Sheila Jackson Lee (born January 12, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician who is the U.S. representative for Texas’s 18th congressional district, having served since 1995. The district includes most of central Houston. She is a member of the Democratic Party and served as an at-large member of the Houston City Council before being elected to the House. She is also co-dean of Texas’s congressional delegation.

Born in Queens, New York, 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. In 1989, Jackson Lee was elected to the Houston City Council. She served in the office until 1994 when she began a campaign for Congress. In the Democratic primary, she defeated incumbent Craig Washington and went on to easily win the general election. Since 1995, she has retained her position as the U.S. Representative from Texas’s 18th congressional district.

During her congressional tenure, Jackson Lee has been a supporter of many progressive policies.[2] She introduced the Essential Transportation Worker Identification Credential Assessment Act in 2013 and the Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act in 2021. In 2019, Jackson Lee stepped down as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and a subcommittee in the House Judiciary after a lawsuit filed by a former staffer claimed she was fired due to planned legal action against an alleged rape by a supervisor.

Jackson Lee announced her candidacy for the 2023 Houston mayoral election in March of that year. In the first round, she placed second behind state senator John Whitmire. However, as no candidate crossed the 50% threshold to win outright, a runoff election occurred on December 9, 2023. 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, and would successfully win the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024.

Personal life

Jackson Lee was born Sheila Jackson in Queens, New York. Her father, Ezra Clyde Jackson, who was born in Brooklyn, was a comic book artist and the son of Jamaican immigrants.[3] Her mother, Ivalita Bennett Jackson, was a nurse, and came to New York at an early age from her birthplace of St. Petersburg, Florida.[4] Jackson Lee graduated from Jamaica High School in Queens. She earned a BA in political science from Yale University in 1972 and a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1975.[5]

Jackson Lee moved to Houston when her husband, Elwyn Lee, accepted a position at the University of Houston. He currently serves as the vice chancellor and vice president for Student Affairs of the University of Houston System and the University of Houston, respectively.[5] Together, they have two children. Jackson Lee is also a Seventh-day Adventist.[6]

Jackson Lee is a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority,[7] as well as The Links organization.[8]

Early career in Texas

Jackson Lee made three unsuccessful attempts at local judgeships before becoming a Houston, Texas municipal judge from 1987 to 1990.[9] Along with Sylvia Garcia, Jackson Lee was appointed by then Mayor of Houston Kathy Whitmire.

In 1989, Jackson Lee won the at-large position for a seat on the Houston City Council, serving until 1994.[9] On the city council, she helped pass a safety ordinance that required parents to keep their guns away from children.[10] She also worked for expanded summer hours at city parks and recreation centers as a way to combat gang violence.[11]

U.S. House of Representatives

1994 run for office

In 1994, Jackson Lee challenged four-term incumbent U.S. Representative Craig Washington in the Democratic primary.[9] Washington had come under fire for opposing several projects that would have benefited the Houston area.[12] Jackson Lee defeated Washington, 63% to 37%.[13] The victory was tantamount to election in this heavily Democratic, black-majority district. In the general election, she defeated Republican nominee Jerry Burley, 73%–24%.[14]

Tenure

Jackson Lee watches as Paul Ryan signs the First Step Act of 2018

Before the 110th Congress, Jackson Lee served on the House Science Committee and on the Subcommittee that oversees space policy and NASA.[15] She is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus,[16][17] and a CBC whip.[12] She is known to be gaffe-prone and has a reputation for treating staffers poorly.[18][19][20] In the 117th Congress, Jackson Lee voted with President Joe Biden’s stated position 100% of the time according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis.[21]

Foreign policy

In 2000, Jackson Lee favored permanently normalizing trade status for China, arguing that it would aid both human rights and Houston’s economy.[22]

Jackson Lee traveled to the 2001 World Conference against Racism in South Africa, and has backed sanctions against Sudan.[23] On April 28, 2006, along with four other members of Congress and six other activists, she was arrested for disorderly conduct in front of Sudan‘s embassy in Washington. They were protesting the role of Sudan’s government in ethnic cleansing in Darfur.[24]

Jackson Lee has urged better relations between the U.S. and Venezuela, which she describes as a friendly nation. She said the U.S. should reconsider its ban on selling F-16 fighter jets and spare parts to Venezuela. The U.S. State Department bans such sales due to “lack of support” for counter-terrorist operations and Venezuela’s relations with Iran and Cuba.[25][26]

