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Adame ran for mayor of Corpus Christi in 2009 "after he became frustrated with years of sluggish city growth." [5] He received 65.58% of the vote and defeated the incumbent mayor Henry Garrett in the first defeat of an incumbent Corpus Christi mayor in 50 years. [5] [6] Adame won re-election to a second term in 2011, receiving 71.88% of the ...
Corpus Christi (/ ˌ k ɔːr p ə s ˈ k r ɪ s t i / KOR-pəs KRIS-tee; Latin for 'Body of Christ') is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and largest city of Nueces County [5] with portions extending into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties.
Nelda Martinez is a former mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas, and was the third woman to hold the position since the election of Betty Turner, the first female mayor, in 1987. [2] She was elected in 2012. [3] Before becoming mayor, she was an at-large member of the Corpus Christi City Council from 2007 to 2012.
Nueces County has given a preliminary nod on joining the city of Corpus Christi to help financially support certain projects planned for a European-styled mixed-use development.
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi's downtown building on April 12, 2023, in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Hillcrest, Corpus Christi is an African American neighborhood in Corpus Christi, Texas. African Americans have made considerable contributions to the history and development of the Hillcrest community.
Henry Pomeroy "Roy" Miller (March 27, 1883 – April 28, 1946), once the "boy mayor of Corpus Christi", [1] was a Texas newspaperman, politician, and lobbyist influential in both the state capital Austin and national capital Washington, D.C. He represented sulphur interests in Texas. [2] [3] [4] [5]
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