John Whitmire gives his victory speech at his watch night party for the runoff election. Andrew Schneider/Houston Public Media hide caption toggle caption Andrew Schneider/Houston Public Media John Whitmire gives his victory speech at his watch night party for the runoff election. Andrew Schneider/Houston Public Media Texas State Senator John Whitmire has defeated Congresswoman Sheila […]
State Sen. John Whitmire has defeated U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in a landslide victory to serve as the next mayor of Houston — the largest city in Texas and the fourth most populous in the country. The Associated Press called the election for Whitmire at 7:24 p.m. Saturday, less than half an hour after […]
Whitmire leaned on a coalition of moderate Democrats, independents and conservative voters, with a prominent campaign promise to make the city safer with increased policing. City elections are officially nonpartisan in Houston, the country’s fourth-largest city with more than 2.3 million people, but Democrats have held the office since 1982. The showdown between Whitmire and […]
Texas state Sen. John Whitmire will be Houston’s next mayor, NBC News projects. Whitmire defeated Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a fellow Democrat, in a runoff election Saturday to lead the fourth-largest city by population in the U.S. The two advanced from a Nov. 7 election featuring 18 candidates, when Whitmire ran 9 percentage points ahead […]
HOUSTON — 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 budget shortfalls. U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and state Sen. […]