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The following is a list of people who have served as mayor of the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. Until 2015, the term of the mayor was two years. Beginning with the tenure of Bob Lanier, the city charter imposed term limits on officeholders of no more than three terms (six years total). On November 3, 2015, voters approved ...
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 member of the Democratic Party, Whitmire was previously a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1973 until 1983, and the Texas State Senate from
This category contains the mayors of Houston, Texas in that city's history. Subcategories. ... Thomas William House Sr. Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. William J ...
Texas state Sen. John Whitmire will be Houston’s next mayor, NBC News projects.. Whitmire defeated Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a fellow Democrat, in a runoff election Saturday to lead the fourth ...
HOUSTON (AP) — 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 ...
Texas House of Representatives: 1968 Texas 18: Sylvester Turner (D) No Open seat; replacing Erica Lee Carter (D) [j] Mayor of Houston Texas House of Representatives: 1954 Texas 26: Brandon Gill (R) No Open seat; replacing Michael C. Burgess (R) Conservative media website founder 1994 Texas 32: Julie Johnson (D) No Open seat; replacing Colin ...
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 ...
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. [2] [3]