Sylvester Turner (born September 27, 1954) is an American attorney and politician who was the 62nd mayor of Houston, Texas and is currently a U.S. representative-elect for Texas’s 18th congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party, Turner was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1989 until 2016.

He attended the University of Houston and Harvard Law School.[1] Turner ran for mayor of Houston in 1991, losing in the runoff election to Bob Lanier. He lost again in 2003, coming in third and thus missing the runoff.

Current:US Representative of TX District 18 since 1995
Affiliation: Democrat
Leadership:  Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance and Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance
District:  inner city Houston and the surrounding area.
Next Election: Running for another term.

History: Jackson Lee graduated from Yale University in 1972 and the University of Virginia School of Law in 1975. In 1987, after she had moved to Houston, she was appointed as a municipal judge for the city by Kathy Whitmire.  

Sheila Jackson Lee served as an at-large member of the Houston City Council before being elected to the House. Jackson Lee announced her candidacy for the 2023 Houston mayoral election. Despite several key endorsements, Jackson Lee lost the election in a landslide to Whitmire. On December 11, she filed to run for re-election to her congressional seat.

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