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To serve as mayor of Houston, a person must be a qualified voter and resident of the City. [1] To win the election, a candidate is required to receive the majority of votes; if no candidate receives a majority, a run-off election between the top two [2] Until 2015, the term of the mayor was two years. [1]
Los Angeles City Recorder (1850–1851) 4 Antonio F. Coronel (1817–1894; aged 76) May 3, 1853 – May 4, 1854 1 year, 1 day Democratic 1853: 1st Los Angeles County Assessor (1850–1853) 5 Stephen C. Foster (1820–1898; aged 77) May 4, 1854 – January 13, 1855 [b] 254 days Democratic 1854: Member of the Los Angeles Board of Education (1853 ...
As the result of a 1991 referendum in Houston, the two-year term was amended to elected officials who can serve up to three terms until 2015 where the three-term limit and two-year terms were replaced with a two four-year terms – a mayor is elected for a four-year term (previously the mayor, controller, and councilmembers are elected to a two ...
A list of mayors still in office and ordered by their length of continuous service in that office. (If there is a break in their service, then this length is measured from their return to the office.) The longest-serving current mayor of one of the 50 largest cities in the United States is Jean Stothert, who has been mayor of Omaha since June ...
John Harris Whitmire (born August 13, 1949) [2] is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 63rd mayor of Houston, the most populous city in Texas, since 2024.
A Berkeley poll found that three-quarters of registered California voters support term limits for county supervisors, district attorneys and sheriffs. California voters want term limits for D.A.s ...
Former Sheriff Alex Villanueva is challenging incumbent Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn. Rancho Palos Verdes Mayor John Cruikshank is also in the race. Your guide to L.A. County's 4th ...
On April 1, 1850 the citizens of Los Angeles elected a three-man Court of Sessions as their first governing body. [1] A total of 377 votes were cast in this election. [1] In 1852, the Legislature dissolved the Court of Sessions and created a five-member Board of Supervisors. [1]