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James Fred Hofheinz (born March 15, 1938) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 55th mayor of Houston, Texas, from 1974 to 1978. Hofheinz's father, Roy , was mayor of the city in the 1950s.
Samuel Houston Brashear (July 9, 1866 – September 17, 1941) was a lawyer, judge, and mayor of Houston. Brashear was elected as District Judge in 1892 and challenged Horace Baldwin Rice for mayor in 1898. He served as mayor for two terms and resigned in 1900 to pursue a legal practice.
Alexander McGowan was born in Duplin County, North Carolina on July 5, 1817. He was raised by foster parents and spent most of his youth in Montgomery, Alabama.He came to Houston in September 1839, opening a tin shop shortly after arriving.
Lee P. Brown, the former Chief of Police, was elected as City Mayor in November 1997 and took the oath of office in January 1998. He had become the second former head of the police Department to become the Mayor of Houston (I.C. Lord was the first in 1875).
Houston Police Chief Troy Finner speaks to the media during a news conference, Thursday, March 7, 2024, at the police department’s headquarters about the more than 264,000 cases, including more ...
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] Turner won the 2015 election, [4] defeating Bill King in the runoff by 4,082 votes out of 212,696 votes cast in the closest mayoral election in Houston history by percentage. [5]
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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 ...