In July 2010, Jackson Lee said: “Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working. We may not agree with all that North Vietnam is doing, but they are living in peace. I would look for a better human rights record for North Vietnam, but they are living side by side.”[27] It was noted that Vietnam had not been split for four decades, and that Vietnam’s government does not consider South Vietnam to have ever been a sovereign state.[28][29]

Jackson Lee condemned President Erdoğan‘s wide-ranging crackdown on dissent following a failed July 2016 coup in Turkey.[30]

Immigration

Jackson Lee is active on immigration issues.[31] She has proposed increasing border security and increasing opportunities for legalization among those living in the U.S. She has opposed a guest worker program, saying that the idea “connotate[s] ‘invite, come,’ and, at the same time, it misleads because you ask people to come for a temporary job of three to six years and they have to leave if they don’t have another job and I would think that they would not.”[32]

Criticism of Tea Party

Speaking at the July 2010 NAACP national convention, Jackson Lee compared the Tea Party to the KKK.[33]

WikiLeaks

In an October 2016 MSNBC interview, Jackson Lee mistakenly denounced Wikipedia when she meant WikiLeaks. The story concerned the Hillary Clinton email controversy. Jackson said, “You know that I’m going to first of all denounce the use of this intrusion by Wikipedia through the Russian intrusion” and “This is what it’s about. Espionage just like what was said over these last couple of days. We need to be concerned about the intrusion of Russia and Putin in these elections.”[34]

Health care

In January 2011, Jackson Lee said that repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would violate the Constitution, arguing that the act is constitutional under the Commerce Clause, and that repealing it would violate both the Fifth and the Fourteenth Amendments.[35][36][37]

Al-Qaeda

At a March 2011 Homeland Security Committee hearing on radical Muslims in the U.S., Jackson Lee said that Peter King‘s hearings were helping al-Qaeda and “going the same route as Arizona.” She complained that the hearings were scaring Muslim Americans and called them “an outrage”.[38]

Legislation

On September 27, 2013, Jackson Lee introduced the Essential Transportation Worker Identification Credential Assessment Act (H.R. 3202; 113th Congress), a bill that would direct the United States Department of Homeland Security to assess the effectiveness of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program.[39] The bill would require an independent assessment of how well the TWIC program improves security and reduces risks at the facilities and vessels it is responsible for.[40]

On January 4, 2021, Jackson Lee introduced the Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act (H.R. 127; 117th Congress), a bill that expanded requirements for firearm licensing to every firearm and banned any ammunition of .50 caliber BMG or larger.[41]

LGBT rights

Jackson Lee voted present on the Defense of Marriage Act.[42]

Jackson Lee supports LGBT rights. In 2009, she voted for the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, a bill that expanded the federal hate crime law to cover crimes biased by the victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity.[43] In 2010, she voted for the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act.[44]

Jackson Lee supports the Equality Act, a bill that would expand the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. She voted for the bill in 2019.[45] Jackson Lee criticized Republican representatives who opposed the legislation on religious grounds.[46]

Presidential election objections

In 2001, Jackson Lee and other House members objected to counting Florida’s electoral votes, which George W. Bush narrowly won after a contentious recount in the 2000 presidential election. Because no senator joined the objection, it was dismissed by Senate President Al Gore.[47]

In 2005, Jackson Lee was one of the 31 House Democrats who voted not to count Ohio’s electoral votes in the 2004 presidential election.[48][49] Without Ohio’s electoral votes, the election would have been decided by the U.S. House of Representatives, with each state having one vote in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

During the 2017 United States Electoral College vote count, Jackson Lee objected to counting North Carolina’s, South Carolina’s and Wyoming’s electoral votes in the 2016 presidential election.[50] Because no senator joined her objections, they were dismissed.[51]

Hurricane naming

In 2003, Jackson Lee complained that storm names were too white. “All racial groups should be represented”, she said, and asked officials to “try to be inclusive of African-American names.”[52]

Foreign travel

In May 2015, Jackson Lee took a trip to Azerbaijan paid for by the Azerbaijani government.[53][54]

Confederate flag

On July 9, 2015, Jackson Lee and others who were engaged in a debate over the Confederate battle flag produced an erroneous reproduction of the original flag. The original battle flag contained 13 stars representing each state of the Confederacy as of 1861. The flag that Jackson Lee presented to members of Congress contained 17 stars.[55]

