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The 2023 Houston mayoral election was held on November 7, 2023, with a runoff on December 9 because no candidate won a majority of the vote in the first round. It was held to elect the mayor of Houston, Texas. Incumbent Democratic mayor Sylvester Turner was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term in office. Municipal ...
HOUSTON (AP) — No matter who wins, Houston will elect the oldest big-city mayor in the U.S. this weekend, choosing between two candidates who each have been in public office longer than the ...
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 ...
Houston mayoral candidates, from left, Jack Christie, Robert Gallegos, Gilbert Garcia, Lee Kaplan and state Sen. John Whitmire answer questions during a televised candidates debate held at the ...
An attorney, a past mayoral hopeful, and a city councilman are among the candidates who want to unseat the one-term incumbent. MEET THE CANDIDATES: Who's running for Houston mayor [Video] Skip to ...
The 2019 Houston mayoral election was decided by a runoff that took place on December 14, 2019 to elect the Mayor of Houston. Incumbent mayor Sylvester Turner defeated attorney Tony Buzbee in the runoff by 56.04% to 43.96%. No candidate won a majority of the vote during the general election on November 5, 2019 where Turner received 46% of the ...
On October 30, 2018, Buzbee announced he would be running in the 2019 Houston mayoral election, challenging incumbent Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner on a platform of universal pre-K, infrastructure improvement, crime reduction, and expanding access to 5G broadband. [32] On October 17, Turner accused Buzbee's campaign of running a "deepfake ad ...
The post Houston’s next mayor has big city problems to fix. Familiar faces want the job appeared first on TheGrio. “This (new) mayor comes along at a time when the city is doing well, though ...