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The Houston City Council is a city council for the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. The Council has sixteen members: eleven from council districts and five elected at-large. The members of the Council are elected every four years, with the most recent election being held in 2023 and the next being held in 2027.
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Houston City Council members (38 P) M. Mayors of Houston (1 C, 47 P) Pages in category "Politicians from Houston" ... David Richardson (Florida politician) ...
1995 Houston City Council At-large 3 special election Party Candidate Votes % ±% none Orlando Sanchez (politician) 24,352 25.06% none David Ballard 14,868 15.30% none Chris Bell 13,772 14.17% none Michael "Griff" Griffin 10,978 11.31% none Cynthia Kay Drabek 7,374 7.59% none Sally London Green 7,015 7.22% none Sylvia Kipperman Ayres 5,791 5.96%
The current mayor of Houston is John Whitmire. The city council lineup was based on a U.S. Justice Department mandate which took effect in 1979. Under the current city charter, when the population in the Houston city limits passed 2.2 million residents, the nine-member city council districts expanded to include two more city council districts. [2]
Others in contention are former head of Houston’s public transit system Gilbert Garcia, attorney Lee Kaplan, Houston City Councilman Robert Gallegos and former council members Jack Christie and ...
The challenges facing Houston’s next mayor are familiar to many big cities: crime, crumbling infrastructure, budget shortfalls and a lack of affordable housing. U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee took ...
In the 2007 Houston City Council At-large 4 election, Ronald Green, was re-elected to a third term. He was given 100% of the vote from the voters. 2007 Houston City Council At-large 4 election