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Democrats selected former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner (D) to serve as the party’s nominee for the November election to succeed the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas). Turner prevailed in ...
Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas has died, according to Houston Mayor John Whitmire. He was 70. ... Turner came out of retirement to succeed the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who was her own force ...
The Democrat will replace the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), who died after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this summer. ... Former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner won Texas’s ...
Amanda Edwards, former at-large Houston city councilor (2016–2020), candidate for this district in the 2024 regular election, and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2020 [8] Sylvester Turner, former mayor of Houston (2016–2024) and nominee for this district in the general election (endorsed Lee Carter) [3]
The district was represented by Sheila Jackson Lee from 1995 until her death in 2024, when the seat became vacant. Her daughter, Erica Lee Carter succeeded her for the unexpired term. Former Houston mayor Sylvester Turner would then succeed Carter before himself dying on March 5, 2025.
[96] [97] He is the only member of the 119th Congress to die in office and the second incumbent representative for Texas's 18th district to die in a one-year period, after Sheila Jackson Lee. [97] Houston's mayor, John Whitmire, paid tribute to Turner and their friendship and ordered flags in the city of Houston to fly at half-staff in Turner's ...
On July 19, 2024, Sheila Jackson Lee died, leaving her congressional seat vacant. Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that a special election to fill the seat would be held on Election Day. [10] Former Houston mayor Sylvester Turner had been chosen as the Democratic Party's nominee for the elections, with Carter and her brother endorsing him.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott officially set the special election to replace the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, for Nov. 5, 2024, the same day as the general election.. The special election will ...