Staff turnover

In 1998, The Houston Press reported that five of Jackson Lee’s staffers had quit that spring. The paper quoted Lee’s former Capitol office executive assistant and events scheduler, Rhiannon Burruss, as saying that “the congresswoman’s abrasive ways not only drove off staff members but irritated Continental Airlines staffers to the point where one suggested she fly on a competitor instead.”[56][57]

In 2011, Jackson Lee was reported to have one of the highest staff turnover rates in Congress. The Huffington Post and the Houston Chronicle reported that she had gone through 11 chiefs of staff in the course of 11 years.[58][59] A 2013 report concluded that “the veteran Texas Democrat had the highest turnover rate for all of Congress over the [previous] decade.”[60] Washingtonian magazine named Jackson Lee as the “meanest Democratic Congress member” in both 2014 and 2017.[61] In 2018, LegiStorm reported that Jackson Lee’s annual turnover rate, at 62%, was the highest in Congress.[62]

Resignation from the CBCF

In January 2019, The New York Times reported that Jackson Lee planned to resign as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. The move came in the wake of a lawsuit filed by a former staffer earlier in January that claimed the staffer was fired in retaliation for her planned legal action related to an alleged rape by a supervisor in 2015. The resignation came the day after the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence announced it would not support making Jackson Lee the lead sponsor of a law to reauthorize the federal Violence Against Women Act.[63] She also stepped down from her chairmanship of the House Judiciary subcommittee.[64]

Texas congressional delegation

Jackson Lee and Representative Lloyd Doggett became co-deans of Texas’s congressional delegation after Eddie Bernice Johnson retired.

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

Jackson Lee is or has been a member of a number of caucuses, including:

2023 Houston mayoral run

On March 27, 2023, Jackson Lee announced her candidacy for the mayor of Houston in the 2023 election.[73] Jackson Lee garnered endorsements from notable figures such as outgoing Houston mayor Sylvester Turner, former house speaker Nancy Pelosi, and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.[74] On the night of the election, November 7, 2023, Jackson Lee came in second place, behind Democratic state senator John Whitmire. However, none of the 18 candidates who ran managed to surpass the 50% threshold.

Both Jackson Lee and Whitmire advanced to a runoff election which was held on December 9, 2023. Despite her efforts, Jackson Lee ultimately suffered a resounding defeat to Whitmire who won over 60% of the vote.[75][76] However, the loss did not lead to a retirement from politics, as Jackson Lee filed for re-election to the U.S. House on December 11, 2023.[77][78]

