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The City of Houston Parks and Recreation Department was created by a city ordinance on March 15, 1916. When it was created it had two parks, Hermann Park and Sam Houston Park. As of 2010 the department maintains about 350 developed parks and 200 esplanades and greenspaces inside and outside of the City of Houston. [48] [49]
The Virginia Democratic primary was held on Super Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Incumbent president Joe Biden won the state and all 11 of its congressional districts, securing 99 pledged delegates. Activist Marianne Williamson garnered 8% of the vote total, which was her second-best performance on Super Tuesday after Oklahoma.
[44] [45] [46] Harris is the first Democratic nominee to be nominated despite not actively campaigning in the primaries since Hubert Humphrey in the 1968 United States presidential election, and the first to be nominated without winning the primaries since the modern Democratic Party primary procedure was created in 1972.
In the Democratic district representing South Houston, Thierry received 2,042 of the 5,656 ballots cast in the primary runoff. Simmons will face Republican challenger Lance York in the November ...
Houston elected Democratic state Sen. John Whitmire as its next mayor on Saturday night, elevating a Texas lawmaker who has represented the city for 50 years by giving him a victory over U.S. Rep ...
Whitmire will replace term-limited Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner; Jackson Lee falls short in effort to become first Black woman leader of city. HOUSTON (AP) — Houston elected Democratic state ...
[78] [79] She would win the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024, but died on July 19, 2024. [80] Despite their previous rivalry, Whitmire would pay tribute to Lee, recalling how they worked together during the 2024 derecho. [81] Whitmire would also deliver opening remarks when Lee would lie in state at Houston City Hall on July 29, 2024. [82]
Texas state Sen. John Whitmire will be Houston’s next mayor, NBC News projects. ... a fellow Democrat, in a runoff election Saturday to lead the fourth-largest city by population in the U.S.