) — Two of Houston’s most powerful and longest serving political titans are facing off in a mayoral runoff election Saturday to see who will lead the nation’s fourth largest city, a young and diverse metro area facing challenges including crime, crumbling infrastructure and potential budg…
The new mayor will have to deal with new laws from the GOP-led state government over control of local elections and the ability to impose local regulations.
For more than 50 years, the Democratic lawmaker represented Houston in the Texas Legislature. Now, State Sen. John Whitmire will lead the nation's fourth largest city.
NBC News projects a runoff victory for Whitmire, a state senator, over Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. He will lead the fourth-largest city in the U.S.
Texas lawmaker John Whitmire is projected to be Houston's next mayor after beating his opponent, U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, in a special runoff election Saturday.
Texas state Sen. John Whitmire will be the next mayor of Houston, CNN projects, after winning a runoff Saturday over US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee to lead the country’s fourth-largest city.
HOUSTON -- Houston elected Democratic state Sen. John Whitmire as its next mayor on Saturday night, elevating a Texas lawmaker who has represented the city for 50 years by giving him a victory over U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in a runoff.
Texas State Sen. and Houston Mayor-elect John Whitmire called out Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee's profanity laced tirade after winning the Houston mayoral runoff Saturday.
John Whitmire, who has spent five decades representing Houston in the Texas Legislature, posted a resounding win over U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in the city's mayoral race, results showed Sunday.
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