Awards and recognition

Electoral history

Texas’s 18th congressional district, 1994[80]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticSheila Jackson Lee 84,790 73.5
RepublicanJerry Burley28,15324.4
IndependentJ. Larry Snellings1,2781.1
LibertarianGeorge Hollenbeck1,1691.0
Total votes115,390 100.0
Democratic hold
Texas’s 18th congressional district, 1996[81]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticSheila Jackson Lee (Incumbent) 106,111 77.1
RepublicanLarry White13,95610.1
RepublicanJerry Burley7,8775.7
RepublicanGeorge Young5,3323.9
DemocraticMike Lamson4,4123.2
Total votes137,688 100.0
Democratic hold
Texas’s 18th congressional district, 1998[81]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticSheila Jackson Lee (Incumbent) 82,091 89.9
LibertarianJames Galvan9,17610.1
Total votes91,267 100.0
Democratic hold
Texas’s 18th congressional district, 2000[82]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticSheila Jackson Lee (Incumbent) 131,857 76.5
RepublicanJames Galvan38,19122.2
LibertarianColin Nankervis2,3301.4
Total votes172,378 100.0
Democratic hold
Texas’s 18th congressional district, 2002[83]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticSheila Jackson Lee (Incumbent) 99,161 76.9
RepublicanPhillip Abbott27,98021.7
LibertarianBrent Sullivan1,7851.4
Total votes128,926 100.0
Democratic hold
Texas’s 18th congressional district, 2004[84]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticSheila Jackson Lee (Incumbent) 136,018 88.9
IndependentTom Bazan9,7876.4
LibertarianBrent Sullivan7,1834.7
Total votes152,988 100.0
Democratic hold
Texas’s 18th congressional district, 2006[85]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticSheila Jackson Lee (Incumbent) 65,936 76.6
RepublicanAhmad Hassan16,44819.1
LibertarianPatrick Warren3,6674.3
Total votes86,051 100.0
Democratic hold
Texas’s 18th congressional district, 2008[86]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticSheila Jackson Lee (Incumbent) 148,617 77.3
RepublicanJohn Faulk39,09520.3
LibertarianMike Taylor4,4862.3
Total votes192,198 100.0
Democratic hold
Texas’s 18th congressional district, 2010[87]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticSheila Jackson Lee (Incumbent) 85,108 70.2
RepublicanJohn Faulk33,06727.3
LibertarianMike Taylor3,1182.6
Write-inCharles Meyer280.0
Total votes121,321 100.0
Democratic hold
Texas’s 18th congressional district, 2012[80]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticSheila Jackson Lee (Incumbent) 146,223 75.0
RepublicanSean Seilbert44,01522.6
LibertarianChristopher Barber4,6942.4
Total votes194,932 100.0
Democratic hold
Texas’s 18th congressional district, 2014[88]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticSheila Jackson Lee (Incumbent) 76,097 71.8
RepublicanSean Seibert26,24924.8
IndependentVince Duncan2,3622.2
GreenRemington Alessi1,3021.2
Total votes106,010 100.0
Democratic hold
Texas’s 18th congressional district, 2016[88]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticSheila Jackson Lee (Incumbent) 150,157 73.5
RepublicanSean Seibert48,30623.6
GreenRemington Alessi5,8452.9
Total votes204,308 100.0
Democratic hold
Democratic Primary for Texas’s 18th congressional district, 2018[88]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticSheila Jackson Lee (Incumbent) 34,514 86.0
DemocraticVince Duncan5,60414.0
Total votes40,118 100.0
Texas’s 18th congressional district, 2018[88]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticSheila Jackson Lee (Incumbent) 138,704 75.2
RepublicanAva Pate38,36820.8
LibertarianLuke Spencer4,0672.2
IndependentVince Duncan3,1931.7
Total votes184,332 100.0
Democratic hold
Democratic Primary for Texas’s 18th congressional district, 2020[88]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticSheila Jackson Lee (Incumbent) 49,729 77.1
DemocraticMarc Flores5,3538.3
DemocraticBimal Patel2,4563.8
DemocraticJerry Ford Sr.2,4173.7
DemocraticStevens Orozco2,1803.4
DemocraticMichael Allen1,6722.6
DemocraticDonovan Boson7091.1
Total votes64,516 100.0
Texas’s 18th congressional district, 2020[88]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticSheila Jackson Lee (Incumbent) 180,952 73.3
RepublicanWendell Champion58,03323.5
LibertarianLuke Spencer4,5141.8
IndependentVince Duncan3,3961.2
Total votes246,895 100.0
Democratic hold
Texas’s 18th congressional district, 2022[88]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticSheila Jackson Lee (Incumbent) 110,511 70.7
RepublicanCarmen Maria Montiel40,94126.2
IndependentVince Duncan2,7661.8
LibertarianPhil Kurtz20,0501.3
Total votes156,268 100.0
Democratic hold
Houston Mayoral General Election, 2023[89]
PartyCandidateVotes%
NonpartisanJohn Whitmire 107,410 42.5
NonpartisanSheila Jackson Lee 90,093 35.6
NonpartisanGilbert Garcia18,2207.2
NonpartisanJack Christie17,3646.9
NonpartisanLee Kaplan6,6452.6
NonpartisanRobert Gallegos2,6791.1
NonpartisanM.J. Khan2,4781.0
NonpartisanAnnie Garcia1,9790.8
NonpartisanJulian Martinez1,8130.7
NonpartisanRoy Vasquez1,0830.4
NonpartisanM. Griffin6740.3
NonpartisanKathy Lee Tatum5320.2
NonpartisanDavid Lowy3680.1
NonpartisanChanel Mbala3560.1
NonpartisanNaoufal Houjami3520.1
NonpartisanGaylon Caldwell3310.1
NonpartisanB. Ivy2870.1
NonpartisanRobin Williams950.0
Total votes252,759 100.0
Houston Mayoral Runoff Election, 2023[90]
PartyCandidateVotes%
NonpartisanJohn Whitmire 129,495 64.4
NonpartisanSheila Jackson Lee71,52335.6
Total votes201,018 100.0

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas’s 18th congressional district

1995–present
Incumbent
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by

United States representatives by seniority
20th
Succeeded by