Turner, who served two terms as Houston's mayor, died March 5 just two months after stepping into the job held for nearly 30 years by U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. She died in July from pancreatic ...
Edwards unsuccessfully ran for the seat twice last year. She faced off against U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in the 2024 ...
Carter, the daughter of late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, served the remainder of her mother's term after her death. "Carter has been a partner in fighting for the betterment of the 18th ...
The district has been a Democratic stronghold, held for decades by Sheila Jackson Lee and most recently by former Houston ...
Turner served as Houston’s 62nd mayor from 2016 to 2024. Voters then chose the Democrat to represent Texas’s 18th House Congressional District in 2024 to replace his longtime friend, Congresswoman ...
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The City of Houston is remembering the late Sylvester Turner -- the former mayor of Houston who won election last November to fill late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee's ...
In November, Jackson Lee's daughter Erica Lee Carter, also in her 40s, was elected to fill the last two months of her mom's congressional term. "Mayor Turner and Sheila Jackson Lee made sure that ...